The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-12-12

! Woodlawn cemetery Saturday Fair
, mont West Virginian.
Death of rlr. George A. Oss.
! In an accident, Saturday, November
Both. 1912, at his sawmill near Schell,
W. Va, Mr.. George A Oss suffered
fatal injuries followed in a few hours
by death. During the few intervening
hours between the calamitOus occur
renee and the end of life he was not
only rational but capable of conversing
with his family and of advising his wife
as to the course most practicable for
her in future direction Of affairs. After
full and clear explanations of his secular
appertainings, he Gained himself to
meet: without dread the waiting
Messenger.
At noon, Tuesday, December 3rd,
1912, the remains were taken to Keyser,
w. Va, by relatives, accompanied by
friends from several States, for funeral
observances conducted in the Methodist
Episcopal church, by its rector, the Rev.
Mr.. Havener. The impressive service
reached the people and enlisted a SYM
pathy to degree that manifested the
tender affection in which the deceased
was held. Mr.. Havener paid a high
but merted tribute to the exceptional
life, strong character and christian rec
titude so pronounced in every depart
mentlin which MIR. Oss was known. At
the conclusion of the church rites the
body was conveyed for interment in the
cemetery south of the town
Mr.. Oss is survived by widow, four
sons and daughter. none of the child
rem yet grown; and by brother, Mr..
William H. Oss of Swanton, Maryland.
and with whom, during the the major
part of his business career, he was as
ISOLATED in the lumber trade.
The subject of this mention was born
near Frostburg, Allegany county, Nd,
thirtY-eight years from the 18th day of
January, 1913. In the early days of
his boyhood the lines did not fall to him
in pleasant places and he had to battle
stubborn distractions on the obscure
pathway trod to mans estate, to him
no schoolroom nor seat of learning was
there, and he reached the age of major
ity with all Of those native qualities of
mind and aspiration struggling as the
sun-rays to penetrate and dispel the
morning mist that cloud them. Storms
of adversely beating down the average
man, brought only refreshing and
Vitalizing stimulants to the manly cour-
age of George Oss. Once when his
business was responding to his strict
and judicious supervision, a well stocked
lumber yard was totally swept away bv
fire. and later a saw mill with valuable
equipment was devoured in flames; but
over the ashes and embers Of these
losses he would rebuild and further ex-
tend his growing trade. From the first
receipts coming in answer to his brave
struggle he used liberal part to obtain
books of information so sorely hidden
from him. 1t had not been his privilege
to attend school a single dav in his life
and every mental and business posses
sion of his had been quarried from the
granite rock Of self-imposed toll. He
procured and read the best works from
thoughtful authors on civil and religious
subjects and informed himself from the
most modern and useful lexicons and
encyclopedias to be had. He was a
church member of uncompromising re-
llglous convictions, like Abraham,
marking the origin of the wonderful
Jewish race, in the community in which
he pitched his tent there his altar was
built, and these affairs speak for him
now when he is gone. Contemplating
such life it ceases to be strange that.
in the final hour, he could TRANQUILITY
counsel loved ones about him, and then
happy in the serenity of an abiding
faith, bow a submissive head and pass
down the shaded river in peace.
RELLIN.