WM. H. ALLISON DIES SUDDENLY; CEMETERY SUPT.
William H. Allison, 55, a veteran of World War I and superintendent of the Gettysburg National Cemetery for the last 13 months, died suddenly at 9:20 o'clock Wednesday evening at the cemetery lodge after having been taken ill in the afternoon. A heart attack caused death.
Mr. Allison had suffered two previous heart attacks, one eight years ago, and another last November. He had been in his usual health on Wednesday, but in the afternoon began feeling ill while in an uptown grocery store. He drove to his home and later was seen by a physician. Death occurred suddenly, and the cause was given as coronary occlusion.
The deceased had been superintendent of the National Cemetery here since June 14, 1944, coming here from Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, where he had been historian for two years.
PAST COMMANDER OF LEGION
Mr. Allison was a native of Gettysburg and a son of the late Herbert Pedon and Victoria (Dougherty) Allison.
He was a member of the Arendtsville Lutheran Church, the Elks Lodge of Gettysburg, the Albert J. Lentz Post No. 202 of the American Legion, of which he was a past commander; the Gettysburg Rotary Club and the Battlefield Guides' association of which he was a past president.
During his residence in Arendtsville, he served a number of years as a member of the school board there.
COMMISSIONED OVERSEAS
The deceased entered military service November 4, 1917 in Baltimore, and after successive promotions to corporal, sergeant and first sergeant, he sailed for overseas duty July 8, 1918. While abroad he attended an Army Candidates' school and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. He was assigned to the 112th Infantry and served with that outfit during the Argonne drive. He returned to the United States in May, 1919 and was discharged May 21, that year, at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
He had been a battlefield guide here for a number of years, and then entered the National Park Service in 1933, serving as historian for the Civilian Conservation Corps. During this period he resided at Arendtsville. His appointment to the Fort McHenry post followed and then he came back to Gettysburg last year.
INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERY
Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Mary Myers to whom he was married July 17, 1913; two children, both serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Capt. William B. Allison, a veteran of Pacific duty, now serving at Arlington, Virginia, and Pfc. Jane Allison of the Women's Marine Corps Reserve at Cherry Point, N.C. There are two grandsons and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph C. Ziegler, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. John Belenardo, New Haven, Conn.
Funeral services Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Bender Funeral Home with interment with military honors in the National Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday evening after 7 o'clock at the funeral home.
Chaplain George H. Berkheimer, pastor of the Arendtsville church while he serves as a chaplain with the U.S. Army, will officiate at the service. Chaplain Berkheimer is in the states and expects to be home in time to conduct the funeral.
(From THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Thursday Evening, July 12, 1945)
(courtesy of Karl)
William H. Allison, 55, a veteran of World War I and superintendent of the Gettysburg National Cemetery for the last 13 months, died suddenly at 9:20 o'clock Wednesday evening at the cemetery lodge after having been taken ill in the afternoon. A heart attack caused death.
Mr. Allison had suffered two previous heart attacks, one eight years ago, and another last November. He had been in his usual health on Wednesday, but in the afternoon began feeling ill while in an uptown grocery store. He drove to his home and later was seen by a physician. Death occurred suddenly, and the cause was given as coronary occlusion.
The deceased had been superintendent of the National Cemetery here since June 14, 1944, coming here from Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, where he had been historian for two years.
PAST COMMANDER OF LEGION
Mr. Allison was a native of Gettysburg and a son of the late Herbert Pedon and Victoria (Dougherty) Allison.
He was a member of the Arendtsville Lutheran Church, the Elks Lodge of Gettysburg, the Albert J. Lentz Post No. 202 of the American Legion, of which he was a past commander; the Gettysburg Rotary Club and the Battlefield Guides' association of which he was a past president.
During his residence in Arendtsville, he served a number of years as a member of the school board there.
COMMISSIONED OVERSEAS
The deceased entered military service November 4, 1917 in Baltimore, and after successive promotions to corporal, sergeant and first sergeant, he sailed for overseas duty July 8, 1918. While abroad he attended an Army Candidates' school and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. He was assigned to the 112th Infantry and served with that outfit during the Argonne drive. He returned to the United States in May, 1919 and was discharged May 21, that year, at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
He had been a battlefield guide here for a number of years, and then entered the National Park Service in 1933, serving as historian for the Civilian Conservation Corps. During this period he resided at Arendtsville. His appointment to the Fort McHenry post followed and then he came back to Gettysburg last year.
INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERY
Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Mary Myers to whom he was married July 17, 1913; two children, both serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Capt. William B. Allison, a veteran of Pacific duty, now serving at Arlington, Virginia, and Pfc. Jane Allison of the Women's Marine Corps Reserve at Cherry Point, N.C. There are two grandsons and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph C. Ziegler, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. John Belenardo, New Haven, Conn.
Funeral services Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Bender Funeral Home with interment with military honors in the National Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday evening after 7 o'clock at the funeral home.
Chaplain George H. Berkheimer, pastor of the Arendtsville church while he serves as a chaplain with the U.S. Army, will officiate at the service. Chaplain Berkheimer is in the states and expects to be home in time to conduct the funeral.
(From THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Thursday Evening, July 12, 1945)
(courtesy of Karl)
WM. H. ALLISON DIES SUDDENLY; CEMETERY SUPT.
William H. Allison, 55, a veteran of World War I and superintendent of the Gettysburg National Cemetery for the last 13 months, died suddenly at 9:20 o'clock Wednesday evening at the cemetery lodge after having been taken ill in the afternoon. A heart attack caused death.
Mr. Allison had suffered two previous heart attacks, one eight years ago, and another last November. He had been in his usual health on Wednesday, but in the afternoon began feeling ill while in an uptown grocery store. He drove to his home and later was seen by a physician. Death occurred suddenly, and the cause was given as coronary occlusion.
The deceased had been superintendent of the National Cemetery here since June 14, 1944, coming here from Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, where he had been historian for two years.
PAST COMMANDER OF LEGION
Mr. Allison was a native of Gettysburg and a son of the late Herbert Pedon and Victoria (Dougherty) Allison.
He was a member of the Arendtsville Lutheran Church, the Elks Lodge of Gettysburg, the Albert J. Lentz Post No. 202 of the American Legion, of which he was a past commander; the Gettysburg Rotary Club and the Battlefield Guides' association of which he was a past president.
During his residence in Arendtsville, he served a number of years as a member of the school board there.
COMMISSIONED OVERSEAS
The deceased entered military service November 4, 1917 in Baltimore, and after successive promotions to corporal, sergeant and first sergeant, he sailed for overseas duty July 8, 1918. While abroad he attended an Army Candidates' school and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. He was assigned to the 112th Infantry and served with that outfit during the Argonne drive. He returned to the United States in May, 1919 and was discharged May 21, that year, at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
He had been a battlefield guide here for a number of years, and then entered the National Park Service in 1933, serving as historian for the Civilian Conservation Corps. During this period he resided at Arendtsville. His appointment to the Fort McHenry post followed and then he came back to Gettysburg last year.
INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERY
Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Mary Myers to whom he was married July 17, 1913; two children, both serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Capt. William B. Allison, a veteran of Pacific duty, now serving at Arlington, Virginia, and Pfc. Jane Allison of the Women's Marine Corps Reserve at Cherry Point, N.C. There are two grandsons and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph C. Ziegler, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. John Belenardo, New Haven, Conn.
Funeral services Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Bender Funeral Home with interment with military honors in the National Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday evening after 7 o'clock at the funeral home.
Chaplain George H. Berkheimer, pastor of the Arendtsville church while he serves as a chaplain with the U.S. Army, will officiate at the service. Chaplain Berkheimer is in the states and expects to be home in time to conduct the funeral.
(From THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Thursday Evening, July 12, 1945)
(courtesy of Karl)
William H. Allison, 55, a veteran of World War I and superintendent of the Gettysburg National Cemetery for the last 13 months, died suddenly at 9:20 o'clock Wednesday evening at the cemetery lodge after having been taken ill in the afternoon. A heart attack caused death.
Mr. Allison had suffered two previous heart attacks, one eight years ago, and another last November. He had been in his usual health on Wednesday, but in the afternoon began feeling ill while in an uptown grocery store. He drove to his home and later was seen by a physician. Death occurred suddenly, and the cause was given as coronary occlusion.
The deceased had been superintendent of the National Cemetery here since June 14, 1944, coming here from Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, where he had been historian for two years.
PAST COMMANDER OF LEGION
Mr. Allison was a native of Gettysburg and a son of the late Herbert Pedon and Victoria (Dougherty) Allison.
He was a member of the Arendtsville Lutheran Church, the Elks Lodge of Gettysburg, the Albert J. Lentz Post No. 202 of the American Legion, of which he was a past commander; the Gettysburg Rotary Club and the Battlefield Guides' association of which he was a past president.
During his residence in Arendtsville, he served a number of years as a member of the school board there.
COMMISSIONED OVERSEAS
The deceased entered military service November 4, 1917 in Baltimore, and after successive promotions to corporal, sergeant and first sergeant, he sailed for overseas duty July 8, 1918. While abroad he attended an Army Candidates' school and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. He was assigned to the 112th Infantry and served with that outfit during the Argonne drive. He returned to the United States in May, 1919 and was discharged May 21, that year, at Camp Dix, New Jersey.
He had been a battlefield guide here for a number of years, and then entered the National Park Service in 1933, serving as historian for the Civilian Conservation Corps. During this period he resided at Arendtsville. His appointment to the Fort McHenry post followed and then he came back to Gettysburg last year.
INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERY
Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Mary Myers to whom he was married July 17, 1913; two children, both serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Capt. William B. Allison, a veteran of Pacific duty, now serving at Arlington, Virginia, and Pfc. Jane Allison of the Women's Marine Corps Reserve at Cherry Point, N.C. There are two grandsons and two sisters, Mrs. Ralph C. Ziegler, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. John Belenardo, New Haven, Conn.
Funeral services Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Bender Funeral Home with interment with military honors in the National Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday evening after 7 o'clock at the funeral home.
Chaplain George H. Berkheimer, pastor of the Arendtsville church while he serves as a chaplain with the U.S. Army, will officiate at the service. Chaplain Berkheimer is in the states and expects to be home in time to conduct the funeral.
(From THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Thursday Evening, July 12, 1945)
(courtesy of Karl)
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