from the Punxsutawney Spirit-November 7, 1955
William Bish Dies in Reynoldsville Funeral services will be held Thursday in Reynoldsville for William H. Bish, 61, prominent Reynoldsville Businessman, who died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday in his home at 307 Grant Street. Mr. Bish, the senior member of the hardware firm of Walls and Bish, was born August 10, 1894, in Armstrong County, a son of Wilbur Bish and the late Annie (should read Effie May) Lingenfelter Bish. He was married July 4, 1916, to the former Anna Horne and was a member of the Reynoldsville Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Homer (Ruth) Walls,of Reynoldsville;Mrs. Kenneth (Betty) Shaffer, of Punxsutawney; Mrs. James (Jane) Tyger, of Reynoldsville; two sons, William, of New Bethlehem, and Robert Bish, of DuBois; his father who lives in Punxsutawney; 12 grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Walter Johnson, of Punxsutawney, and four brothers, guy, of Frostburg; John, of Delmont; Dale, of New Bethlehem, and Eugene Bish, of Shippenville. Friends will be received after 2 p. m. today in the Eugene Smith Funeral Home in Reynoldsville, where the Rev. William A.Thornton, pastor of the Reynoldsville Methodist Church, will officiate at services Thursday afternoon at 2 o`clock. Burial will follow in Lakelawn Memorial Park, Reynoldsville.
William Bish Dies in Reynoldsville Funeral services will be held Thursday in Reynoldsville for William H. Bish, 61, prominent Reynoldsville Businessman, who died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday in his home at 307 Grant Street. Mr. Bish, the senior member of the hardware firm of Walls and Bish, was born August 10, 1894, in Armstrong County, a son of Wilbur Bish and the late Annie (should read Effie May) Lingenfelter Bish. He was married July 4, 1916, to the former Anna Horne and was a member of the Reynoldsville Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Homer (Ruth) Walls,of Reynoldsville;Mrs. Kenneth (Betty) Shaffer, of Punxsutawney; Mrs. James (Jane) Tyger, of Reynoldsville; two sons, William, of New Bethlehem, and Robert Bish, of DuBois; his father who lives in Punxsutawney; 12 grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Walter Johnson, of Punxsutawney, and four brothers, guy, of Frostburg; John, of Delmont; Dale, of New Bethlehem, and Eugene Bish, of Shippenville. Friends will be received after 2 p. m. today in the Eugene Smith Funeral Home in Reynoldsville, where the Rev. William A.Thornton, pastor of the Reynoldsville Methodist Church, will officiate at services Thursday afternoon at 2 o`clock. Burial will follow in Lakelawn Memorial Park, Reynoldsville.
from the Punxsutawney Spirit-November 7, 1955
William Bish Dies in Reynoldsville Funeral services will be held Thursday in Reynoldsville for William H. Bish, 61, prominent Reynoldsville Businessman, who died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday in his home at 307 Grant Street. Mr. Bish, the senior member of the hardware firm of Walls and Bish, was born August 10, 1894, in Armstrong County, a son of Wilbur Bish and the late Annie (should read Effie May) Lingenfelter Bish. He was married July 4, 1916, to the former Anna Horne and was a member of the Reynoldsville Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Homer (Ruth) Walls,of Reynoldsville;Mrs. Kenneth (Betty) Shaffer, of Punxsutawney; Mrs. James (Jane) Tyger, of Reynoldsville; two sons, William, of New Bethlehem, and Robert Bish, of DuBois; his father who lives in Punxsutawney; 12 grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Walter Johnson, of Punxsutawney, and four brothers, guy, of Frostburg; John, of Delmont; Dale, of New Bethlehem, and Eugene Bish, of Shippenville. Friends will be received after 2 p. m. today in the Eugene Smith Funeral Home in Reynoldsville, where the Rev. William A.Thornton, pastor of the Reynoldsville Methodist Church, will officiate at services Thursday afternoon at 2 o`clock. Burial will follow in Lakelawn Memorial Park, Reynoldsville.
William Bish Dies in Reynoldsville Funeral services will be held Thursday in Reynoldsville for William H. Bish, 61, prominent Reynoldsville Businessman, who died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday in his home at 307 Grant Street. Mr. Bish, the senior member of the hardware firm of Walls and Bish, was born August 10, 1894, in Armstrong County, a son of Wilbur Bish and the late Annie (should read Effie May) Lingenfelter Bish. He was married July 4, 1916, to the former Anna Horne and was a member of the Reynoldsville Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Homer (Ruth) Walls,of Reynoldsville;Mrs. Kenneth (Betty) Shaffer, of Punxsutawney; Mrs. James (Jane) Tyger, of Reynoldsville; two sons, William, of New Bethlehem, and Robert Bish, of DuBois; his father who lives in Punxsutawney; 12 grandchildren; a sister Mrs. Walter Johnson, of Punxsutawney, and four brothers, guy, of Frostburg; John, of Delmont; Dale, of New Bethlehem, and Eugene Bish, of Shippenville. Friends will be received after 2 p. m. today in the Eugene Smith Funeral Home in Reynoldsville, where the Rev. William A.Thornton, pastor of the Reynoldsville Methodist Church, will officiate at services Thursday afternoon at 2 o`clock. Burial will follow in Lakelawn Memorial Park, Reynoldsville.
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