OBIT: William Edward LOOSE, 1945, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM EDWARD LOOSE

Death of Former B & O Station Agent At Meyersdale

(Obituary from Baltimore & Ohio Magazine)

  William Edward Loose, traveling auditor, after more than 43 years of service, 
died at his home, Dayton, Ohio, on January 17, 1945, the 67th anniversary of his 
birth, following an illness of several weeks.  He was a faithful, loyal and 
efficient employee, and while his health had been somewhat impaired for the last 
year, his death was a shock to his associates and many friends.
  Mr. Loose was born January 17, 1878, at Clear Spring, Md., and was educated in 
the public schools at that point, later attending Wolf's Commercial College at 
Hagerstown, Md.  He first entered B & O service as a clerk at Cherry Run, W.Va., 
on September 14, 1901, subsequently holding positions of assistant yardmaster, 
chief clerk to agent, ticket clerk and cashier.  On January 23, 1907, he was 
appointed agent at Meyersdale, Pa, and on August 10, 1911, traveling auditor, 
which position he held at the time of his death.
  He resided at Newark, Ohio, for many years prior to 1931, when he was 
transferred to the Toledo Division, with headquarters at Lima, Ohio, then moving 
to Dayton, Ohio, in 1933.  He was a member of the Meyersdale Lodge No. 55, Free 
and Accepted Masons of Meyersdale, Pa., and of the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks at Lima, Ohio.
  The funeral services were held at the Morris Sons' Funeral Home, with burial 
in Memorial Park Cemetery at Dayton.  Pallbearers were Traveling Auditors H. J. 
Coffman, W. C. Creedon, C. S. Everett, E. D. Harshbarger, C. E. Pixley and E. J. 
Tolliver.
  Surviving are his wife, Rose G., of Dayton, and brother, Paul G., of Joliet, 
Ill., to whom sincere sympathy is extended.

Meyersdale Republican, April 5, 1945