GAUMER, Mrs. Charles
Mrs. Charles Gaumer, 60 years old, died at 5 o'clock Monday morning at her home, near Ellerslie, following a lingering illness. She is survived by two sons, Harvey E., of Ellerslie; Samuel, at home; three daughters, Mrs. Eugene Lowery, Bedford; Mrs. Lloyd S. Sturtz, of Wellersburg, Pa., and Miss Beatrice Gaumer, at home. She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Bingman, of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. L. V. Moyer, of Mars, Pa., and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home, with interment in the Getz cemetery, near Ellerslie.
The Bedford Gazette, January 9, 1931
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
GEIGER, Mrs. Christina Bartholomal
Mrs. Christina (Bartholomal) Geiger, 81, died yesterday at her home in 1301 Sycamore Street, Connellsville, Pa. Mrs. Geiger was a native of Germany and was the widow of Henry Geiger. She was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Surviving are six children, Bernard Geiger and Miss Henrietta Geiger, both at home; Mrs. Charles Moffit, Greensburg, Pa.; William Geiger, Hazelwood, Pa., and Lawrence and Charles Geiger, both of Cumberland; 20 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are three brothers and a sister. A Requiem High Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, at 10 a.m. at the Immaculate Conception Church, and burial will be in Chestnut Hill Cemetery. The body is at the residence.
The Cumberland Evening Times, January 20, 1964
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
GERDEMAN, Barbara
Frostburg - Barbara Ann Gerdman(sic), three-year-old daughter of Albert and Virginia (Komatz) Gerdman, Baltimore, died last week in Johns Hopkins Hospital following a lingering illness.
Besides her parents, she is survived by a sister, Lynn Gerdman, at home; a brother, John Gerdman, at home; her maternal grandparents, Mrs. and Mrs. Frank Komatz, Frostburg; her paternal grandfather, Anthony Gerdman, Baltimore, and her great grandmother, Mrs. Andy Komatz, Frostburg.
Services were conducted in St Ursula Church, Baltimore, and interment was in the Moreland Memorial Cemetery there.
The Cumberland Evening Times Sep 13, 1960
Henry A. Gerdemann
GERDEMANN, Henry A.
Henry Albert Gerdemann, 79, 715 North Mechanic stree, retired grocer, died at his home at noon yesterday after being ill five weeks.
Mr. Gerdemann had been in the grocery business practically his entire life at 702 North Mechanic street, started by his father about 60 years ago. They were in business until the father died and then the son operated the store until he retired eight years agao.
Mr. Gerdemann was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and of Cumberland Aerie, No. 245, Fraternal Order of Eagles.
A native of Cumberland, Mr. Gerdemann was a son of the late Henry A. and Elizabeth (Schellhaus) Gerdemann. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. James W. Cook, Mrs. Phillip A. Hast and Mrs. Jacob Rupert, all of Cumberland.
The body is at the home of Mrs. Cook, 713 North Mechanic street.
June 14 1943 Cumberland Evening Times
Lizzie Gerdeman
GERDEMAN, Lizzie
Miss Lizzie, the eldest daughter of Mr. Anthony Gerdeman, died at the residence of her father on Pear street yesterday evening after a lingering illness from pneumonia. Miss Gerdeman was about twenty one years of age, and a very attractive and pleasing young lady. The funeral will take place tomorrow, leaving the residence, No. 28 Pear alley, at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, and the interment will be made in the German Catholic cemetery. Miss Gerdeman worked in the etching department at the Narrows glass factory, and it is understood the employees of that department will attend the funeral in a body.
Jan 16 1895 Cumberland Evening Times
Norman G. Gerdeman, Sr.
GERDEMAN, Norman G., Sr.
Norman George Gerdeman , Sr., 62, brick contractor, died at his Spring Gap home this morning. He was a son of the late Henry and Elizabeth (Schellhaus) Gerdeman.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Ellen (Smith) Gerdeman; a son, Norman G. Gerdeman, Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. J. W. Wheeler; a brother, Henry Gerdeman; three sisters, Mrs. Jacob Ruppert, Mrs. James W. Cook; and Mrs. Elizabeth Hast. He was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.
Feb 19 1941 Cumberland Evening Times
Richard Gerdeman
GERDEMAN, Richard
Richard Gerdeman, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Gerdeman, 526 Riehl avenue, died early today at Allegany Hospital of injuries received Sunday when he dived into shallow water in Patterson creek. He was paralyzed from the waist down.
He attended LaSalle and Allegany high schools and was a carrier for the Evening Times.
A son, Albert, and daughters Agnes, Eleanor and Catherine, are the other Gerdeman children.
July 24 1940 Cumberland Evening Times.
Richard Gerdeman Rites
GERDEMAN, Richard
Services for Richard L. Gerdeman, 17, of 526 Riehl avenue, who died Wednesday at Allegany Hospital were conducted this morning at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Interment was in the church cemetery. Rev. Father Luke, O.F.M. Caf., was celebrant of the requiem mass.
Pallbearers were Jack McPartland, Bud Ruehl, Joseph McLean, James Fahey, Aloysius Grabenstein, Thomas Lipold and Frederick Rupert.
July 26 1940 Cumberland Evening Times
GERLACH, Mrs. Rebecca Ellen Brode
Mrs. Rebecca Ellen Gerlach, 84, of 24 Greene Street, died Saturday night at Sacred Heart Hospital where she had been admitted earlier in the day. She had been in ill health three years. A native of Frostburg, she was a daughter of the late John and Nettie (McKenzie) Brode. Her husband, William A. Gerlach, died in 1924. Surviving are a son, Harry Gerlach, with whom she resided; a sister, Mrs. Kate Leonard, Findlaysville, Pa., and a grandson. The body is at the Hafer Bros. Mansion Funeral Home, Frostburg, where friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted there tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. and burial will be in Frostburg Memorial Park. Services will be conducted by Rev. George L. Wehler, pastor of Salem United Church of Christ, Frostburg.
The Cumberland News, June 7, 1965
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
GOODRICH, Leroy
28 Nov 1887 Mr Leroy "Rock" Goodrich, former engineer for the Cumberland & Pennsylvania RR, died last night at his home in Ocean, aged 91 years. He first was employed by the B & O R.R. operating a "GrassHopper" engine and then was an engineer for the Cumberland & Pennsylvania R.R. until 6 weeks ago, when he was taken ill. The burial is tomorrow.
Excerpts from a journal by Rev. Frank Gibson Porter, written in Lonaconing, MD
"November 7, 1887 At one received word to visit a sick man at Ocean (4 miles) and as Father was going that way I went with him. Mr. Goodrich, sick man, is an old engineer (67 years) [Note: later writes 74], and he said that I was the first preacher that had been in his house for twenty-five years. After supper, Bros. Essau and Morgan and John Foote went with me to Mr. Tom Dick.
November 26-28, 1887 Mr. Goodrich is Dead and I bury him on Tuesday."
[1. Leroy Goodrich + Mary Emma Housare
2. Joseph Leroy Goodrich + Sidney Marion Dawson
3. Joseph Leroy Goodrich + Fanny Florence Long
* 4. Gladys Naomi Goodrich + Clifford Nelson Crowe]
GRACIE, Archibald
Frostburg, Feb. 8.- Archibald Gracy[sic], 80, a former resident of Eckhart, died yesterday at the home of his son, Thomas A. Gracy, 630 Allendale street, Baltimore.
His body will be brought here today and taken to the Frostburg Furniture company mortuary, where services will be conducted Sunday. Interment will be in the Eckhart cemetery.
Mr. Gracie leaves two sons, Thomas, Baltimore and John, Cumberland. Dr. W. A. Gracie, Cumberland; Thomas Gracie, Eckhart, and Robert Lee, this place are nephews.
February 8, 1936 The Cumberland Evenng Times
Mrs. Archie Gracie
GRACIE, Mrs. Archie
Funeral of Mrs. Gracie
The funeral of Mrs. Archie Gracie, who [d]ied in Philadelphia, Pa., several days ago, and whose remains were brought here for interment, took place yesterday. Interment was made in Eckhart cemetery, Rev. J. N. Edwards, of the Eckhart M. E. church, officiated at the services.
Feb 29 1909 Cumberland Evening Times (Courtesy of Dave Gracie)
Mrs. John Gracie (nee Pengelly)
GRACIE, Mrs. John
Bureau of the Evening Times, Eckhart, Dec 13.
Mrs. John Gracie, of Eckhart, died at the Western Maryland Hospital in Cumberland Monday noon, not long after reaching the hospital. Mrs. Gracie and her three sons, were ill with typhoid fever, and were taken to the hospital for treatment, and care. Mrs. Gracie's death was sudden and unexpected. She was of about middle age and the mother of a large family. She was a most exemplary wife and a woman of many good qualities. She has lived all her life at Eckhart, being well and favorably known. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Pingally[sic] of Eckhart. One sister, Mrs. Thomas Eckhart, and a husband and the following children survive: Messrs. John, Harry, Robert and James Gracie and Masters Lewis and Earl Gracie.
Mrs. Gracie's death is supposed to be due to the fever and owing to overwork and worry. She had just nursed a grown son through a severe attack of fever, when her three sons and then herself succumbed to the disease. Much sympathy is being shown for the family.
Dec 13 1911 Cumberland Evening Times (Courtesy of Dave Gracie)
Thomas W. Gracie
GRACIE, Thomas W.
Killed Instantly
A Brother of Archie Gracie Meets Death in a Coal Mine.
Mr. Thomas W. Gracie, one of the most prominent miners in the Georges Creek region, was instantly killed in Hoffman mine near Eckhart, at 1:30 this afternoon. He was 38 years of age.
The deceased leaves a wife and three children. He was a brother to Mr. Archie W. Gracie, night watchman at the Insane Asylum and almshouse.
The accident was due to a fall of horseback coal which crushed the man's head killing him instantly.
He was a member of Coal Valley Council Jr. O.U.A.M. and of Mt. Savage Lodge I.O.O.F. No. 128. An inquest was held and the verdict was accidental death. Cumberland Evening Times Jan 1 1901 (Courtesy of Dave Gracie)
GRACIE, Mrs. Virginia Belle Campbell
Mrs Virginia Belle Gracie, wife of John W. Gracie, 438 Bond Street, died last night at the home following an illness of one month.
Born in Philippi, W. Va., Mrs. Gracie was a daughter of Delbert B. Campbell and the late Mrs. Ida (Nutter) Campbell. She resided here the past 29 years and was a member of Grace Baptist Church.
Surviving, besides her husband and father, are a daughter, Mrs. Nina Wilson, at home; three sisters, Mrs. Julia Rosier and Mrs. Beatrice Poling, both of Philippi, and Mrs. Blanche Perrine, Wolf Summit, W. Va., and a brother, Leeman Campbell, Norton, W. Va.
The body is at the Kight Funeral Home, where rites will be held at 1:30 p.m Thursday by Rev. Randolph Keefe, pastor of Grace Baptist Church. Interment will be in Zion Memorial Park Cemetery.
Cumberland Evening Times March 1, 1949
(Courtesy of Dave Gracie)
GROF, William H. & Rita Darrah
A joint funeral service for William H. Grof and his wife, Rita (Darrah) Grof of Monroeville, Pa., who were fatally injured Sunday in a two-car accident near Butler, Pa., will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. in SS. Philip and James Catholic Church, Meyersdale. Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Meyersdale. Mr. Grof was killed instantly in the crash. His wife died Monday in South Side Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio. They were natives of Meyersdale. Mr. Grof was a son of Mrs. Nell (Hady) Grof, Meyersdale, and Ihe late Fred Grof. Mrs. Grof was the daughter of Mrs. Marina (Brooks) Darrah, Meyersdale, and the late Augustus Darrah. Mr. Grof had been employed as a wholesale supervisor for the Quaker Oats Company since 1941. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of BPO Elks Lodge, McKeesport, Pa., and the American Legion and Loyal Order of Moose, Meyersdale. The couple is survived by a son, William H. Grof Jr., Idaho Falls, Idaho; and two granddaughters. Mr. Grof also is survived by his mother; a brother, Fred L. Grof, Meyersdale, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Warner, Fort Hill, Pa. Besides her mother and son, Mrs. Grof is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Frances Wilmoth, Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Mercedes Laverman, McKeesport; Mrs. Mary Hartle, Meyersdale, and Mrs. Josephine Beynon, Cumberland, and a brother, Charles A. Darrah, Pittsburgh. The bodies are at the Price Funeral Home in Meyersdale, where friends will be received. A Christian wake service will be held there today at 9 p.m.
The Cumberland Evening Times, August 31, 1977
(Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso)
