The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-11-21
DEATHS.
Stem.

AA4A@R)1
Mr.. Stem received a stroke Of paraly-
, sis last summer while running the
street roller that caused him to be-
come an invalid from which he
gradually grew. weaker until his
death, He was chief, of police for
] many years and was one of the best
our city ever had. His pleasing per-
sonality made him a host of friends
! who deeply regret his demise. He
, looked after the people who were i'm
more or less destitute circumstances
, and kept them provided during the
winter. Besides his wife, one broth
sister, Mrs. Caple, Harrisonville,
survive 4..Y w4
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon at his late home, Rev.
I w. I'll Hetrick officiating. Inter-
ment was made in the Westminster
} cemetery. Members OF the IndepenG-
: ent Order of Mechanics and of the
Junior Order of which Mr.. Stem was
eIa member acted. as pallbearers1
I James nj. Stoner, funeral director.
81 HesSOn.
: John Hesson, aged Sc years and
2 months dropped dead Monday
( evening while loading sand for
) Thomas, Bennett & Hunter, near the
{ railroad. He is survived by four
sons and three daughters: Charles
) Hesson, near Uniontown; William,
2 Stonersville; Clarence, at home5
( Oliver, Littlestown; Mrs. Fanny
! Zimmerman, Philadelphia; Mrs. Her.
4 bert Houser, near this city and Mrs.
< Jesse Stultz, this city.
Funeral services were held We'd
X nesday afternoon in Krider's Re-
: formed church conducted by Rev. J.
3 w. Reinecke and interment made i'm
< adjoining cemetery. The pallbearers
< were his sons and sOns-in-law.
James M. Stoner, funeral director
Byers.
& Mrs. Mary Madgeline Byers, wife
" Of Ezra Byers, MT. Pleasant died at
4 her home Tuesday, aged 63 years,
< months and 27 days. Besides her
. husband the following children sur
$ vive: Noah A, Bernard, Walter, Miss
* Nettie Byers, Irwin, Frank, MIS-
q Mamie Kuhn and Denton Byers; al
= so two brothers and one sister,
= Daniel and Howard Yingling, this
: city and Mrs. Ella Bigham, Balti-
- more.
x Funeral services were held at
" rAIluCI ICCIOIu1Gu hui oNcSy
= at IL O'Clock, Rev. Reinecke and Rev
8 Traver officiating. Interment was
g made in adjoining cemetery. Pall-
y bearers were Charles Hosfeld, George.
& Sneak, Amos HOuser Wesley Gel
g man, J. B. Burner and Mr.. Rhodes.
$ Harvey Bankard & Son funeral
G. directors.
q PfOUtz.
g Mrs. Mary E. Pfoutz, widow of the
x late EbeneZer PfoutZ, died at the
Q home Of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel
= Fogle, at townsville, of paralysis
& aged "a years and 6 days. Besides
z Mrs. Fogle she is survived by two
& daughters, Mrs. Clayton Hood, Of
x Union Bridge, and Mrs. John Black,
8 of Unionville; two sons, Abram and
K Samuel Pfoutz, of Waynesboro, Pa
= Funeral took place Monday morn
. ing at 10 o'clock, with funeral ser
Z vices at Beaver Dam, conducted by
= Elders Samuel Repp and Ernest Ger
y nand. --
81 ChOate. ~
Richard Pearce Choate, rs years
y old, one OF the oldest farmers Of the
Second district of Baltimore county,
m pdSILL1oISE oLLC VI IlAC VI 6cIAAA-
y ers of the Roslyn Farmers Grange
4 died Tuesday night at seven o'clock
3 at his home ON the Liberty road,
3 Randallstown. Surviving, he leaves
= a widow, Mrs. Emma George Choate;
m two sons, Richard P. and Marvin e
Choate, Of RandallStOWn; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Clarence Wright, of Rux-
ton, and a sister, Mrs. G. P. Prough,
of Freedom. The funeral was held
yesterday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock
: Greenh0ItZ.
! John A. Greenholtz died Tuesday
at the home Of his grandson, J. G.
Gist, West Main street, this city
) where he had been making his home
Q for the past IA years. His age was
S6 years and days. He is survived
!. by children, John III, Samuel A. and
!, Mrs. Charles Lambert; also one
brother, Jacob Greenholtz.
Funeral services in charge of Rev.
/. W. I'll. Hetrick were held at the home,
{ Thursday at 10 a. m. and interment
| made in Uniontown cemetery. The
! pallbearers were Simon Nusbaum,
; Harry Cassell, Oliver Grouse, N c.:
| Erb, R. N. Snader and G. w. Baby
/, len +. A. Sharrer & Son funeral
, directors.
| Slerp.
! Hamilton Slorp died very suddenly
at his home, in Linwood, Tuesday
evening. He is survived by two sis
| ters, Mrs. Joseph Fowler and Mrs.
Geo. Baker, Dayton, Ohio, and two
brothers, Jefferson Slorp, this city,
and Jeremiah Slorp, Dayton, O.
Funeral services will be held from
the home OF his brother, Jefferson
Slorp, this city, Saturday morning.
Harvey Bankard & Son funeral direct
ors. The body was brought here
, yesterday.
Brown.
" Harry Ellsworth Brown, a minister
in the Methodist Episcopal church,.
colored died Monday at his home,
near Sans Creek aged "a years. He
lis survived by his widow and 8
children. Funeral services were
held Tuesday at Mt. Olive and in
terment made in adjoining cemetery
Harvey Bankard q Son funeral
directors