OBIT: James A. WATSON, 1944, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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JAMES A. WATSON

Anesthesia Fatal To James A. Watson
Sad Fate of Member of Senior Class of Meyersdale High School

  James A. Watson, 17, Meyersdale High School student, died last Saturday at 
Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, while under an anesthetic for an operation.
  He suffered a fracture of the left arm several months ago and the injury 
failed to heal.  He was undergoing an operation to have the bone reset when he 
collapsed and died.
  A son of Samuel and Della (Hare) Watson of 107 North St., he was born on April 
10, 1927.  He was a member of the sophomore class of M.H.S. and was also a 
member of the Main Street Brethren Church.
  In addition to his parents he leaves a brother, Earl, a member of the Army Air 
Forces, stationed in the South Pacific; three sisters, Marie, Akron, O., and 
Gladys and Doris at home, and his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William 
Watson of North St.
  Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the parental 
home by Rev. Kenneth A. Ashman.  Interment in Union Cemetery under the direction 
of H. R. Konhaus.

Meyersdale Republican, May 11, 1944