John Herbert VanMeter

1884 - 1961  (77 years)

• Name	John Herbert VanMeter
  Birth	9 Jun 1884	Cresaptown, Allegany County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Nov 1961	Luke, Allegany County, Maryland
  Notes	LUKE — John Herbert Vanmeter, 77, of Fairview Street, Extended, died yesterday morning in Sacred Heart Hospital, where he had been a patient three weeks. A native of Cresaptown he was a son of the late Isaac L. and Hannah (McKenzie) Vanmeter. Mr. VanMeter had resided here 32 years, and was a retired engineer from the Western Maryland Railway Company. He retired in 1947 due to ill health after 25 years of service. During his railroad career, he worked the Georges Creek division and in the yards of the Luke Mill of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. He was a member of the Church of God of Piedmont. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Fredericki (Whetzel) VanMeter; four daughters, Mrs. Jean Miller, and Mrs. Janet Guy, both of here; Miss Louise Vanmeter, Baltimore, and Mrs. Rose Brown, Cresaptown; two sons, Bernard Vanmeter, of Monaca, Pa., and Roy Vanmeter, Cumberland; three brothers, Stanley and Vernon Vanmeter, Ridgeley, and Wilbur Vanmeter, Cumberland; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Williamson, Keyser; Mrs. Bessie Ross, Midland, and Mrs. Edith Swaner, Ridgeley; 18 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The body is at the Boal Funeral Home where services will be conducted tomorrow at 2 p. m., by the Rev. C. D. Coley, pastor of the Cumberland Church of God. Interment will be in Philos Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The Cumberland Sunday Times, November 12, 1961.
  Person ID	I12495	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Isaac Lucas VanMeter,   b. 21 Aug 1861, Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia d. 29 Dec 1943, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah Margaret McKenzie,   b. 22 Sep 1862, Riverside, Monongalia, West Virginia d. 24 Nov 1942, Ridgeley, Mineral County, West Virginia (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Oct 1881	Allegany County, Maryland
  Family ID	F00750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Fredericki Whetzel   d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Jean VanMeter,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. Janet VanMeter,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   3. Louise VanMeter,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   4. Rose VanMeter,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   5. Bernard VanMeter   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Roy VanMeter   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F06112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021