The Republican., 1939-08-10
FINAL RITES 10 BE HELD
FRIDAY FOR c. W. REAM
Prominent Citizen of Community
Died Tuesday Evening at CreI-
lin Home-Was Sc Years Old
WELL KNOWN IN ? STATES


prominent coal operator and business
man as well as an active participant in
many civic enterprises, died at $3.50
o'clock Tuesday night, August 8, at
his home in Crellin.
Mr.. Ream had been in i'll health for
several years and within the past three
or four months had suffered a numbe"
of heart attacks, which is attributed as
the result of his death.
Mr.. Ream was we'll known through
out Maryland and West Virginia, es-
pecially among those engaged in the
coal industry, being at the time of his
death president of the Stanley Coal
Company, operating at Crellin; q
member of the Bituminous Coal Com
mission Of West Virginia, District No.
3; first vice-presdent of the Preston
County Coal Mining Institute, and
president of the Garrett National Bank
in Oakland, a position which he has
held since 1888.
Mr.. Ream was also prominent in
fraternal circles, being a member and
past president of the Oakland Rotary
Club; member of the Knights of Pyth-
las, Pythian Sisters and the Dokies, Of
Oakland; member of the Odd Fellows
Of Mountain Lake Park; member Of
the Woodmen of the World, Crellin,
and the Loyal Order of Moose.
Mr.. Ream was born September 13,
1882, at Mountain Lake Park, a son
Of Richard Ream and the late Gather
inc Weiss Ream. He engaged in the
lumber and coal business and was sU-
perintendent of the Kendall Lumber
Company at Crellin for several years
prior to 1925, when he was made presi-
dent of the Stanley Coal Company He
was also vice-president Of the Preston
Railroad Company and several months
ago purchased extensive coal opera
tions of the Bergman interests in
Preston county, West Va.
He was made president of the Gar
rett County Welfare Board in 1888,
serving until 1886, when he resigned
He was actively interested in the Gar
rett County Fair and contributed much
to it's years of successful operation.
Table Rock Inn, on U. S. Route so, was
also one of his numerous interests.
The mines at Crellin were among the
very few in all this area that kept in
operation throughout the depression,
giving employment to 200 to 300 men
during the years when many others
were without work.
Mr.. Ream was a member Of the
United Brethren church from child
hood. He was married to Miss Ida NJ.
Lee, who died in 1925. In 1887 he was
married to Miss Rosalie Click, princi-
pal of the Oakland Elementary school.
Surviving are his widow and four
children by his first marriage, Harold
Ream, Erval Ream and Alvin Ream,
all Of Crellin, and Mrs. Harvey Mus
sard, of Oakland. Also surviving are
his father, Richard Ream, Mountain
Lake Park; three brothers and two Sis
ters, John Ream and Robert Ream, Of
Mountain Lake Park; George Ream, OF
Indiana, Pa; Mrs. Albert Biggs, of
Mountain Lake Park, and Mrs. Frank
Gortner, of Mazon, ILL.,, and one grand
son, Richard Ream Mussard.
Funeral services are to be conducted
on Friday afternoon at two o'clock at
the Union church in Crellin, with DR..
Roy Shaffer, of Clarksburg, W. Va,
officiating, assisted by the Rev. E. A.
Critics, pastor of the U. B. church cir
cult of this area. Interment will be IN
the Oakland cemetery with members OF
the Knights of Pythias having charge
of final rites. Members of the Rotary
Club will be honorary pallbearers and
will meet at 80 Friday at the Will
iam-James Hotel.
Other honorary pallbearers will be
Douglas German, DR.. John E. Legge,
DR.. John j. Rutledge and Walter Kirk
man, Baltimore; DR.. W. w. Williams,
DR.. W. A. Oracle and DR.. A. H. Haw-
kins, Cumberland; P. ]. Crogan, Jos
Gibson and Judge A. G. Hughes, OF
Kingwood, W. Va, and directors of the
Garrett National Bank: w. R. Ofutt
D. Edward Offutt, Stuart F. Hamill
DR.. N. l. Broadwater.
Active pallbearers will be Noblt
Montgomery, Tunnelton, w. Va; 5
A. Kendall, Jr., Meyersdale, Pa; Jess
}, Ashby, Jr, Howard c. Riggs and
Delbert Davis, of Oakland; Stanley
Ashby, Lester C. Yutzy and E. f
Colaw, of Crellin.
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