OBIT: John SHERMAN, 1947, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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JOHN SHERMAN

  John Sherman, manager and owner of the Colonial Hotel, Meyersdale, died in the 
Hazel McGilvery Hospital, Saturday about 6 p.m.  Mr. Sherman had been a patient 
in the hospital for several weeks and was reported to have shown considerable 
improvement in the two days prior to his death.
  Born in Italy in 1890, he later came to the United States at the age of 10, a 
poor boy.  He started his career as a miner and worked many long and hard days 
at this craft before he had accumulated sufficient funds to purchase the 
Somerset House in Meyersdale.  Eleven years later, August 1, 1939, he purchased 
the Colonial House, a handsome four story brick structure, from Mrs. Elsie Kyle 
of Johnstown.
  Salesmen and other businessmen traveling out of Pittsburgh, Cleveland and 
Baltimore, when in this territory, arranged to be in Meyersdale overnight so 
they could spend a pleasant evening provided by Mr. Sherman.  They liked its 
atmosphere and the friendly manner of the proprietor.
  His numerous contributions to charity, community projects and other worthwhile 
institutions, along with his congenial nature gained him many friends.  He was 
the husband of Mary Dickey Sherman, Marblehead, Ohio, and the father of two 
children, Miss Evelyn Margaret Sherman, who was an assistant to her father, and 
John, a chemical engineer with the Gulf Oil Corporation, in Texas.  A brother, 
Eugene, and sister, Antoinnette, are living in Italy.  He was a member of the 
Sons of Italy, the Modern Woodmen of America and Loyal Order of Moose.
  Funeral services were held on Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock in SS. Philip 
and James Church, with Father Dravetsky of West Salisbury and Father David of 
Alverno officiating.  Honorary pallbearers were J.H. Bowman, Santo Lucente, 
Joseph Spataro, Samuel Angelo, Carmen Carouse, Charles Fallon Sr., Harry 
Dirienzo, James Tuscano, Thomas Bruno and Nat LaCavera.  Pallbearers were Ronald 
D'Este, Albert Testa, Fred D'Amico, George Staub, Joe Foley, George Hady, 
Augustine Testa and George Gimble.  Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, April 3, 1947