John Flickinger Wasson died at his late home of Fifth Street, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Monday morning, August 9, 1926 at 3 o'clock. He was born at Bell's Furnace, July 15, 1849, and at his death was aged 77 years and 24 days. He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Latherow) Wasson, both deceased.

Most of Mr. Wasson's life was lived in and around Germany Valley, near Shirleysburg, but for the past eleven years has been a resident of Huntingdon.

On November 6, 1877, he was united in marriage to Hannah Susan Brandt, who survives him. Mr. Wasson was a life member of the Methodist Church, and has a large group of friends who will miss him. He was known as "Daddy Wasson" and was greatly loved by all those who knew him.

He is survived by his widow, Hannah Susan Wasson, and the following sisters, Mrs. Margaret O'Neil, of Huntingdon County, Mrs. Susan Schrepple, of Schuylkill County, Mrs. Elizabeth Richardson and Mrs. Jennie Grove, both of Fulton County, and the following children, Ira D. Wasson, of Orbisonia, Mrs. Mae Bard, of Henderson township, Mrs. Bertha Gharet, of North Baltimore, Ohio, Edgar Wasson, of Williamsburg, Pa., John Clyde Wasson, of Gilbertsville, Pa., Archie Brandt Wasson, of Akron Ohio, Harry Wasson, of McConnellstown, Mrs. Myrtle Hood, of Akron, Ohio, Rolla Wasson of Nyack, N.Y., and Cecil Wasson, of Akron, Ohio, and Mrs. Ella Peterson, deceased. He is also survived by forty-seven grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held from his late home, on Fifth Street, Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p.m., services will be conducted by Rev. O. B. Poulson of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Church, and interment will be in the Riverview Cemetery. Harry Brown & Son, undertakers.
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Friends and relatives from out of town that attended the funeral of John F. Wasson were: Mrs. Hannah Susan Wasson, Mrs. Jennie Grove, of Clearidge, Mrs. Margaret O'Neil, of Lebanon, Mrs. and Mrs. Ira Wasson, of Orbisonia, Mrs. Mae Bard and husband, of Henderson township; Mrs. Berth Gharet and husband, of North Baltimore, Ohio; Mrs. and Mrs. Edgar Wasson, Gilbertsville, Pa.; Archie Wasson, of Akron, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wasson, of McConnellstown, Mrs. Myrtle Hood and husband, of Akron, Ohio, Rolla Wasson of Nyack, N.Y., Cecil Wasson, of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. and Mrs. John Crouse and Mrs. John Pyles, of Franklin county; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brandt, of Williams Grove, and Mrs. Annie Douglas, of Mount Union, Mr. and Mrs. William Wasson of Pittsburgh, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Powell, of Brownsville, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Brandt, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cassidy and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Pyles, all of Mt. Union, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hall, of Germany Valley, Mrs. Mae Henry, of Washington, Pa., and Carl Crouse, of Saxton, Pa.

Huntingdon Daily News, page eight, August 13, 1926