OBIT: George Washington REESE, 1949, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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GEORGE W. REESE

  George Washington Reese died at his home in Salisbury, about 7:00 a.m. on 
Tuesday, July 19.  He was sitting in a chair with his wife and daughter nearby 
and suddenly went limp, dying almost instantly.  He had been in poor health for 
quite awhile but had been able to get around a little.
  He was born in Berlin on February 9, 1882, son of Winifred (Pyle) and John 
Reese, and was 67 years, 5 months and 10 days in age at his passing.  He served 
in the Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion in China and the Philipine 
Insurrection.  He was twice married, first to Mrs. Katherine (Menhorn) Reese, 
who died in 1918, and to whom all three of his children were born; and second, 
to Mrs. Mary (Musser) Reese, who survives.  He is also survived by his children: 
John H. Reese of Newark, New Jersey; Marian Reese, at home, and Mrs. Elizabeth 
Bowman, Meyersdale, R.D.  Also surviving are five sisters; Mrs. Marian Kline, 
Pittsburgh; Mrs. Velma King, Morgantown, W.Va.; Mrs. Pauline Murphy, Upper 
Darby; Mrs. Eva Keim, Elkins, W.Va., and Mrs. John C. Lichliter, Sr., Salisbury; 
and 5 grandchildren.
  Funeral services were conducted in the Thomas Funeral Chapel at 2:30 p.m. on 
Thursday with the Rev. George E. Bowersox, Jr., pastor of St. John's Lutheran 
Church, of which Mr. Reese was a member, officiating.  Interment in the IOOF 
Cemetery in charge of Mortician Stanley M. Thomas.

Meyersdale Republican, July 21, 1949