OBIT: Henry MANKAMYER, 1930, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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HENRY MANKAMYER

  The funeral of Henry Mankamyer, who met an untimely death last Thursday 
afternoon by being run down by a Baltimore & Ohio express train at the North 
Street crossing in Meyersdale, took place Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his 
late home on the Sand Patch road, a short distance east of Meyersdale, and was 
very largely attended.  The services were conducted by Rev. George A. Fallon, 
pastor of the First Methodist Church, of which Mr. Mankamyer became an active 
member a short while ago, he having formerly been a member of the Evangelical 
Church.  Rev. Fallon paid the deceased brother a beautiful tribute in keeping 
with the splendid life he had led.  The pall-bearers were members of the 
Meyersdale Citizens Band of which Mr. Mankamyer had been a member for 34 years.  
Interment was in Union Cemetery under direction of Undertaker J. L. Tressler.  
There were many beautiful floral tributes and a very large concourse of mourning 
relatives and friends followed the remains to their last resting place.
  Henry Mankamyer was born in Summit Township, a son of the late Rev. and Mrs. 
Christian Mankamyer, of saintly memory, Rev. Mankamyer having been a minister of 
the Evangelical Church for many years and noted for his piety and godly life.  
The family moved from Summit to Larimer Township when Henry was a lad, most of 
the early years of his life having been spent in the neighborhood of the White 
Oak churches. He married a daughter of the late Emanuel Johnson and about 25 
years ago moved back to Summit Township, establishing his home on the Sand Patch 
road near Meyersdale, where he resided the remainder of his life.  He was aged 
59 years, 4 months and 7 days when his life was so tragically ended.
  He is survived by his wife and these children: Mrs. Vincent Beaver, of Akron, 
O.; Mrs. Charles Sperry, of Glade City; Lester Mankamyer, of Meyersdale, and 
Miss Edna Mankamyer, at home.
  He is also survived by these brothers and sisters: Richard and Lewis of 
Larimer Township; Joseph, Meyersdale; John, a patient in the County Hospital; 
Christian, on the old home farm, near White Oak; Mrs. Albert Bittner, Somerset 
Township, and Mrs. John Fair, Larimer Township.  Another sister, Mrs. Charles 
Bittner, the youngest of the family, passed away on April 10th.
  Mr. Mankamyer was a carpenter and building contractor, noted for the 
excellence and honesty of his work, and the reasonableness of his prices.  He 
was a man whom everybody trusted and respected.  He was musically inclined and 
was one of the best cornetists in the county, and was a clever performer in 
amateur entertainments and musicales.  His death is a great loss to his family 
and the community.

Meyersdale Republican, May 22, 1930