OBIT: Harry E. POLEMAN, 1947, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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HARRY E. POLEMAN

  Harry E. Poleman, logger and veteran of World War I, died at his home on 
Tuesday, July 1, of a heart attack, at the age of 54 years, 2 months and 20 
days.
  He was born in Garrett County, Md., on April 11, 1893, and resided all his 
life near where he was born.  He was a son of Charles H. and the late Annie 
(Glotfelty) Poleman.  He was married on June 15, 1921, to Ica Durst.
  In World War I, he served with Co. C, 311th Machine Gun Battalion, and was 
overseas about a year.  He was a charter member of Earl H. Opel Post of the 
American Legion, but was not active in it in recent years.  In addition to his 
wife and his father, he is survived by two brothers, Ira H. and Lawrence E. 
Poleman, all of Route 1, Salisbury.
  Funeral services were conducted at the Mt. Zion Methodist Church, along the 
National Highway, at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3rd, with Rev. George E. 
Bowersox, Jr., pastor of the Salisbury Lutheran Church, officiating.  Military 
rites were conducted by members of Earl H. Opel Post.  Interment in the church 
cemetery in charge of William Winterberg, Grantsville mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, July 10, 1947