Funeral services for Frank Byers, local WPA foreman, who collapsed yesterday morning while at work on a North street project and died before medical attention could be obtained, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence in Lawn avenue extension. Rev. Francis E. Kearn of the Asbury Methodist church will officiate. Burial in charge of the A. D. Fersuson Funeral Home will follow at Sylvan Heights cemetery with LaFayette Post No. 51 holding military services at the grave.
Mr. Byers had suffered from a heart condition for some time but apparently was in good health when he reported for work. He was rushed to the office of Dr. B. P. Doran but was pronounced dead on arrival. He was a member of the Kingwood, W. Va., Lodge of Masons.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Radike Byers, and a daughter, Mary Margaret, at home. Two sisters, Margaret of Uniontown and Mrs. D. L. Snyder of McClellandtown, and seven brothers, John H. and Benjamin, of Uniontown; Alvie and Jesse of Morgantown, W. Va.; J. L., of Perryopolis, and Freeman, of New Salem, also survive. He was a native of Franklin township and a member of a widely known family. He had lived in Uniontown for a number of years.
Funeral services for Frank Byers, local WPA foreman, who collapsed yesterday morning while at work on a North street project and died before medical attention could be obtained, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence in Lawn avenue extension. Rev. Francis E. Kearn of the Asbury Methodist church will officiate. Burial in charge of the A. D. Fersuson Funeral Home will follow at Sylvan Heights cemetery with LaFayette Post No. 51 holding military services at the grave.
Mr. Byers had suffered from a heart condition for some time but apparently was in good health when he reported for work. He was rushed to the office of Dr. B. P. Doran but was pronounced dead on arrival. He was a member of the Kingwood, W. Va., Lodge of Masons.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Radike Byers, and a daughter, Mary Margaret, at home. Two sisters, Margaret of Uniontown and Mrs. D. L. Snyder of McClellandtown, and seven brothers, John H. and Benjamin, of Uniontown; Alvie and Jesse of Morgantown, W. Va.; J. L., of Perryopolis, and Freeman, of New Salem, also survive. He was a native of Franklin township and a member of a widely known family. He had lived in Uniontown for a number of years.
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