DANIEL A. SKELLY, ACTIVE MASON, DIES AT AGE OF 87
Daniel A. Skelly, retired Gettysburg businessman and one of the most active Masons in Masonic history here, died at 2:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. Hazlett, Baltimore, following an illness of several months of the infirmities of age.
Mr. Skelly, who had been in Baltimore since September 1, was 87 years old.
Since he retired from a 72-year career in retail merchandising in Gettysburg on August 31, 1929. Mr. Skelly wrote an interesting booklet entitles " A Boy's Experiences During The battle of Gettysburg," which was published early this year.
A member of Good Samaritan lodge, 336, Free and Accepted Masons, of Gettysburg, for 64 years. Mr. Skelly was secretary of the lodge at the time of his death, a position he held for 49 years. From 1899 until he resigned on May 1, 1932, Mr. Skelly served as recorder of the Gettysburg commandery, 79. He was the first High Priest of Good Samaritan chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
Of Mr. Skelly, it was said that he lived faithfully by the principals and precepts of his Masonic teachings.
BORN IN GETTYSBURG
Born in Gettysburg, a son of the late Johnston Hastings and Elizabeth Ann (Finnefrock) Skelly, Mr. Skelly was one of Gettysburg's oldest native-born residents.
After leaving school, he began to work as clerk in the Fahnestock store which occupied the building at the corner of Baltimore and West Middle streets. In that store, Mr. Skelly worked for 56 years, first, as clerk for Fahnestocks and later as a partner. He was a member of the partnership of Skelly & Warner which was dissolved in 1911.
Afterward Mr. Skelly worked for Roy P. Funkhouser in his men's and women's furnishing store, centre square and later for C.W. Cook.
POST NAMED FOR BROTHER
Both Mr. Skelly's father and two of his brothers participated in Civil War, and the Corporal Skelly G.A.R. post here was named for one of his brothers, Johnston Hasting Skelly, who was mortally wounded at Winchester, Virginia, on June 26, 1863. This brother was engaged to Jennie Wade, only woman killed during the battle of Gettysburg, and each died without knowledge of the other's death.
Mr. Skelly had a packet of letters written by Jennie Wade to his brother while in the army.
During the battle of Gettysburg, Mr. Skelly was with Major General Oliver Otis Howard, of Maine in civilian capacity. In the role, he participated in many stirring and exciting moments and witnessed many others, all of which he vividly recalled and set down interestingly in the booklet which was published this year. By co-incidence, a memorial to Major General Howard will be dedicated on East Cemetery hill on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Skelly's father was a merchant tailor, who came to Gettysburg from Cumberland county, in the vicinity of Shippensburg, in 1836. The following year he was married.
MARRIED LILLY TITUS
Mr. Skelly was married to the late Miss Lilly Titus, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Timothy T. Titus, a graduate of Gettysburg college and Lutheran theological seminary and later president of Hartwick seminary, Brooklyn, New York, thirty-nine years ago. Mrs. Skelly died June 29, 1931.
The deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hazlett, of Baltimore; one son, Daniel A. Skelly, Jr., Elizabeth, New Jersey, newspaper man; one sister, Miss Annie Skelly, Chambersburg street, and by two grandchildren, William A. Hazlett, Baltimore, and Mary Ellen Skelly, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Funeral services from the Bender funeral home, Carlisle street, Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dwight F. Putman, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiating. Internment in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home between 7 and 9 o'clock, Thursday evening.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
November 9 1932
Daniel A. Skelly, retired Gettysburg businessman and one of the most active Masons in Masonic history here, died at 2:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. Hazlett, Baltimore, following an illness of several months of the infirmities of age.
Mr. Skelly, who had been in Baltimore since September 1, was 87 years old.
Since he retired from a 72-year career in retail merchandising in Gettysburg on August 31, 1929. Mr. Skelly wrote an interesting booklet entitles " A Boy's Experiences During The battle of Gettysburg," which was published early this year.
A member of Good Samaritan lodge, 336, Free and Accepted Masons, of Gettysburg, for 64 years. Mr. Skelly was secretary of the lodge at the time of his death, a position he held for 49 years. From 1899 until he resigned on May 1, 1932, Mr. Skelly served as recorder of the Gettysburg commandery, 79. He was the first High Priest of Good Samaritan chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
Of Mr. Skelly, it was said that he lived faithfully by the principals and precepts of his Masonic teachings.
BORN IN GETTYSBURG
Born in Gettysburg, a son of the late Johnston Hastings and Elizabeth Ann (Finnefrock) Skelly, Mr. Skelly was one of Gettysburg's oldest native-born residents.
After leaving school, he began to work as clerk in the Fahnestock store which occupied the building at the corner of Baltimore and West Middle streets. In that store, Mr. Skelly worked for 56 years, first, as clerk for Fahnestocks and later as a partner. He was a member of the partnership of Skelly & Warner which was dissolved in 1911.
Afterward Mr. Skelly worked for Roy P. Funkhouser in his men's and women's furnishing store, centre square and later for C.W. Cook.
POST NAMED FOR BROTHER
Both Mr. Skelly's father and two of his brothers participated in Civil War, and the Corporal Skelly G.A.R. post here was named for one of his brothers, Johnston Hasting Skelly, who was mortally wounded at Winchester, Virginia, on June 26, 1863. This brother was engaged to Jennie Wade, only woman killed during the battle of Gettysburg, and each died without knowledge of the other's death.
Mr. Skelly had a packet of letters written by Jennie Wade to his brother while in the army.
During the battle of Gettysburg, Mr. Skelly was with Major General Oliver Otis Howard, of Maine in civilian capacity. In the role, he participated in many stirring and exciting moments and witnessed many others, all of which he vividly recalled and set down interestingly in the booklet which was published this year. By co-incidence, a memorial to Major General Howard will be dedicated on East Cemetery hill on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Skelly's father was a merchant tailor, who came to Gettysburg from Cumberland county, in the vicinity of Shippensburg, in 1836. The following year he was married.
MARRIED LILLY TITUS
Mr. Skelly was married to the late Miss Lilly Titus, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Timothy T. Titus, a graduate of Gettysburg college and Lutheran theological seminary and later president of Hartwick seminary, Brooklyn, New York, thirty-nine years ago. Mrs. Skelly died June 29, 1931.
The deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hazlett, of Baltimore; one son, Daniel A. Skelly, Jr., Elizabeth, New Jersey, newspaper man; one sister, Miss Annie Skelly, Chambersburg street, and by two grandchildren, William A. Hazlett, Baltimore, and Mary Ellen Skelly, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Funeral services from the Bender funeral home, Carlisle street, Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dwight F. Putman, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiating. Internment in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home between 7 and 9 o'clock, Thursday evening.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
November 9 1932
DANIEL A. SKELLY, ACTIVE MASON, DIES AT AGE OF 87
Daniel A. Skelly, retired Gettysburg businessman and one of the most active Masons in Masonic history here, died at 2:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. Hazlett, Baltimore, following an illness of several months of the infirmities of age.
Mr. Skelly, who had been in Baltimore since September 1, was 87 years old.
Since he retired from a 72-year career in retail merchandising in Gettysburg on August 31, 1929. Mr. Skelly wrote an interesting booklet entitles " A Boy's Experiences During The battle of Gettysburg," which was published early this year.
A member of Good Samaritan lodge, 336, Free and Accepted Masons, of Gettysburg, for 64 years. Mr. Skelly was secretary of the lodge at the time of his death, a position he held for 49 years. From 1899 until he resigned on May 1, 1932, Mr. Skelly served as recorder of the Gettysburg commandery, 79. He was the first High Priest of Good Samaritan chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
Of Mr. Skelly, it was said that he lived faithfully by the principals and precepts of his Masonic teachings.
BORN IN GETTYSBURG
Born in Gettysburg, a son of the late Johnston Hastings and Elizabeth Ann (Finnefrock) Skelly, Mr. Skelly was one of Gettysburg's oldest native-born residents.
After leaving school, he began to work as clerk in the Fahnestock store which occupied the building at the corner of Baltimore and West Middle streets. In that store, Mr. Skelly worked for 56 years, first, as clerk for Fahnestocks and later as a partner. He was a member of the partnership of Skelly & Warner which was dissolved in 1911.
Afterward Mr. Skelly worked for Roy P. Funkhouser in his men's and women's furnishing store, centre square and later for C.W. Cook.
POST NAMED FOR BROTHER
Both Mr. Skelly's father and two of his brothers participated in Civil War, and the Corporal Skelly G.A.R. post here was named for one of his brothers, Johnston Hasting Skelly, who was mortally wounded at Winchester, Virginia, on June 26, 1863. This brother was engaged to Jennie Wade, only woman killed during the battle of Gettysburg, and each died without knowledge of the other's death.
Mr. Skelly had a packet of letters written by Jennie Wade to his brother while in the army.
During the battle of Gettysburg, Mr. Skelly was with Major General Oliver Otis Howard, of Maine in civilian capacity. In the role, he participated in many stirring and exciting moments and witnessed many others, all of which he vividly recalled and set down interestingly in the booklet which was published this year. By co-incidence, a memorial to Major General Howard will be dedicated on East Cemetery hill on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Skelly's father was a merchant tailor, who came to Gettysburg from Cumberland county, in the vicinity of Shippensburg, in 1836. The following year he was married.
MARRIED LILLY TITUS
Mr. Skelly was married to the late Miss Lilly Titus, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Timothy T. Titus, a graduate of Gettysburg college and Lutheran theological seminary and later president of Hartwick seminary, Brooklyn, New York, thirty-nine years ago. Mrs. Skelly died June 29, 1931.
The deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hazlett, of Baltimore; one son, Daniel A. Skelly, Jr., Elizabeth, New Jersey, newspaper man; one sister, Miss Annie Skelly, Chambersburg street, and by two grandchildren, William A. Hazlett, Baltimore, and Mary Ellen Skelly, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Funeral services from the Bender funeral home, Carlisle street, Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dwight F. Putman, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiating. Internment in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home between 7 and 9 o'clock, Thursday evening.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
November 9 1932
Daniel A. Skelly, retired Gettysburg businessman and one of the most active Masons in Masonic history here, died at 2:30 o'clock this morning at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. Hazlett, Baltimore, following an illness of several months of the infirmities of age.
Mr. Skelly, who had been in Baltimore since September 1, was 87 years old.
Since he retired from a 72-year career in retail merchandising in Gettysburg on August 31, 1929. Mr. Skelly wrote an interesting booklet entitles " A Boy's Experiences During The battle of Gettysburg," which was published early this year.
A member of Good Samaritan lodge, 336, Free and Accepted Masons, of Gettysburg, for 64 years. Mr. Skelly was secretary of the lodge at the time of his death, a position he held for 49 years. From 1899 until he resigned on May 1, 1932, Mr. Skelly served as recorder of the Gettysburg commandery, 79. He was the first High Priest of Good Samaritan chapter, Royal Arch Masons.
Of Mr. Skelly, it was said that he lived faithfully by the principals and precepts of his Masonic teachings.
BORN IN GETTYSBURG
Born in Gettysburg, a son of the late Johnston Hastings and Elizabeth Ann (Finnefrock) Skelly, Mr. Skelly was one of Gettysburg's oldest native-born residents.
After leaving school, he began to work as clerk in the Fahnestock store which occupied the building at the corner of Baltimore and West Middle streets. In that store, Mr. Skelly worked for 56 years, first, as clerk for Fahnestocks and later as a partner. He was a member of the partnership of Skelly & Warner which was dissolved in 1911.
Afterward Mr. Skelly worked for Roy P. Funkhouser in his men's and women's furnishing store, centre square and later for C.W. Cook.
POST NAMED FOR BROTHER
Both Mr. Skelly's father and two of his brothers participated in Civil War, and the Corporal Skelly G.A.R. post here was named for one of his brothers, Johnston Hasting Skelly, who was mortally wounded at Winchester, Virginia, on June 26, 1863. This brother was engaged to Jennie Wade, only woman killed during the battle of Gettysburg, and each died without knowledge of the other's death.
Mr. Skelly had a packet of letters written by Jennie Wade to his brother while in the army.
During the battle of Gettysburg, Mr. Skelly was with Major General Oliver Otis Howard, of Maine in civilian capacity. In the role, he participated in many stirring and exciting moments and witnessed many others, all of which he vividly recalled and set down interestingly in the booklet which was published this year. By co-incidence, a memorial to Major General Howard will be dedicated on East Cemetery hill on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Skelly's father was a merchant tailor, who came to Gettysburg from Cumberland county, in the vicinity of Shippensburg, in 1836. The following year he was married.
MARRIED LILLY TITUS
Mr. Skelly was married to the late Miss Lilly Titus, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Timothy T. Titus, a graduate of Gettysburg college and Lutheran theological seminary and later president of Hartwick seminary, Brooklyn, New York, thirty-nine years ago. Mrs. Skelly died June 29, 1931.
The deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Hazlett, of Baltimore; one son, Daniel A. Skelly, Jr., Elizabeth, New Jersey, newspaper man; one sister, Miss Annie Skelly, Chambersburg street, and by two grandchildren, William A. Hazlett, Baltimore, and Mary Ellen Skelly, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Funeral services from the Bender funeral home, Carlisle street, Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock, the Rev. Dwight F. Putman, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiating. Internment in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home between 7 and 9 o'clock, Thursday evening.
The Gettysburg Times
{Gettysburg, Pennsylvania}
November 9 1932
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