OBIT: Frank W. SIMPSON, 1943, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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FRANK SIMPSON

Somerset Loses Two Prominent Men In One Day
Frank Simpson and Joseph Levy Passed Away Last Friday

  Somerset lost two of its most prominent citizens almost simultaneously last 
Friday.
  Frank W. Simpson, 65, well known and popular businessman, died at his home at 
11:33 a.m., and Joseph Levy, 70, veteran member of the Somerset bar, succumbed 
at 12:50 p.m. at his home.  Both had been suffering from incurable maladies for 
several years.
  Frank Walter Simpson was a son of Charles and Margaret Walter Simpson.  His 
mother died a few days after his birth.  He was raised to manhood by his 
grandmother, Mrs. Isaac Simpson.
  For years he conducted Simpson's livery stable, located on West Patriot 
Street.  Following the advent of the automobile, Mr. Simpson opened a taxi 
service in 1914, and operated a fleet of "Jitneys" as they were known then, with 
five cents fare for carrying a passenger any place within the borough.
  Through the intervening years he conducted a taxi service in conjunction with 
Simpson's Garage and Auto store, one of the largest in Somerset.  During his 
many years in business, Frank W. Simpson became one of the best known figures in 
town.  His friends numbered thousands.  He became almost a tradition in 
Somerset, his name being synonymous with kindness, generosity and charity.  
  Mr. Simpson's death followed a heart attack, the second he had in three years.  
His wife had been bedfast for several months prior to his death and was so 
critically ill at the time of his passing that she could not be informed of her 
bereavement.  Mrs. Simpson was a daughter of the late Attorney and Mrs. John R. 
Scott.  The couple were married in 1915 and were very devoted to each other.
  Funeral services for Mr. Simpson were held at the Walter S. Hoffman Funeral 
Home.  Rev. Dr. I. Hess Wagner conducted the rites, which were followed by 
interment in Union Cemetery.  The pallbearers were the four husbands of Mr. 
Simpson's cousins, the former Simpson girls of Somerset, and two employes who 
had been with him since he first opened a taxi service in Somerset in 1914.  
They were: Ralph Rustin of Brooklyn, New York; Albert Reynolds, Clearfield; 
Lieut. Colonel Jack Steitler, Rome, N.Y.; Guy A. Heaps, Manheim; Homer Foust and 
Dewey Mort, of Somerset.

Meyersdale Republican, August 26, 1943