OBIT: Donald SIMPSON, 1931, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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DONALD SIMPSON

Grantsville, Md.

  Donald Simpson, a retired lumberman and farmer, died very suddenly at his home 
near New Germany Friday night, August 21.  He was apparently well, but 
complained of indigestion after eating his supper.  He walked outside the house 
and didn't return for some time.  Mrs. Simpson called to him and not receiving 
any answer, went in search of him.  She found him lying on the ground near the 
porch, having fallen on a lantern which he carried.  The light had gone out and 
he was dead when she found him about 8:30 o'clock.
  Mr. Simpson was born in Canada, Sept. 27, 1864.  He came to Maryland when he 
was 18 years of age.  He was a lumberman, having worked on the largest sawmills 
in Garrett County.  The last few years he was farming.
  On February 24, 1887, he married Miss Mary Warnick, who survives him, with ten 
children, five sons, Earl and Oscar Simpson, Mt. Lake Park; Elmer Simpson, 
Lonaconing; Forrest Simpson, Philadelphia; George Simpson, Grantsville; five 
daughters, Mrs. Arthur Broadwater and Mrs. Arch Cook, Lonaconing; Miss Amelda 
Simpson, Washington, Pa.; Mrs. Lulu Edwards and Miss Ethel Simpson, Grantsville, 
and 15 grandchildren.
  The funeral was held Monday morning in the Grantsville Methodist Episcopal 
Church and was largely attended.  Rev. A. C. Bell, the pastor preached a very 
appropriate sermon.  The choir sang several beautiful selections.  The pall-
bearers were Cecil and Ellis Warnick, Ernest Hoffman, Darius and Austin 
Broadwater and Elbert Garlitz, nephew, of Mrs. Simpson.  Interment in the 
Grantsville cemetery.
  Relatives who attended including all the children, Mrs. Simon Baker, Mr. and 
Mrs. Charles Baker, Harry Baker, Miss Bertha Warnick, Mt. Lake Park, Mr. and 
Mrs. Horace Warnick, Cumberland; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Warnick, Mrs. Elmer Warnick 
and son and Ellis Warnick, Cumberland; Miss Genevera Wright and Charles 
Armstrong and friends, Barrelsville, O.; also many friends from Salisbury and 
New Germany.

Meyersdale Republican, August 27, 1931