OBIT: Elmer E. WEIMER, 1945, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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ELMER E. WIMER [*]  

  Elmer E. Wimer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Wimer, died at his home in 
Jennings, Md., Friday evening, Sept. 7, from a paralytic stroke.  He had 
recovered from several previous strokes during the past year.
  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laura Isabelle Wimer, and eleven children: 
Mrs. Flora Craw, Devon, Conn.; Albert Wimer, Bridgeport, Conn.; George Wimer, 
Briar Hill, Pa.; Mrs. Estelle Bowman, Deep Creek, Md.; Mrs. Lucille Engle, 
Turtle Creek, Pa., children by his first wife, the late Eliza Ann Sloan Schmidt 
Wimer - Elwood, Ellsworth, Martha, Alice and Violet, children by the surviving 
wife at home; also a step-son, Russell Schmidt, Accident, Md.  Also surviving 
are three brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
  Mr. Wimer was a member of the United Brethren Church.  Funeral services were 
conducted Monday afternoon in the Jennings Lutheran Church by Rev. Milton B. 
Miller, Mennonite minister of Grantsville.  Interment in the Thayerville 
Cemetery, directed by William Winterberg, Grantsville mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, September 13, 1945

ELMER E. WEIMER

  Elmer E. Weimer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Weimer, died at his home in 
Jennings, Md., Friday, Sept. 7, at 1:30 a.m. from a paralytic stroke.  He had 
recovered from several previous strokes, during the past year.
  Mr. Weimer leaves the following children by his first wife, the late Eliza Ann 
Sloan Weimer: Mrs. Flora Craw, Devon, Conn.; Albert Weimer, Bridgeport, Conn.; 
George Weimer, Brier Hill, Pa.; Mrs. Estella Bowman, Deep Creek Lake, Md.; Mrs. 
Mary Hinebaugh, Oakland, Md.; Mrs. Lucille Engle, Turtle Creek, Pa. 
  He also leaves a step-son, Russel Schmidt, Accident, Md., and the following 
children by his surviving wife, Mrs. Laura Isabelle Schmidt Weimer:  Elwood, 
Ellsworth, Martha, Alice and Violet, at home.
  Also surviving are six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, two half-
brothers, Oak Sliger, Arlington, Va., Delph Sliger, Bradford, Ohio, and two 
half-sisters, Mrs. Verna Fairfax, Reynoldsville, W.Va. and Mrs. Iva Petrel, East 
Chicago, Ind.
  Mr. Weimer was a member of the United Brethren Church.  Funeral services were 
conducted Monday afternoon in the Jennings Lutheran Church by Rev. Milton B. 
Miller, Mennonite minister of Grantsville, Md.  Interment in the Thayerville 
Cemetery, directed by William Winterberg, Grantsville mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, September 27, 1945

[*The correct spelling for Elmer's last name is Weimer].