OBIT: Oliver S. NICODEMUS, 1923, Blair County, PA

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PAINTER DIES OF SPINE FRACTURE
Oliver S. Nicodemus Lingers Thirteen Weeks After Suffering Injuries in
Fall from Swinging Ladder

Oliver S. Nicodemus, aged 37, of 230 Willow avenue, who suffered a
fracture pf the spine in a fall from a painter's swinging ladder on
May 22, died at 8.20 o'clock Saturday evening at his home after
lingering for thirteen weeks.

He was injured while engaged in painting the home at 417 Fifth avenue,
He was on a swinging ladder at the side of the house and was working
about twenty feet above a concrete walk.  The loose end of the pulley
rope slipped and Nicodemus fell to the ground striking his spine.

He was taken to Mercy hospital where an immediate operation was
performed.  Several vertebrae were found fractured and pressure from
the spine was removed.  He was a patient at the hospital for eight
weeks being removed to his home five weeks ago on Saturday.

Oliver Stanton Nicodemus was born Jan. 29, 1886, the son of M. G.
Nicodemus, deceased, and Mrs. Margaret Nicodemus.  He was married in
Altoona, March 18, 1918 to Miss Anna Strobaugh.  Surviving are the
mother at 230 Willow avenue, the widow and three sisters, Misses
Myrtle, Ruth and Orpha and one brother, Ira Stanley Nicodemus, all of
this city.

He was engaged in the painting business in the city for a number of
years and was a business partner with his uncle, H. N. Nicodemus since
1920.  He was a member of the Grace Methodist church, Blair lodge of
the Knights of Pythias and Veranda lodge of Odd Fellows.

The funeral will be held from the family home Wednesday afternoon at
2.30 o'clock with services in charge of Rev. Samuel S. Carnell, pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church in charge.  Interment will follow
in Rose Hill cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday, August 20, 1923, page 20