OBIT: Harvey S. POORBAUGH, 1946, Glencoe RD, Somerset County, PA

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HARVEY S. POORBAUGH

  Harvey S. Poorbaugh, 44, of Glencoe R.D., a prominent farmer and fruit grower, 
of Northampton Twp., died unexpectedly at 8:15 o'clock Wednesday morning at his 
home.
  He was born July 27, 1901, on the farm on which he lived his entire life.  He 
was a son of the late Harvey M. and Anna Margretta (Sheller) Poorbaugh.
  Mr. Poorbaugh, owner of a large and well kept apple orchard, was widely known 
as a farmer and orchardist.  He was an active member of the Mt. Lebanon Reformed 
Church.
  He is survived by five sisters - Mrs. William Deist, Salisbury; Mrs. Herman 
Keefer, Akron, O.; Mrs. Bertha Smith, Charleston, W.Va.; Mrs. Royden Hay, 
Meyersdale R.D., and Miss Mildred Poorbaugh, at home - and two brothers - Ralph, 
Stoystown R.D., and John, Corriganville, Md.
  Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30, Sunday afternoon, at Mt. Lebanon 
church, by the pastor, Rev. J. E. Gindlesperger.  Interment will be made in the 
church cemetery.  The body may be viewed by friends at the Poorbaugh home until 
the hour of the funeral.  Johnson & Son, Berlin morticians, have charge of the 
funeral arrangements.

Meyersdale Republican, February 7, 1946