OBIT: James Allen POORBAUGH, 1942, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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JAMES ALLEN POORBAUGH

  James Allen Poorbaugh, York County farm leader, husband of Susan Muhlenberg 
Poorbaugh, Edge Mount farm, York R.D. 3, died suddenly at his home at 7:20 
o'clock Monday evening, Sept. 28, 1942.  Death was caused by coronary 
thrombosis.  He was 61.
  A prominent dairy farmer and recognized leader of state agricultural affairs, 
Mr. Poorbaugh was awarded the degree of Master farmer for achievements in 
farming and as a farm leader.  He served for six years as president of the York 
County Agricultural Extension Association and was a director of the Interstate 
Milk Producers Association.
  An original director of the Eastern National Bank, Mr. Poorbaugh served in 
that capacity until the consolidation of that bank in 1941 with the York 
National Bank and Trust Company.  He was a member of Heidelberg Reformed Church 
and served as a trustee of that church for a number of years.
  Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Lula Hinkle, Princeton, N.J., 
and Marion P. Poorbaugh, at home; five sons, Herman S. Poorbaugh, Schuylkill 
Haven; Ray A. Poorbaugh, Quakerstown; William J. Poorbaugh, Lancaster, and Lee 
M. Poorbaugh, at home; a sister, Lucretia A. Poorbaugh, Berlin, Pa.; four 
brothers, Harvey E. Poorbaugh, Wellersburg, Pa.; Ammon W. Poorbaugh, Meyersdale, 
Pa.; Alvin P. Poorbaugh, Lincoln, Nebraska, and F. Thomas Poorbaugh, York, Pa., 
and four grandchildren.
  Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock this Thursday afternoon from the Guy 
B. Creep Funeral Home, York.  Rev. Robert Thena, pastor of Heidelberg Reformed 
Church, officiated.  Interment was in Mt. Rose Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, October 1, 1942