OBIT: Jacob J. ZORN, 1914, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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Zorn, Jacob J.

  Jacob J. Zorn one of Berlin's oldest residents and most highly esteemed 
citizens and a veteran of the Civil War, passed to his reward Friday morning at 
about 9 o'clock, aged 77 years, 9 months and 23 days. His death was due to an 
affliction of gall stones a trouble he has suffered for only a few months. Jacob 
J. Zorn was a son of the late Michael and Mary Louise (Dom) Zorn, and was born 
in Berlin on April 30th, 1836.
  When about a year old his family moved into the house where he died, and where 
he resided during his lifetime, with the exception of about ten months that he 
lived in Somerset. Mr. Zorn joined the Lutheran Church when he was a child and 
has always been a faithful member. He has been a member of the Berlin Lodge, No. 
397, I. O. O. F., for many years, and for the past 21 years has served as the 
efficient secretary of that order. He was also a member of the Somerset Lodge, 
F. and A. M., and a charter member of Hebron Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, at 
Meyersdale. He was a member of the Mark Collins Post, No. 344, G. A. R., of 
Berlin and always took a great interest in Grand Army matters. The funeral was 
held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were conducted by his pastor, 
the Rev. H. B. Burkholder, of Trinity Lutheran Church. The Odd Fellows, Masons, 
and Grand Army attended in a body. Interment was made in Odd Fellows Cemetery, 
at Berlin, which beautiful burial ground Mr. Zorn was instrumental in giving to 
that community, and in which he always took a great interest.

Meyersdale Commercial, Mar. 5, 1914