OBIT: Albert SWAUGER, 1946, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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ALBERT SWAUGER

  Albert Swauger, 74, one of Grantsville's oldest residents was found dead near 
his home at noon Tuesday, Nov. 19.  He had been in failing health for several 
years and was as well as usual when he left his home shortly before he was found 
dead.
  He was the son of William Henry and Martha Glotfelty Swauger, and was born in 
Allegany County, Md., Feb. 7. 1872.  On Dec. 1, 1903, he married Miss Bertha 
Bittinger, who passed away March 8, 1939.
  Surviving are the following children: Ionia, wife of W. H. Miller, 
Grantsville; Viola, wife of William Barclay, Johnstown, Pa.; Evelyn, wife of 
Fred Bittinger, Grantsville; Mrs. Helen Hendershot, Hancock, Md., and Ivan 
Swauger, Cumberland; 13 grandchildren, one brother, Joseph Swauger, Bedford, 
Ohio, and two sisters, Mrs. May McGregor, Canton, O., and Mrs. Elizabeth Kerns, 
Philadelphia.
  Mr. Swauger came to Grantsville soon after his marriage and worked as a 
wheelwright and carpenter with the Younkin Brothers until their death when he 
retired.  He was a member of the Lutheran Church and a Charter member of the 
Woodmen of the World, Camp No. 41, Grantsville since August 18, 1913.
  Funeral services in the Grantsville Lutheran Church, Thursday afternoon at 
2:30 o'clock.  Rev. George Bowersox, the pastor, officiating.  Interment in the 
family lot in Grantsville cemetery.  Members of the W.O.W. Camp, casket-bearers.

Meyersdale Republican, November 22, 1946