OBIT: Herbert Paul MEYERS, 1940, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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HERBERT PAUL MEYERS

  Dr. Herbert Paul Meyers passed away June 8, 1940, in the U.S. Veterans 
Hospital in Aspinwall, where he had been a patient for six months.  Dr. Meyers 
had been in poor health for several years, having undergone an operation in a 
Cumberland, Md. hospital, after which he was able to resume his practice, but 
soon after, complications set in, and he was forced to give up his work.  At the 
time of the death of Dr. Carl Frantz, he was then not expected to live long, but 
his endurance carried him through until now.
  Dr. Meyers came to Confluence from Markleysburg in 1905, and practiced 
medicine there very successfully during the 35 years.
  He was a World War veteran, and counted the years he was examining physician 
in the army as the best and most enjoyable experience.  Beside his practice he 
was also interested in business affairs.  For a period of years he was agent for 
the Ford Motor Co.  As owner of several farms and considerable real estate he 
was an exceptionally busy man.  His friends were legion and from among the high 
and lowly. The amount of his charity will never be known.  It can be said of him 
he never let his left hand know what his right hand did.  A close friend of his 
said "Dr. Meyers will long be remembered for his kindly disposition, and for his 
generous philanthropic nature.  He was always ready and willing to help and 
extended medical aid to those whose financial condition was such that there was 
no assurance of recompence."  He was indeed a busy man, but with all his other 
interests, he kept up with all current events and was an indefatigable reader 
and was an authority on many subjects.  He was active in all civic affairs, was 
a Mason, a member of the local Lions Club, and of the American Legion, and an 
active member of the Methodist Church, being a member of the official board of 
that church.  He was president of the Somerset County Medical Association for 
quite a number of years, and B. and O. doctor for a lengthy period and director 
in the Confluence Band.
  He was buried Monday afternoon from the Methodist Church where the body lay in 
state for one hour with a military guard of honor.  The pallbearers were World 
War veterans, and the Legion members formed a military escort.  Rev. J. O. 
Martin, pastor of the church, had charge of the services and the Methodist choir 
sang the music selections.  The floral tributes were numerous, varied and most 
beautiful.  The interment was in the Addison Cemetery.
  Dr. Meyers was married to Florence Thomas of Markleysburg, who died in 1928, 
having one child, Dr. Paul Meyers, of Johnstown.  He later married Daisy Michel 
of Confluence, who, with his son, survive.  Confluence and a wide vicinity will 
greatly miss Dr. Meyers.

Meyersdale Republican, June 13, 1940