OBIT: Ellen (GLADWELL) POORBAUGH, 1945, Glencoe, Somerset County, PA

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ELLEN POORBAUGH

  GLENCOE - Feb. 27 - Mrs. Bruce Poorbaugh was stricken with another paralytic 
stroke last Tuesday evening and passed away at her home Saturday evening.  Most 
of her children were at her bedside constantly during her illness, namely: R. 
Earl of Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Nell McKenzie of Mt. Savage, Md.; Mrs. Mabel Shipley, 
of Connellsville; Norman of Hyndman; Oscar of Johnstown; Mrs. F. B. Miller and 
sons, Thomas and Jacob, of Northampton Twp., and other relatives. A grandson, 
Charles Shipley, of the U.S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shipley of 
Connellsville, home on leave, also visited her last Thursday.
  She was the daughter of Loura and Tracy Stahl Gladwell.  Her husband, Bruce 
Poorbaugh, died July 4, 1931.
  The following children survive: H. A. Poorbaugh, Roswell, N.M.; J. S. and 
Thomas Poorbaugh, Glencoe, RD; O. P. Poorbaugh, Hagerstown, Md; C. W. Poorbaugh, 
Ivanhoe, Cal.; Mrs. Elmer McKenzie, Mt. Savage, Md.; R. E. Poorbaugh, Toledo, 
Ohio; N. B. Poorbaugh, Hyndman; Mrs. C. F. Shipley, Connellsville.  Also 36 
grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.  Funeral services were held Wednesday 
at 2:30 p.m. at the Mt. Lebanon Reformed Church, with Rev. J. E. Gindlesperger 
officiating.  Burial in the Mt. Lebanon cemetery.
  Mrs. Poorbaugh was one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of 
Northampton Township.  She and her husband were among the township's most 
prominent and substantial residents for many years, and reared a large family of 
children that were a credit to them, as were also their numerous grandchildren 
and great-grandchildren.

Meyersdale Republican, March 1, 1945