OBIT: William E. TANNEHILL, 1942, native of Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM E. TANNEHILL
  
  William E. Tannehill, 63, manager of the Fairview Produce Company in West 
Brownsville, died suddenly of a heart attack Saturday evening, Feb. 7, 1942.
  Mr. Tannehill was born near Confluence, a son of Jasper N. and Mary Tannehill.  
He had been connected with the Fairview Produce Company for 32 years, serving as 
president and manager since 1915.  He also was a director of the Pittrol Fuel 
Company, Monongahela.
  He had been active in civic affairs in his community, having served as a 
member of the West Brownsville Borough Council and a member of several civilian 
defense committees.  He served as treasurer of the Christian Church and was a 
member of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.
  Surviving are two brothers, Sherman N. Tannehill, Washington, Pa., and Robert 
F. Tannehill, Confluence; a sister, Mrs. Etta Colmer, West Brownsville, and a 
number of nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services were conducted at the family home at 11 Monday morning with 
additional rites in the Jersey Church, Confluence, at 2, by the Rev. A. F. 
Hanes, pastor of the First Christian Church, West Brownsville.  Burial in the 
Confluence church cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, February 12, 1942