OBIT: Charles B. KELLEY, 1930, Pocahontas, Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES B. KELLEY

Severing of Leg Cause of Death
Charles B. Kelley Victim of Fatal Accident in West Virginia

  Charles B. Kelley, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Sass, of Pocahontas, 
was the victim of a fatal accident while engaged in the performance of his work 
as a railway employe at Worthington, near Clarksburg, W.Va., last Monday 
evening.
  Mr. Kelley was employed as a railroad yardman and was on a freight train in 
the act of setting brakes, when the train gave a sudden jerk and he lost his 
balance and fell off the train, landing in such a manner that one of his legs 
was severed near the groin by carwheels passing over it.  He died shortly after 
being taken to a hospital in Clarksburg.
  His brother-in-law, Dr. Frank E. Sass, of Boswell, was promptly notified of 
the accident and left for Worthington Monday night and had the body shipped to 
Meyersdale, where it arrived Wednesday morning and was prepared for burial by 
Undertaker J. L. Tressler.
  Funeral services and interment will take place at the Greenville Lutheran 
Church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon.
  Mr. Kelley was a railway telegrapher and upon the completion of the Western 
Maryland Railway through Somerset County nearly 20 years ago, he was employed as 
station agent at Deal.  About the same time he married Miss Alma Sass, one of 
the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Sass.  While employed as station 
agent at Deal, Mr. Kelley also engaged in the prop and tie business.  He 
continued to live at Deal until the cessation of passenger traffic on the 
Western Maryland and the discontinuance of the station at Deal.  With his 
family, he then removed to West Virginia, where they have since resided.
  Mr. Kelley is survived by his wife and three children - one son and two 
daughters - the boy being a junior in the Worthington High School.  Mr. Kelley's 
tragic death was a great shock to his family and many friends.  He was 48 years 
of age and was well liked and respected by all who knew him.

Meyersdale Republican, November 27, 1930