OBIT: Jacob ASH, 1917, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/westmoreland/ ____________________________________________ UNCLE DIES SUDDENLY. Tipton Friends Hear of Death of Rev. Dr. Jacob Ash, Greensburg Minister. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moffett, of Tipton, the former track superintendent for the Pennsy in that district, yesterday morning received word from Greensburg announcing the death of an uncle of the former, Rev. Dr. Jacob Ash, a Lutheran minister, at Greensburg, and a one time resident of Leechburg. Rev. Dr. Ash, said to be one of the most able speakers of his denomination, had visited frequently in this city, and on a number of occasions had addressed gatherings in different churches. He was an uncle of Pennsy Ticket Examiner Moffett, and was well advanced in years. The Tipton relatives leave today for Greensburg. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday Morning, February 21, 1917