OBIT: John T. MATT, 1934, Everett, Bedford County, PA

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja

Copyright 2006.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/bedford/
________________________________________________

EVERETT MAN EXPIRES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

EVERETT, Oct. 1. - John T. Matt, prominent citizen here, died at his home 
Sunday morning at 3.15 o'clock following an illness of several months.
  Mr. Matt, a merchant, was a member of the state legislature from 1911 to 
1913, had been internal revenue collector during the Wilson administration 
and a member of the Democratic state committee from Bedford county and at the 
time of his death was Bedford county HOLC appraiser.
  He was born in Cumberland, Md., on Dec. 22, 1860, and came to Everett at 
the age of 11 (14?).  He began his career as a worker in a cigar factory 
shortly after he came here.
  Mr. Matt was a member of the official board of Everett Lutheran church, 
Masonic lodge, Mountain Commandery, Jaffa Shrine and Everett Lodge, I.O.O.F.
  His first wife, Mrs. Margaret Rebecca (Wagner) Matt, died ten years ago.  
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Mellott-Matt; a step-daughter, Miss 
Gertrude Matt; two brothers, Frank and George, both of Cumberland, Md., and 
four sisters, Mrs. Frank Dipold and Miss Theresa Matt, both of Cumberland, 
and Mrs. H. D. Price and Mrs. Gustave Heintele, both of Parkensburg, W.Va.
  Funeral services will be conducted at the Matt residence at 3 o'clock 
Tuesday afternoon by Rev. E. P. Wildman, pastor of Everett Lutheran church.  
Interment will be made in the Everett cemetery.

Archie Claar Obituary Collection, Vol. 1, page 81, hand-dated September 30, 1934