OBIT: Jacob FAZENBAKER, 1945, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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JACOB FAZENBAKER

Jacob Fazenbaker Hit and Killed by Car on Route 40

  GRANTSVILLE, Md., Oct. 24 - Jacob Nelson Fazenbaker, 52, of near Bear Creek, 
Garrett County, was killed instantly last Saturday night at 12:05 o'clock when 
he was struck by a car while crossing Route 40 at Ashby's Tavern west of 
Grantsville.  The car was driven by Andrew Schlossnagle of Accident, on his way 
home from Baltimore.
  Dr. E. I. Baumgartner, Garrett County Medical Examiner, reported Fazenbaker 
died as a result of a crushed chest wall, punctured lung, fracture of the left 
arm and leg, and brush burns over the body.
  State Troopers Glen D. Folk and Blair J. Buckel investigated the accident, the 
cause of which has not been fully determined.
  The victim was the son of the late John and Susan (Bittinger) Fazenbaker and 
was born at Bear Creek near Accident.  He was sometimes employed as a logger and 
he was unmarried.
  Surviving are five brothers, William, George, James, Joseph and Martin 
Fazenbaker, of Accident.
  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Bethany Brethren 
Church near Grantsville.  Interment in the church cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, October 25, 1945