OBIT: Edward "Edwin" W. SILBAUGH, 1942, Addison Township, Somerset County, PA

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EDWIN U. SILBAUGH

  Edwin U. Silbaugh died Tuesday evening, May 19, 1942, in Addison Township near 
Harnedsville, Pa., following an illness of several weeks from a heart ailment.  
His age was 72 years, 8 months and 26 days.  He was the son of Jeremiah and 
Lucinda (McClintock) Silbaugh.  He taught school for a number of years in his 
early life, after which he followed farming on the family homestead.
  He is survived by his wife, Emma Colborn Silbaugh; a brother Robert Silbaugh, 
and a niece, Mrs. John Wilkins, of Confluence, Route 3.  Friends were received 
at the Rishebarger Funeral Home at Addison.  The funeral services were held on 
Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in the Methodist Episcopal Church, Addison, by 
Mrs. Mary Richey assisted by Rev. John Rodahaver, of the Silbaugh church.  The 
pallbearers were Harry Kesler, Peter Gower, Edward Holliday, Luther McClintock, 
Elmer Tressler, and Lloyd Colflesh.  Interment in Addison Cemetery under the 
direction of H. B. Rishebarger, Mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, May 28, 1942

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EDWARD W. SILBAUGH

Confluence

  Edward W. Silbaugh, 72 years old, died Wednesday at his home near here after 
an illness of several weeks of a heart ailment.  Mr. Silbaugh was a son of the 
late Jeremiah and Lucinda McClintock Silbaugh.
  Surviving in addition to his wife, Emma Colburn Silbaugh, are one brother, 
Robert, and a niece, Mrs. John Wilkins, of Confluence, R.D. 3.
  The funeral service was held in the Addison Methodist Church in charge of Rev. 
Mary Richey.  Interment was made in the Addison Cemetery in charge of Funeral 
Director H. B. Reshberger.

Meyersdale Republican, May 28, 1942

[Note: not sure which first name and middle initial is correct on the above 
obits].