OBIT: Ray J. WENGERD, 1942, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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RAY WENGERD

Bicycle Accident Injuries Fatal to Ray Wengerd
Died in Hazel McGilvery Hospital After Three Weeks of Suffering

  Ray J. Wengerd died in the Hazel McGilvery Hospital, Meyersdale, last Sunday 
morning, at an early hour, aged 22 years, one month and 4 days.  He was a son of 
John S. and Lydia Beachy Wengerd, and resided in Elk Lick Township, near 
Compton's Mills.
  His death was the result of an accident which occurred on the 29th of last 
month, while he was riding a bicycle, which collided with a truck driven by C. 
A. Maust of Salisbury, injuring his brain with a skull fracture.  He also 
received a groin injury, and suffered from shock.
  He is survived by his parents and these sisters and brothers: Mrs. Annie 
Petersheim of Oakland, Md.; Mrs. Sadie Hershberger and Mrs. Elizabeth 
Hershberger of Lynn Haven, Va.; Allen of Springs, and Menno at home.
  Funeral services were held Wednesday at ten a.m. in the Amish Mennonite Church 
at Niverton, of which Mr. Wengerd was a member.  Burial was in the church 
cemetery under the direction of Mortician Stanley M. Thomas of Salisbury.

Meyersdale Republican, July 23, 1942