Funeral arrangements were being completed
today for George Eves, 63, Reading attor-
ney and former president of the Berks
County Bar Association, who died in Com-
munity General Hospital at 6 o'clock last
night after suffering a heart attack
on the street.
He had left his office at 530 Washington
St., and was walking through Church Street
on his way to the Wyomissing Club, when he
suffered a heart attack and collapsed.
Charles S. Wade and Raymond McDevitt, city
policemen who were nearby, called the Jr.
Fire Company ambulance and took him to the
hospital.
His physician, Dr. Malcolm Z. Gaerhart gave
emergency treatment. Eves had been under
the doctor's care for some time, and had
curtailed a number of activities because
of his condition. Much of his time was de-
voted to his duties as solicitor for the
Reading School District.
CAME HERE IN 1912
Eves resided at 1208 Hessian RD. He was a
native of Millville, Columbia County, and
came to Reading in 1912 as a teacher of
language in Reading Boys High School. Pri-
or to that, he had been a teacher in George
School, a private school in Philadelphia. He
studied law in the office of the late Will-
iam Kerper Stevens in Reading and at the
University of Michigan, where he was grad-
uated in 1908 and where he was a teacher
for a short period.
A democrat, he succeeded the late Earle I.
Koch as Reading School District Solicitor,
being elected to the post in 1921. He held
the position at his death.
He also was solicitor for town council bod-
ies and school boards in a number of Berks
boroughs and townships.
WORLD WAR ACTIVITIES
He had been active in the Chamber of Com-
merce for a time and served as secretery of
its Americanization Committee.
During World Wars I and II he served as a
legal advisor in the selective service set-
up.
He was a 33rd degree Mason, a past
commander-in-chief of Reading Consistory,
and held membership in various masonic
groups. In 1937 he was elected president
of the bar association. He was a member of
the Society of Friends.
Eves was married three times, his first wife
Rowena (Hartman), and his second wife Ellen
Fleck), having preceded him in death. Sur-
viving are his third wife Ruth (Moyer); a
son of his first marriage, Attorney, George
R. Eves, of Penside; one sister, Edith*, wife
of John W. Biddle, of Millville. T. C. Auman
Inc., have charge of funeral arrangements.
* Memorial# 21114312
Reading Eagle,
Wednesday, December 31, 1947
DEATHS page 5
today for George Eves, 63, Reading attor-
ney and former president of the Berks
County Bar Association, who died in Com-
munity General Hospital at 6 o'clock last
night after suffering a heart attack
on the street.
He had left his office at 530 Washington
St., and was walking through Church Street
on his way to the Wyomissing Club, when he
suffered a heart attack and collapsed.
Charles S. Wade and Raymond McDevitt, city
policemen who were nearby, called the Jr.
Fire Company ambulance and took him to the
hospital.
His physician, Dr. Malcolm Z. Gaerhart gave
emergency treatment. Eves had been under
the doctor's care for some time, and had
curtailed a number of activities because
of his condition. Much of his time was de-
voted to his duties as solicitor for the
Reading School District.
CAME HERE IN 1912
Eves resided at 1208 Hessian RD. He was a
native of Millville, Columbia County, and
came to Reading in 1912 as a teacher of
language in Reading Boys High School. Pri-
or to that, he had been a teacher in George
School, a private school in Philadelphia. He
studied law in the office of the late Will-
iam Kerper Stevens in Reading and at the
University of Michigan, where he was grad-
uated in 1908 and where he was a teacher
for a short period.
A democrat, he succeeded the late Earle I.
Koch as Reading School District Solicitor,
being elected to the post in 1921. He held
the position at his death.
He also was solicitor for town council bod-
ies and school boards in a number of Berks
boroughs and townships.
WORLD WAR ACTIVITIES
He had been active in the Chamber of Com-
merce for a time and served as secretery of
its Americanization Committee.
During World Wars I and II he served as a
legal advisor in the selective service set-
up.
He was a 33rd degree Mason, a past
commander-in-chief of Reading Consistory,
and held membership in various masonic
groups. In 1937 he was elected president
of the bar association. He was a member of
the Society of Friends.
Eves was married three times, his first wife
Rowena (Hartman), and his second wife Ellen
Fleck), having preceded him in death. Sur-
viving are his third wife Ruth (Moyer); a
son of his first marriage, Attorney, George
R. Eves, of Penside; one sister, Edith*, wife
of John W. Biddle, of Millville. T. C. Auman
Inc., have charge of funeral arrangements.
* Memorial# 21114312
Reading Eagle,
Wednesday, December 31, 1947
DEATHS page 5
Funeral arrangements were being completed
today for George Eves, 63, Reading attor-
ney and former president of the Berks
County Bar Association, who died in Com-
munity General Hospital at 6 o'clock last
night after suffering a heart attack
on the street.
He had left his office at 530 Washington
St., and was walking through Church Street
on his way to the Wyomissing Club, when he
suffered a heart attack and collapsed.
Charles S. Wade and Raymond McDevitt, city
policemen who were nearby, called the Jr.
Fire Company ambulance and took him to the
hospital.
His physician, Dr. Malcolm Z. Gaerhart gave
emergency treatment. Eves had been under
the doctor's care for some time, and had
curtailed a number of activities because
of his condition. Much of his time was de-
voted to his duties as solicitor for the
Reading School District.
CAME HERE IN 1912
Eves resided at 1208 Hessian RD. He was a
native of Millville, Columbia County, and
came to Reading in 1912 as a teacher of
language in Reading Boys High School. Pri-
or to that, he had been a teacher in George
School, a private school in Philadelphia. He
studied law in the office of the late Will-
iam Kerper Stevens in Reading and at the
University of Michigan, where he was grad-
uated in 1908 and where he was a teacher
for a short period.
A democrat, he succeeded the late Earle I.
Koch as Reading School District Solicitor,
being elected to the post in 1921. He held
the position at his death.
He also was solicitor for town council bod-
ies and school boards in a number of Berks
boroughs and townships.
WORLD WAR ACTIVITIES
He had been active in the Chamber of Com-
merce for a time and served as secretery of
its Americanization Committee.
During World Wars I and II he served as a
legal advisor in the selective service set-
up.
He was a 33rd degree Mason, a past
commander-in-chief of Reading Consistory,
and held membership in various masonic
groups. In 1937 he was elected president
of the bar association. He was a member of
the Society of Friends.
Eves was married three times, his first wife
Rowena (Hartman), and his second wife Ellen
Fleck), having preceded him in death. Sur-
viving are his third wife Ruth (Moyer); a
son of his first marriage, Attorney, George
R. Eves, of Penside; one sister, Edith*, wife
of John W. Biddle, of Millville. T. C. Auman
Inc., have charge of funeral arrangements.
* Memorial# 21114312
Reading Eagle,
Wednesday, December 31, 1947
DEATHS page 5
today for George Eves, 63, Reading attor-
ney and former president of the Berks
County Bar Association, who died in Com-
munity General Hospital at 6 o'clock last
night after suffering a heart attack
on the street.
He had left his office at 530 Washington
St., and was walking through Church Street
on his way to the Wyomissing Club, when he
suffered a heart attack and collapsed.
Charles S. Wade and Raymond McDevitt, city
policemen who were nearby, called the Jr.
Fire Company ambulance and took him to the
hospital.
His physician, Dr. Malcolm Z. Gaerhart gave
emergency treatment. Eves had been under
the doctor's care for some time, and had
curtailed a number of activities because
of his condition. Much of his time was de-
voted to his duties as solicitor for the
Reading School District.
CAME HERE IN 1912
Eves resided at 1208 Hessian RD. He was a
native of Millville, Columbia County, and
came to Reading in 1912 as a teacher of
language in Reading Boys High School. Pri-
or to that, he had been a teacher in George
School, a private school in Philadelphia. He
studied law in the office of the late Will-
iam Kerper Stevens in Reading and at the
University of Michigan, where he was grad-
uated in 1908 and where he was a teacher
for a short period.
A democrat, he succeeded the late Earle I.
Koch as Reading School District Solicitor,
being elected to the post in 1921. He held
the position at his death.
He also was solicitor for town council bod-
ies and school boards in a number of Berks
boroughs and townships.
WORLD WAR ACTIVITIES
He had been active in the Chamber of Com-
merce for a time and served as secretery of
its Americanization Committee.
During World Wars I and II he served as a
legal advisor in the selective service set-
up.
He was a 33rd degree Mason, a past
commander-in-chief of Reading Consistory,
and held membership in various masonic
groups. In 1937 he was elected president
of the bar association. He was a member of
the Society of Friends.
Eves was married three times, his first wife
Rowena (Hartman), and his second wife Ellen
Fleck), having preceded him in death. Sur-
viving are his third wife Ruth (Moyer); a
son of his first marriage, Attorney, George
R. Eves, of Penside; one sister, Edith*, wife
of John W. Biddle, of Millville. T. C. Auman
Inc., have charge of funeral arrangements.
* Memorial# 21114312
Reading Eagle,
Wednesday, December 31, 1947
DEATHS page 5
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