Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Forsha, Lawrence Edward May 13, 1949
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 Latrobe Bulletin, May 14, 1949
Heart Attack Fatal To Derry Railroader: Lawrence Edward Forsha, 58, brakeman and
extra conductor for the Pennsylvania Railroad, died suddenly at p. m. yesterday
at his home, 123 Mast Owens Avenue, Derry. Mr. Forsha, a veteran of World War I,
died of a heart attack. He had returned from work and had just eaten and read
the paper when he was stricken. Born in Derry April 12, 1891, he was the son of
the late Elmer and Emma Byers Forsha. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Hattie
Foster Forsha, and one daughter, Mrs. George Winstead, of Derry. Three
grandchildren also survive as do the following brother and sisters: C. R.
Forsha, of Ligonier; Mrs. R. K. Richardson, of Derry; Mrs. W. R. Ringer, of
Latrobe; and Mrs. G. A. Wadsworth, of Johnstown. Mr. Forsha was a member of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the Roger Nolfi Post, American Legion, and the
Derry Lutheran Church. Friends will be received at the Fisher Funeral Home,
Derry, until Monday at 2:30 p. m. when funeral services will be held there in
charge of his pastor, the Rev. George D. Wolfe. Interment will be in Coles
Cemetery. Military services at the grave will be conducted by the Roger Nolfi
Post.

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