OBIT: Hubert Morris WAGNER, 1948, native of Somerset County, PA

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HUBERT MORRIS WAGNER

  Hubert Morris Wagner of 441 W. Ravenwood Avenue, Youngstown, O., died in the 
South Side Unit of the Youngstown Hospital at about 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 23, 
of a heart ailment.  Mr. Wagner had been in failing health for nearly two years, 
and his last illness lasted about a week.  He was taken to the hospital about 12 
hours before his death, and about six hours after his admission, a son was born 
to his son, Fred, and wife.  His son informed him just before his death of the 
birth, but Mr. Wagner didn't live long enough to hear that his newest grandson 
had been named after him.
  He was born in Salisbury on July 4, 1895, son of Morris and Annie (Lichty) 
Wagner, and was 11 days short of 53 years old at his passing.  He was married to 
Julia Meese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Meese, just prior to World War I 
in which he served.  He was a charter member of Earl H. Opel Post of the 
American Legion in Salisbury, and was very active until he moved to Youngstown 
about 18 years ago.  He learned the barber trade in his youth and had followed 
that profession ever since, the past 17 years in the Y.M.C.A. building in 
Youngstown.  He was a member of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church here, 
of Youngstown Lodge No. 615, F. and A.M. and Aut-Mori Grotto.
  Mr. Wagner was very well known and liked in Salisbury because of his friendly 
and happy disposition.  He had a good business here, but at the start of the 
depression felt he could do better in a larger town, and moved to Youngstown.  
He has had only one vacation since he left Salisbury, spending a week or more 
here in the fall of 1945, shortly before his heart ailment curtailed his working 
hours.  His mother, Mrs. Annie Petry, had been with him for about the last two 
weeks of his life.
  He is survived by his wife and two sons, Fred P. and Samuel L. Wagner, of 
Youngstown; his mother, Mrs. Annie Petry of Salisbury; four grandchildren; one 
brother, Clyde D. Wagner of Poland, O., and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Petry and 
Mrs. Harry McClure of Salisbury.
  Members of the Youngstown Lodge, F. and A.M. held services in the Hofmeister 
Memorial Funeral Home in Youngstown on Friday evening at eight o'clock.  Funeral 
services were conducted in the Home, Saturday, June 26, at 2 p.m., with Dr. 
Joseph Lloyd officiating.  Interment was made in Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown.

Meyersdale Republican, July 1, 1948