Curtis E. Herring, 52, died suddenly at his home at Orrtanna this morning at 12:50.
Dr. C. G. Crist, Adams county coroner, investigated and attributed death to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Mr. Herring had been in usual health Monday and had plowed on his farm throughout the day. He returned to the house about 5:00 and complained of feeling ill. After lying down before supper, he compacted his evening duties and then visited his father, George Herring, who resides nearby. He retired at 9:30. About 12:30 his housekeeper, Miss Stella Bowman, heard him breathing unnaturally and summoned a physician but he was dead before his arrival.
The deceased was a native of Adams county, a son of Mr. And Mrs. George Herring, Orrtanna, He practiced farming all of his life. MR. Herring was a member of Flohr’s Lutheran church and was a director of the Adams County Farm Bureau association and the Adams County Egg Cooperative. His wife, the former Alice Deardorff died 11 years ago.
In addition to his parents he is survived by five children, Melvin, Cashtown; Chester, with the navy at Norfolk, Va.; Jay, at home; Ira, with navy in New York, and Glenn, at home; one granddaughter, Phyllis Herring, Cashtown; eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Howard Saum, Orrtanna; Dorsey, Orrtanna R.D.; Mrs. Robert Boyd, Orrtanna; Lloyd, Biglerville; Mrs. Cleo Nary, and Mrs. Ralph Pitzer, both of Brysonia; Cleason, Fairfield; and Mrs. Byron Sease, Orrtanna.
Curtis E. Herring, 52, died suddenly at his home at Orrtanna this morning at 12:50.
Dr. C. G. Crist, Adams county coroner, investigated and attributed death to a cerebral hemorrhage.
Mr. Herring had been in usual health Monday and had plowed on his farm throughout the day. He returned to the house about 5:00 and complained of feeling ill. After lying down before supper, he compacted his evening duties and then visited his father, George Herring, who resides nearby. He retired at 9:30. About 12:30 his housekeeper, Miss Stella Bowman, heard him breathing unnaturally and summoned a physician but he was dead before his arrival.
The deceased was a native of Adams county, a son of Mr. And Mrs. George Herring, Orrtanna, He practiced farming all of his life. MR. Herring was a member of Flohr’s Lutheran church and was a director of the Adams County Farm Bureau association and the Adams County Egg Cooperative. His wife, the former Alice Deardorff died 11 years ago.
In addition to his parents he is survived by five children, Melvin, Cashtown; Chester, with the navy at Norfolk, Va.; Jay, at home; Ira, with navy in New York, and Glenn, at home; one granddaughter, Phyllis Herring, Cashtown; eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Howard Saum, Orrtanna; Dorsey, Orrtanna R.D.; Mrs. Robert Boyd, Orrtanna; Lloyd, Biglerville; Mrs. Cleo Nary, and Mrs. Ralph Pitzer, both of Brysonia; Cleason, Fairfield; and Mrs. Byron Sease, Orrtanna.
Family Members
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Ruth Irene Herring Saum
1891–1947
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Dorsey Earl Herring
1895–1966
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Blanche E Herring Boyd
1896–1990
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Lloyd Wilmer Herring
1899–1967
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Viola Mae Herring Nary
1900–1978
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Nelson Andrew Herring
1903–1904
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Cleason Alvin Herring
1905–1969
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Aletha Margaret Herring Pitzer
1907–1994
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Lovell Emma Herring Cease
1909–1997
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Infant Boy Herring
1912–1912
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