The Evening Sun, March 10, 1927

VETERAN’S MOTHER FINDS HIM DEAD

Titus Bortner, 39, Stricken By Fatal Heart Attack During Night At His Home Near Glenville

Titus Bortner, 39 years old, a veteran of the World War who saw service in France, was found dead in bed at 3 o’clock this morning at his home near Glenville by his mother who investigated when she heard a strange noise in her son’s room. Dr. L. U. Zech, the county coroner, who was summoned to the Bortner home today, signed the death certificate giving the cause as neuralgia of the heart.
The ex-service man spent all of yesterday cutting wood for his brother, Pius Bortner, Brodbecks. He returned to his home last evening, ate a hearty supper and retired later in apparently the best of health. It was about 3 o’clock when his mother was awakened by a strange noise in her son’s room and upon going there was unable to arouse him. She summoned help and relatives rode on horseback over almost impassable roads to Glenville to summon a physician. When the latter arrived at the Bortner home he found that the man was dead.
Mr. Bortner served in the World War as a member of Company F, One-hundred and Fifth Infantry, and went to France with that company where he saw active service. Ever since he returned home from the army he had complained of pains in his throat, members of the family stated today, but he did not seek medical attention. He was a member of the American Legion post at Glen Rock.
Surviving are his parents, with whom he resided, two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Emig and Mrs. Jemima Keiser, both of Brodbecks, and four brothers, William Bortner, Lineboro; Clayton Bortner, Glen Rock; Spencer and Pius Bortner, Brodbecks.
The funeral arrangements have not been announced.