OBIT: Elmer E. Brockley, 1916, Conewago Township, York County, PA

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Elmer E. Brockley

Following a brief illness from pneumonia, Elmer E. Brockley, a former 
Hanoverian, died at his late home in Conewago township, near Manchester, York 
county, on Sunday, at 5:30 a.m.  He was aged 44 years, 3 months and 17 days.

Mr. Brockley was a son of the late Samuel E. and Sarah (Mathias) Brockley and 
was born in Hanover, where his early life was spent.  He was married to Miss Ida 
Reck, a daughter of Levi Reck, of Baltimore street, this place.  He was a 
painter and paperhanger by trade.  Eight years ago Mr. Brockley moved to 
Baltimore, later going to York, where he was employed at the Pullman motor car 
plant, for a number of years.  Only last Monday the family moved on a small farm 
near Conley’s schoolhouse, thinking the outdoor life would be beneficial to his 
health.  He was sick on the day they moved, and this later developed into 
pneumonia.

The deceased leaves his wife and nine children.  Also, two brothers, Joseph A. 
Brockley, of Walnut street, and Edwin R. Brockley, of Abbottstown St.  The 
oldest daughter, Miss Mary Brockley, lives with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Brockley, 
Baltimore St.

The remains were brought to Hanover over the Pennsylvania railroad on Wednesday, 
reaching here at 8:45 a.m., when they were taken in charge by Geo. W. Thomas’ 
Sons funeral directors, and conveyed to Mt. Olivet cemetery where services were 
held in the Forney-Bittinger memorial chapel, Rev. M. J. Roth, of Trinity 
Reformed church, officiating.  Interment on the family lot.


The Hanover Herald – Saturday, April 15, 1916