OBITUARIES:  PLOTTS, Herbert W.; 1941; Moxham, Cambria Cnty., PA

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THE JOHNSTOWN TRIBUNE (Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania)
Monday Evening, 6 January 1941
page 9, column 7


HERBERT W. PLOTTS
 DIES IN 67TH YEAR
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Funeral Services Tuesday
   For Moxham Interior
         Decorator

Herbert W. Plotts, 66, well-known Moxham interior decorator, died at 8:15 o'clock 
yesterday morning in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since December 22. 
Prior to entering the hospital he had been a patient for several weeks at his residence, 662 
Cypress Avenue.

A native of Oil City, Pa., Mr. Plotts was born on September 1, 1874, a son of Rev. Peter 
W. and Margaret (Henler) Plotts. On January 30, 1901, he was united in marriage with 
the former Mary B. Reel. Their only child, Herbert W. Plotts Jr., died on June 23, 1932.

In addition to his widow, Mr. Plotts leaves four sisters: Mrs. J. D. Ripple, 614 Oak Street; 
Mrs. Joseph Cawthern, 522 Highland Avenue; Mrs. J. L. Mitchell, Cleveland, O., and 
Mrs. Ernest Stewart, 318 Highland Avenue.  Mrs. Mitchell was a twin sister of the 
deceased and was a visitor here recently, returning to Cleveland the day before Mr. Plotts 
death occurred.

Mr. Plotts also leaves a half-brother, William A. Plotts of Whittier, Cal. Two sisters, Miss 
Ida R. Plotts and Mrs. Robert Porter, and a brother, Frank R. Plotts, preceded him in 
death.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the H. M Picking 
& Sons Funeral Home on Somerset Street. The rites will be conducted by Rev. Earl C. 
Weaver, D.D., pastor of the Park Avenue United Brethren Church, of which the deceased 
was a member, assisted by Rev. W. W. Wilson, D.D., pastor of the Overbrook United 
Brethren Church.

Interment will take place in Grandview Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Waldo Ripple, Van 
Lohr, Kenneth Spangler, Ralph Mostoller, Louis Mostoller and Harvey Lockard, all 
nephews of Mr. Plotts.