William P. Houser, formerly of Tyrone and for the past 12 years residing with a daughter, Mrs. Frances Ebersberger, Dearborn, Mich., died Saturday at 2:30 a.m. at the Cambridge Nursing Home, Detroit, Mich., where he had been a guest for one month.
He was born Dec. 16, 1887 at Chaneysville, Bedford Co., and on Sept. 18, 1913 he was married at Bedford to Mary E. Brenneman. She died in February of 1949.
Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Dorothy Perry, Ralph Houser, both of Detroit; Mrs. Wilda Hiney, Tyrone; Robert, Philadelphia; Mrs. Lola Ebersberger, of Dearborn; also a stepson, Percy Mertiff, of Birmingham. Also surviving are 16 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. He was the last of his immediate family.
He was a member of the Blazing Arrow Hook & Ladder Fire Co. of Tyrone. He was a self-employed well-driller, retiring in 1958.
Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home, in charge of the Rev. Barry Kramer. Burial will be in Bald Eagle Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m., and on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Source: Tyrone Daily Herald, Monday, March 30, 1970.
Note: William married Mary E. Brenneman, which was the mother of my great grandfather, Percy Mertiff, after his father, Percy Mertiff, deserted her and for whom was granted a divorce in 1913 to be able to marry William in Bedford, Michigan on September 18, 1913.
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