OBIT: Ambrose S. STACER, 1944, native of Somerset County, PA

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AMBROSE S. STACER

  Ambrose S. Stacer, 68, expired suddenly last Friday afternoon while listening 
to the radio at the family home on High Street.  He was a bachelor, the son of 
John and Mary Stacer, pioneer residents, and was born in Meyersdale December 26, 
1875.  A heart condition was ascribed as the cause of his death.
  For several years prior to his death he was the janitor of SS. Philip and 
James Church and took care of the church grounds.
  Surviving are two brothers, George, of Meyersdale, and Francis of Homestead, 
and five sisters - Mrs. Margaret Grabenstein, Cumberland, and Misses Annie, 
Esther, Clara and Lucy at home.
  Funeral mass was celebrated Monday morning in SS. Philip and James Church by 
his pastor, Rev. Father Houghton.  Interment in the church cemetery.
  The following out-of-town relatives and friends called at the Stacer home and 
attended the funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Francis Stacer, Homestead; Mr. and Mrs. 
Leonard Stacer, Homestead Park; Mr. and Mrs. James Geary, Pittsburgh; Mr. and 
Mrs. Carl Soethe, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grabenstein, Justees Grabenstein, Miss 
Catherine Grabenstein, Mrs. Carrie Lippold, Cumberland, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. 
Hartle, Connellsville; Mr. and Mrs. George Weimer, Mr. and Mrs. James Darrow and 
Charles Darrow, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Weimer, Frostburg, Md.; Mrs. Adrian Blocher 
and Mrs. Grace Brown, Salisbury; Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Breig, Moween, Pa.; Mrs. 
Edward Weimer, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McKenzie and Anthony Weimer, Avilton, Md.; 
Dr. E. C. Saylor, Berlin; Mrs. Edward Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Clay Miller and son, 
Gerald, Johnstown, and Mrs. R. J. Secrest, Rockwood.

Meyersdale Republican, April 20, 1944