OBIT: William Roy MOUNTAIN, 1940, Bakersville, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM ROY MOUNTAIN

Tiny Mountain Baby Expired in Hospital

  The life of baby William Roy Mountain, born February 12, in a two room shack 
atop the mountain above Bakersville, ended at 11:15 Wednesday night, Feb. 21, in 
the Somerset Community Hospital.
  The tiny baby, weighing but two pounds, seven and one-quarter ounces, ten days 
after birth, was first placed in a heated crib in the hospital and later 
transferred to an incubator.  During his brief stay in the hospital he took 
nourishment from a medicine dropper regularly, until the strain of neglect and 
malnutrition proved too much for the frail little body.
  The remains were buried by Mortician Charles R. Hauger, in the Bakersville 
Cemetery at 4:30 p.m., after the father came home from work.
  Thursday afternoon, John C. Lowry, assistant to Mr Hauger, made the climb into 
the mountains to tell the family of their loss.  He was met at the door by the 
father, John M. Mountain, who was home because of no work on Washington's 
birthday.  The mother began to cry when told that her baby had died, but seemed 
mollified when informed that its pitiful little body would be placed in a little 
white casket and buried in the Bakersville Cemetery.
  Carrying with him, as he climbed the mountain side, Mr. Lowry had a large sack 
of oranges, apples, cabbages, candy and other edibles for the family, the 
contribution of H. C. Beerits' Sons.

Meyersdale Republican, February 29, 1940