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Dr. W. Howard Yeager, 70, Dies At Home Here
July 19, 1952
Dr. William Howard Yeager, Sr., a practicing physician here for the last 32 years, died at his home, 1024 The Terrace, at 2 p.m., Saturday.
He was 70 years old, and had been ill for six months.
Widely known in medical circles, Dr. Yeager was also active in sportsmen's organizations.
A native of Northumberland County, Pa., Dr Yeager was born September 26, 1881. He was the son of the late Simon Swenk and Mahala Jane (Adams) Yeager.
After attending public schools in Northumberland County, he entered the University of Maryland, where he received his M.D. degree in 1912.
Dr. Yeager served on the staff of the Baltimore Tuberculosis College and the Maryland State Sanitarium after graduation, until this nation's entry into World War I.
He entered the service in 1917 as a member of the Fourth Maryland Infantry. After serving at Gettysburg with the Regular Army and at Greensboro, S.C., with the 30th Division, he spent 14 months in Europe as a specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis for the 30th Division.
After the armistice, Dr. Yeager remained in the service in this country until he was discharged as a major in November, 1919. He came to Hagerstown at the beginning of 1920.
During World War II, he had served as surgeon for the Eighth Battalion of the Maryland National Guard.
Dr. Yeager was a member of the American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Cumberland Valley Medical Association, Washington County Medical Society, and the staff of the Washington County Hospital.
He also was a charter member of the American Trapshooting Association, and a charter member of the Potomac Fish and Game Club.
A member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Dr. Yeager also belonged to Lodge No. 378 of the B.P.O. Elks, and to Morris Frock Post No. 42, The American Legion.
Dr. Yeager was the last survivor of his generation of his family. Surviving him are his wife, Mary (Bunting) Yeager; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Agnes Brumback, Baltimore, Md.; a son, Capt. William Howard Yeager, Jr., 279th General Hospital, Osaka, Japan; and three grandchildren.
Friend may call at the Suter Funeral Home, where the funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Allister C. Anderson officiating. A private interment service will be held at Rest Haven Cemetery.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
He was the valedictorian of his high school in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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Dr. W. Howard Yeager, 70, Dies At Home Here
July 19, 1952
Dr. William Howard Yeager, Sr., a practicing physician here for the last 32 years, died at his home, 1024 The Terrace, at 2 p.m., Saturday.
He was 70 years old, and had been ill for six months.
Widely known in medical circles, Dr. Yeager was also active in sportsmen's organizations.
A native of Northumberland County, Pa., Dr Yeager was born September 26, 1881. He was the son of the late Simon Swenk and Mahala Jane (Adams) Yeager.
After attending public schools in Northumberland County, he entered the University of Maryland, where he received his M.D. degree in 1912.
Dr. Yeager served on the staff of the Baltimore Tuberculosis College and the Maryland State Sanitarium after graduation, until this nation's entry into World War I.
He entered the service in 1917 as a member of the Fourth Maryland Infantry. After serving at Gettysburg with the Regular Army and at Greensboro, S.C., with the 30th Division, he spent 14 months in Europe as a specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis for the 30th Division.
After the armistice, Dr. Yeager remained in the service in this country until he was discharged as a major in November, 1919. He came to Hagerstown at the beginning of 1920.
During World War II, he had served as surgeon for the Eighth Battalion of the Maryland National Guard.
Dr. Yeager was a member of the American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Cumberland Valley Medical Association, Washington County Medical Society, and the staff of the Washington County Hospital.
He also was a charter member of the American Trapshooting Association, and a charter member of the Potomac Fish and Game Club.
A member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Dr. Yeager also belonged to Lodge No. 378 of the B.P.O. Elks, and to Morris Frock Post No. 42, The American Legion.
Dr. Yeager was the last survivor of his generation of his family. Surviving him are his wife, Mary (Bunting) Yeager; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Agnes Brumback, Baltimore, Md.; a son, Capt. William Howard Yeager, Jr., 279th General Hospital, Osaka, Japan; and three grandchildren.
Friend may call at the Suter Funeral Home, where the funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Allister C. Anderson officiating. A private interment service will be held at Rest Haven Cemetery.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
He was the valedictorian of his high school in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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Dr. W. Howard Yeager, 70, Dies At Home Here
July 19, 1952
Dr. William Howard Yeager, Sr., a practicing physician here for the last 32 years, died at his home, 1024 The Terrace, at 2 p.m., Saturday.
He was 70 years old, and had been ill for six months.
Widely known in medical circles, Dr. Yeager was also active in sportsmen's organizations.
A native of Northumberland County, Pa., Dr Yeager was born September 26, 1881. He was the son of the late Simon Swenk and Mahala Jane (Adams) Yeager.
After attending public schools in Northumberland County, he entered the University of Maryland, where he received his M.D. degree in 1912.
Dr. Yeager served on the staff of the Baltimore Tuberculosis College and the Maryland State Sanitarium after graduation, until this nation's entry into World War I.
He entered the service in 1917 as a member of the Fourth Maryland Infantry. After serving at Gettysburg with the Regular Army and at Greensboro, S.C., with the 30th Division, he spent 14 months in Europe as a specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis for the 30th Division.
After the armistice, Dr. Yeager remained in the service in this country until he was discharged as a major in November, 1919. He came to Hagerstown at the beginning of 1920.
During World War II, he had served as surgeon for the Eighth Battalion of the Maryland National Guard.
Dr. Yeager was a member of the American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Cumberland Valley Medical Association, Washington County Medical Society, and the staff of the Washington County Hospital.
He also was a charter member of the American Trapshooting Association, and a charter member of the Potomac Fish and Game Club.
A member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Dr. Yeager also belonged to Lodge No. 378 of the B.P.O. Elks, and to Morris Frock Post No. 42, The American Legion.
Dr. Yeager was the last survivor of his generation of his family. Surviving him are his wife, Mary (Bunting) Yeager; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Agnes Brumback, Baltimore, Md.; a son, Capt. William Howard Yeager, Jr., 279th General Hospital, Osaka, Japan; and three grandchildren.
Friend may call at the Suter Funeral Home, where the funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Allister C. Anderson officiating. A private interment service will be held at Rest Haven Cemetery.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
He was the valedictorian of his high school in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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Dr. W. Howard Yeager, 70, Dies At Home Here
July 19, 1952
Dr. William Howard Yeager, Sr., a practicing physician here for the last 32 years, died at his home, 1024 The Terrace, at 2 p.m., Saturday.
He was 70 years old, and had been ill for six months.
Widely known in medical circles, Dr. Yeager was also active in sportsmen's organizations.
A native of Northumberland County, Pa., Dr Yeager was born September 26, 1881. He was the son of the late Simon Swenk and Mahala Jane (Adams) Yeager.
After attending public schools in Northumberland County, he entered the University of Maryland, where he received his M.D. degree in 1912.
Dr. Yeager served on the staff of the Baltimore Tuberculosis College and the Maryland State Sanitarium after graduation, until this nation's entry into World War I.
He entered the service in 1917 as a member of the Fourth Maryland Infantry. After serving at Gettysburg with the Regular Army and at Greensboro, S.C., with the 30th Division, he spent 14 months in Europe as a specialist in the treatment of tuberculosis for the 30th Division.
After the armistice, Dr. Yeager remained in the service in this country until he was discharged as a major in November, 1919. He came to Hagerstown at the beginning of 1920.
During World War II, he had served as surgeon for the Eighth Battalion of the Maryland National Guard.
Dr. Yeager was a member of the American Medical Association, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Cumberland Valley Medical Association, Washington County Medical Society, and the staff of the Washington County Hospital.
He also was a charter member of the American Trapshooting Association, and a charter member of the Potomac Fish and Game Club.
A member of St. John's Episcopal Church, Dr. Yeager also belonged to Lodge No. 378 of the B.P.O. Elks, and to Morris Frock Post No. 42, The American Legion.
Dr. Yeager was the last survivor of his generation of his family. Surviving him are his wife, Mary (Bunting) Yeager; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Agnes Brumback, Baltimore, Md.; a son, Capt. William Howard Yeager, Jr., 279th General Hospital, Osaka, Japan; and three grandchildren.
Friend may call at the Suter Funeral Home, where the funeral will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m., the Rev. Allister C. Anderson officiating. A private interment service will be held at Rest Haven Cemetery.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
He was the valedictorian of his high school in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
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Date of death on his marker of August 19, 1952 is wrong. My mother was so upset about giving the wrong date for her father's marker!
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