Elmer Carlton Lancaster

Abt 1893 - 1961  (~ 68 years)

• Name	Elmer Carlton Lancaster
  Birth	Abt 1893	Eckhart, Allegany County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Feb 1961	LaVale, Allegany County, Maryland
  Notes	Elmer C. Lancaster, 68, of McHenry Street, LaVale, died yesterday at his home after a long illness. An electrician, he had operated his own motor repair business for nearly ten years. Prior to that he was employed as an electrician at Amcelle Plant of Celanese Fibers Company. A native of Eckhart, he was the son of the late Henry E. and Margaret (Rephann) Lancaster. He served in the Navy prior to World War I and participated in the action at Vera Cruz, Mexico. He was a life member of the LaVale Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Lancaster is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lelia (Engle) Lancaster; two sons, Harold M. Lancaster, Frostburg, and Roger I. Lancaster, LaVale; and four grandchildren. He also leaves one brother, Arthur C. Lancaster, LaVale; one half-brother, Oliver Porter, Barton; a sister, Mrs. Leroy Sparks, Hagerstown, and a half-sister, Mrs. Hattie Porter, Sykesville. His only other sister, Mrs. William F. Brown, Bridgeville, Pa., died in December. The body is at the John J. Hafer Chapel of the Hills Mortuary, U. S. Route 40 and Braddock Road, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. Services will be conducted there Friday at 2 p. m. by Rev. Melvin D. Hughson, pastor of Park Place Methodist Church. Burial will be in Porter Cemetery. Members of the LaVale Volunteer Fire Company will meet at the fire hall tomorrow at 7 p. m. to attend the funeral in a body. The Cumberland Evening Times, February 22, 1961
  Person ID	I45011	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Henry Edward Lancaster   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Rephann   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F16917	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lelia Estella Engle,   b. 28 Mar 1893, Eckhart, Allegany County, Maryland d. 1 May 1974, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Harold Melvin Lancaster,   b. 11 Feb 1917   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Roger Mason Lancaster,   b. 16 Dec 1921, Eckhart, Allegany County, Maryland d. 21 Nov 2002, Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F16916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021