Williams Addlesberger, for nearly half a century a well known workman in the paint department of the Frick Company, died Thursday night at 10 o'clock at his residence, 120 Garfield Street of Cancer of the mouth. He had been ailing for about a year and a half, especially since last November when he became an invalid and was bedfast for the last six weeks. Though a great sufferer for months from the ravages of his disease, he bore his affliction with remarkable patience and never complained.
Mr. Addlesberger was in his 69th year of his age, having been born at Ringgold, Md., the 5th of September, 1860, the son of John and Amanda (Mort) Addlesberger, deceased. He had been a resident of Waynesboro since young manhood.
For a number of years, until his last illness, he was foreman of the paint shop at Frick's and was held in the highest esteem by officials and his fellow workmen. He was devoted to his home, family and church and cared little for publicity being a man of quiet and reserved disposition and a natural homebody.
Surviving Mr. Addlesberger are his second wife who before her second marriage was Mrs. Margaret (Masters) Wilders, wife of Welty Wilders of Leitersburg and one son Paul Addlesberger, of Philadelphia, by his first wife and eight grandchildren. Two brothers and five sisters also survive, namely Benjamin, Waynesboro and Frank, Ringgold; Mrs. David Bare, Mrs. Frank Hughes and Mrs. Omar Justice of Waynesboro; Mrs. Jacob Creager, Ringgold, and Mrs. Charles Danford, of Baltimore.
The deceased was a member of Trinity Reformed Church and the Men's Bible Class and faithful to both and regular in his attendance. He was also affiliated with the Junior Order United American Mechanics.
The funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, Rev. S. E. Lobach officiating, and interment in Burns Hill Cemetery. Friends and relatives are invited to the funeral. The body may be viewed Saturday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.
(Provided by Crystal Payne)
Mr. Addlesberger was in his 69th year of his age, having been born at Ringgold, Md., the 5th of September, 1860, the son of John and Amanda (Mort) Addlesberger, deceased. He had been a resident of Waynesboro since young manhood.
For a number of years, until his last illness, he was foreman of the paint shop at Frick's and was held in the highest esteem by officials and his fellow workmen. He was devoted to his home, family and church and cared little for publicity being a man of quiet and reserved disposition and a natural homebody.
Surviving Mr. Addlesberger are his second wife who before her second marriage was Mrs. Margaret (Masters) Wilders, wife of Welty Wilders of Leitersburg and one son Paul Addlesberger, of Philadelphia, by his first wife and eight grandchildren. Two brothers and five sisters also survive, namely Benjamin, Waynesboro and Frank, Ringgold; Mrs. David Bare, Mrs. Frank Hughes and Mrs. Omar Justice of Waynesboro; Mrs. Jacob Creager, Ringgold, and Mrs. Charles Danford, of Baltimore.
The deceased was a member of Trinity Reformed Church and the Men's Bible Class and faithful to both and regular in his attendance. He was also affiliated with the Junior Order United American Mechanics.
The funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, Rev. S. E. Lobach officiating, and interment in Burns Hill Cemetery. Friends and relatives are invited to the funeral. The body may be viewed Saturday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.
(Provided by Crystal Payne)
Williams Addlesberger, for nearly half a century a well known workman in the paint department of the Frick Company, died Thursday night at 10 o'clock at his residence, 120 Garfield Street of Cancer of the mouth. He had been ailing for about a year and a half, especially since last November when he became an invalid and was bedfast for the last six weeks. Though a great sufferer for months from the ravages of his disease, he bore his affliction with remarkable patience and never complained.
Mr. Addlesberger was in his 69th year of his age, having been born at Ringgold, Md., the 5th of September, 1860, the son of John and Amanda (Mort) Addlesberger, deceased. He had been a resident of Waynesboro since young manhood.
For a number of years, until his last illness, he was foreman of the paint shop at Frick's and was held in the highest esteem by officials and his fellow workmen. He was devoted to his home, family and church and cared little for publicity being a man of quiet and reserved disposition and a natural homebody.
Surviving Mr. Addlesberger are his second wife who before her second marriage was Mrs. Margaret (Masters) Wilders, wife of Welty Wilders of Leitersburg and one son Paul Addlesberger, of Philadelphia, by his first wife and eight grandchildren. Two brothers and five sisters also survive, namely Benjamin, Waynesboro and Frank, Ringgold; Mrs. David Bare, Mrs. Frank Hughes and Mrs. Omar Justice of Waynesboro; Mrs. Jacob Creager, Ringgold, and Mrs. Charles Danford, of Baltimore.
The deceased was a member of Trinity Reformed Church and the Men's Bible Class and faithful to both and regular in his attendance. He was also affiliated with the Junior Order United American Mechanics.
The funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, Rev. S. E. Lobach officiating, and interment in Burns Hill Cemetery. Friends and relatives are invited to the funeral. The body may be viewed Saturday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.
(Provided by Crystal Payne)
Mr. Addlesberger was in his 69th year of his age, having been born at Ringgold, Md., the 5th of September, 1860, the son of John and Amanda (Mort) Addlesberger, deceased. He had been a resident of Waynesboro since young manhood.
For a number of years, until his last illness, he was foreman of the paint shop at Frick's and was held in the highest esteem by officials and his fellow workmen. He was devoted to his home, family and church and cared little for publicity being a man of quiet and reserved disposition and a natural homebody.
Surviving Mr. Addlesberger are his second wife who before her second marriage was Mrs. Margaret (Masters) Wilders, wife of Welty Wilders of Leitersburg and one son Paul Addlesberger, of Philadelphia, by his first wife and eight grandchildren. Two brothers and five sisters also survive, namely Benjamin, Waynesboro and Frank, Ringgold; Mrs. David Bare, Mrs. Frank Hughes and Mrs. Omar Justice of Waynesboro; Mrs. Jacob Creager, Ringgold, and Mrs. Charles Danford, of Baltimore.
The deceased was a member of Trinity Reformed Church and the Men's Bible Class and faithful to both and regular in his attendance. He was also affiliated with the Junior Order United American Mechanics.
The funeral service will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home, Rev. S. E. Lobach officiating, and interment in Burns Hill Cemetery. Friends and relatives are invited to the funeral. The body may be viewed Saturday evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.
(Provided by Crystal Payne)
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