OBIT: Robert R. FRESH, 1931, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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ROBERT R. FRESH

Tragic Death of Robert R. Fresh

Former Resident of Somerset County Fatally Burned by Gasoline at Chambersburg, 
Pa.

  Robert R. Fresh, of Chambersburg, Pa., while working on the generator of a 
car, had a pan of gasoline near, and it is supposed that a spark from the 
generator ignited the gasoline, and the flames set fire to his clothes and the 
car he was working on.  He tried to extinguish the fire in his clothes, but 
could not.  He then jumped into the burning car and drove it out, thereby saving 
the garage and contents, but was fatally burned in doing so, living only about 
10 hours after being burned and passing away Sept. 5th.  He was aged 34 years, 6 
months and 21 days.
  He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Rosy Keidle, of Northampton 
Township, and three children, Ernest, aged 11; Elsie, 10, and Bessie, 8 years; 
his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Fresh, of Cumberland, Md., and the 
following named brothers and sisters:  Abraham, Harry, Irvin, Fred and John 
Fresh, all of Akron, Ohio; Howard, of Listonburg, Pa.; Lester, of Cumberland, 
Md.; Mrs. Albert Ohler, Mrs. Edward Lyons, and Mrs. Austin Lyons, of Rockwood, 
Pa.; Mrs. Kermit Van Pelt and Mrs. George Keidle, of Cumberland, Md., and Mrs. 
Charles Musser, of Berlin, Pa.
  Funeral services were held at the Mt. Lebanon Church, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m., 
Rev. Gindlesperger officiating; interment was made in the Mt. Lebanon cemetery.
  The Fresh family formerly lived in Salisbury and later in Brothersvalley 
Township, near Hays Mills.

Meyersdale Republican, September 24, 1931

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ROBERT FRESH

  Brush Creek, Sept. 7 - The funeral of Robert Fresh was largely attended on 
Tuesday morning.  Mr. Fresh was working on a car in his garage, and in some 
manner the gas ignited and exploded, setting his clothes afire, and fatally 
burning him.

Meyersdale Republican, September 10, 1931