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Abraham Zentz “Big ABe” Gamber

Birth
Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Death
26 Aug 1913 (aged 18)
Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Burial
Gamber, Carroll County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Abraham Zentz Gamber, son of Albert F. and Ellen V. Gamber, of Gamber, died on Tuesday morning, August 26, at 6 o'clock of typhoid fever, at St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, where he was taken a little over two weeks ago His age was 18 years, 10 months and 20 days.
"Big Abe" as he was familiarly called was of a fine athletic build and weighed 180 pounds. He was one of the most popular members of the Mechanicsville Athletic Club. Besides his parents, he is survived by five brothers: Harvey, Martin E., and Charles N., of Baltimore; Albert O. and Frederick L., of Gamber.
The remains were brought home on Tuesday, and funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon in Providence Methodist Church by Rev. Carroll Maddox. Interment was in the adjoining cemetery. The pallbearers were: Jarrett Shauck, Oscar Monroe, Gorman Jordan, Roy Gamber, Snyder Arnold and Wilmer Caltrider, all members of the Mechanicsville Athletic Club. Funeral director F.C. Sharrer.
///democratic Advocate August 29, 1913
Abraham Zentz Gamber, son of Albert F. and Ellen V. Gamber, of Gamber, died on Tuesday morning, August 26, at 6 o'clock of typhoid fever, at St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, where he was taken a little over two weeks ago His age was 18 years, 10 months and 20 days.
"Big Abe" as he was familiarly called was of a fine athletic build and weighed 180 pounds. He was one of the most popular members of the Mechanicsville Athletic Club. Besides his parents, he is survived by five brothers: Harvey, Martin E., and Charles N., of Baltimore; Albert O. and Frederick L., of Gamber.
The remains were brought home on Tuesday, and funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon in Providence Methodist Church by Rev. Carroll Maddox. Interment was in the adjoining cemetery. The pallbearers were: Jarrett Shauck, Oscar Monroe, Gorman Jordan, Roy Gamber, Snyder Arnold and Wilmer Caltrider, all members of the Mechanicsville Athletic Club. Funeral director F.C. Sharrer.
///democratic Advocate August 29, 1913


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