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Elder Tobias S. Fike

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Elder Tobias S. Fike

Birth
Eglon, Preston County, West Virginia, USA
Death
14 Feb 1938 (aged 81)
Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Thurmont, Frederick County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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ELDER TOBIAS S. FIKE 1856 - 1938

OBITUARY: Frederick News Post (Frederick, Maryland), Tue, 15 Feb 1938 – Page 1 (An abbreviated version of the obituary was published in area newspapers, including The Republican (Oakland, Maryland), Thu, 17 Feb 1938 – Page 5.)

Rev. Tobias S. Fike, pastor of the Thurmont Church of the Brethren for 21 years and in the ministry continuously for 50 years, died on Monday night at 10:15 o'clock at his home in Thurmont after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. He was 81 years, I month and 16 days.

Rev. Mr. Fike was a son of the late Samuel and Rachel Fike, of Aurora, W.Va. He was married to Miss Eleanor Frush on August 1, 1878. He served as a Church of Brethren pastor at Milledgeville, Ill, Elk Lick, Pa., and at the Woodbury church in Baltimore.

He is survived by his wife, by one brother John S. Fike, Eglon, W. Va., and the following children: Mrs. Calvin Anderson, Gormania, W. Va.; Mrs. Milton O. Lawyer, Mrs. James G. Arbaugh, Mrs. D. L. Dern, Thurmont, and Mrs. J. B. Allender, Baltimore. Thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.

The body will be removed to the Thurmont Church of the Brethren on Thursday at 12 o'clock and will be in state until 1 o'clock when funeral services will be held. Burial will be held in Blue Ridge cemetery, Thurmont. (Courtesy of Ronn E. Friend)
ELDER TOBIAS S. FIKE 1856 - 1938

OBITUARY: Frederick News Post (Frederick, Maryland), Tue, 15 Feb 1938 – Page 1 (An abbreviated version of the obituary was published in area newspapers, including The Republican (Oakland, Maryland), Thu, 17 Feb 1938 – Page 5.)

Rev. Tobias S. Fike, pastor of the Thurmont Church of the Brethren for 21 years and in the ministry continuously for 50 years, died on Monday night at 10:15 o'clock at his home in Thurmont after an illness of two weeks of pneumonia. He was 81 years, I month and 16 days.

Rev. Mr. Fike was a son of the late Samuel and Rachel Fike, of Aurora, W.Va. He was married to Miss Eleanor Frush on August 1, 1878. He served as a Church of Brethren pastor at Milledgeville, Ill, Elk Lick, Pa., and at the Woodbury church in Baltimore.

He is survived by his wife, by one brother John S. Fike, Eglon, W. Va., and the following children: Mrs. Calvin Anderson, Gormania, W. Va.; Mrs. Milton O. Lawyer, Mrs. James G. Arbaugh, Mrs. D. L. Dern, Thurmont, and Mrs. J. B. Allender, Baltimore. Thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren also survive.

The body will be removed to the Thurmont Church of the Brethren on Thursday at 12 o'clock and will be in state until 1 o'clock when funeral services will be held. Burial will be held in Blue Ridge cemetery, Thurmont. (Courtesy of Ronn E. Friend)


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