OBIT: Simon H. MARTEENY, 1916, native of Somerset County, PA

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Marteeny, Simon H.

  One of this community's highly esteemed citizens, Simon H. Marteeny died at 
the hospital in Cumberland on Friday last at which place he had gone two weeks 
preceding his death for an operation for a double hernia. The operation had been 
successfully performed and the incisions made were healing very satisfactorily 
when a clot of blood was formed on his brain resulting in his death. The 
deceased was born at Berkley's Mill, September 15, 1841, making his age 64 
years, 2 months and 6 days old. On December 17, 1876 he was united in marriage 
to Miss Elizabeth Fike who survives him as do the following children: Elias, now 
owning the valuable homestead farm, just outside the borough limits on the 
north, which place the elder Mr. Marteeny purchased the year of his marriage; 
Ada, Mrs. Ira C. Fike; and Annie, Mrs. Howard Speicher; eight grandchildren are 
living; and one brother and three sisters: W. S. Marteeny and Mrs. Sarah A. 
Brown of Lagrange, Ind.; Mrs. Peter Shultz, of Berlin; Mrs. Henry T. Raub of 
South Bethlehem, Pa. In 1876 Mr. Marteeny united with the Church of the Brethren 
of this place and has ever since been a loyal member of the same, serving with 
efficiency for the past ten years on the finance committee. In politics, Mr. 
Marteeny was a Republican. He was a candidate at the last September primary for 
county commissioner and lacked but a few votes of being successful, there being 
many candidates below him in the race. One of the chief characteristics of Mr. 
Marteeny was his frankness, he always speaking out his convictions. The funeral 
was held on Monday afternoon and was very largely attended attesting his 
popularity,; the church where the services were held was inadequate to admit all 
who desired to enter. Rev. Howe preached a masterly discourse, being the second 
funeral sermon that day. He was assisted by Rev. J. W. Peck. Internment was made 
in the Union Cemetery. The following out-of-town relatives were present: Mr. and 
Mrs. Henry T. Raub of South Bethlehem, and Miss Ethel Hoover of the same city; 
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Shultz, Edna Bayard, Mrs. Frank Boyd, and Miss Annie Fike all 
of Berlin; D. A. Marteeny, David Nedrow, Jacob Hochstetler and Jos. Meyers, of 
Milford; Mrs. Lulu Saylor, George Marteeny, John Marteeny, Mrs. Jacob Brown, 
Beam Sellers, Calvin Sellers, Mrs. Simon Friedline, of Somerset; Gertrude 
Marteeny, Mrs. Thomas Marteeny, of Rockwood; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Braucher of 
Casselman; W. A. Evans of Scottdale.

Meyersdale Commercial, Jan. 27, 1916