OBIT: Christian C. ORENDORF, 1940, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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CHRISTIAN C. ORENDORF

Grantsville, Maryland

  Christian C. Orendorf, well known farmer, died at his home near here, Tuesday, 
Oct. 22, after a short illness.  While his health had been failing for several 
years his condition did not become critical until the previous Friday night, and 
his death, which was attributed to a heart condition and complications, came as 
a distinct shock to his family and friends.
  Mr. Orendorf was born December 6, 1867, in Pennsylvania, on a farm near the 
state line now occupied by Thomas Hetrick, and was 73 years of age at the time 
of his demise.  He was a son of Christian C. and Lena Beachy Orendorf, his 
father being a native of Germany.  When he was only four years old his parents 
moved to a farm near Bittinger and with the exception of about two and a half 
years, when he resided at Canton, O., he has spent his entire life in this 
community.  For the past forty-six years he has owned and successfully operated 
the farm which has been his home.
  In his early boyhood he became a member of the Amish church, but later 
transferred his membership to the Mennonite church.  On January 25, 1892, at 
Oakland, he married Miss Anna Beitzel, daughter of the late Henry and Mary 
Shoemaker Beitzel.  They were the parents of ten children, three of whom have 
preceded him in death.  They were Emma, who died in infancy; Clarence, the only 
son, died Nov. 18, 1937, and Orpha, wife of Wilbert Livengood, died Jan. 15, 
1938.
  Surviving are his wife and the following daughters: Ada, wife of H. J. Bender; 
Lena (Mrs. David Schwary); Victoria (Mrs. Roy Resh), and Clara Orendorf, all of 
Canton, O.; Mary (Mrs. Sherman Miller), Alta (Mrs. J. J. Burkholder), 
Grantsville, and Susie Orendorf, at home.  Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. 
Elizabeth Beitzel, Accident, Mrs. Barbara Brenneman, Grantsville, one half-
sister, Mrs. Susan Schrock and one half-brother, Solomon Orendorf, both of 
Accident, and nine grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held at the Bittinger church Friday afternoon, Oct. 25.  
The Rev. Issac K. Metzler, pastor, who officiated, was assisted by Rev. A. C. 
Curran, pastor of the Bittinger Lutheran Church.  Interment was in the Glade 
Cemetery.  Serving as pallbearers were William Resh, Lester Bender, Raymond 
Orendorf, Chester Bender, and Olin Orendorf, all grandsons of the deceased, and 
Daniel W. Klotz, a nephew.
  Among those who came from a distance to attend the services were Mr. and Mrs. 
Roy Resh, William and Leona Resh, Mr. and Mrs. David J. Schwary, Lester Bender, 
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Orendorf, all of Canton, O.

Meyersdale Republican, October 31, 1940