OBIT: Solomon GLADFELTER, 1916, Rossville, York County, PA

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Solomon Gladfelter

At his home in Rossville, at 2 a.m., Saturday, January 29th, Solomon Gladfelter, 
one of Warrington township’s oldest and best known citizens, passed away, aged 
87 years, 2 months and 8 days.

The deceased is survived by his wife, a son, John W. Gladfelder, and grandson, 
Charles Gladfelter, and four great-grandchildren, all of who reside in the 
ancestral home in Rossville.  More that a half century ago Mr. Gladfelter was 
united in marriage to Miss Sarah Bentz, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John 
Bentz.

The funeral was held Tuesday morning at 10:30, with interment in the Friends’ 
Cemetery.  Rev. L.A. Miller, of the United Evangelical Church and Rev. H.T. 
Bowersox, of the Lutheran Church, conducted the service.  The Funeral Director 
was Chas. G. Elicker and the following gentlemen, neighbors of the deceased, 
were the pall-bearers:  Messrs. M.B. Benedick, Jesse Miller, Calvin Drawbaugh 
and John Laughman.

Dillsburg Weekly Bulletin, Friday, February 4, 1916