OBIT: William H. McILHATTAN, 1941, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM H. McILHATTAN

  William H. McIlhattan, 51, died suddenly at his home in Greensburg, Monday 
morning at 4 o'clock, after a heart attack suffered at midnight.  Mr. McIlhattan 
was formerly supervising principal of the Somerset borough schools from 1929 to 
1934, when he accepted the position as supervising principal of the Greensburg 
schools.  During his five years in Somerset Mr. McIlhattan introduced a number 
of new features in the borough schools and always kept in close contact with 
teachers and parents, and made many friends throughout the county.
  Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon.  The Rev. Dr. Harold F. 
Post, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Greensburg where the obsequies 
were conducted, read the service.  Interment in the Knox Cemetery, Clarion 
County.
  William H. McIlhattan, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. McIlhattan, was born 
in Clarion County, where he received his early schooling and was graduated from 
Clarion State Teachers College.  After several years spent in the teaching 
profession he enlisted in the army in 1917, and was sent overseas with the 78th 
Field Artillery.  He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.  During his stay in 
France Lieut. McIlhattan was made instructor in field artillery, and later was 
appointed reconizance officer for his company.  He later was attached to the 
military intelligence department in which capacity he served until return to the 
United States in 1919.
  After his honorable discharge he returned to the teaching field as supervising 
principal at East Brady, and later served in like capacity in Brookville, 
Somerset and Greensburg.  He took a prominent part in the educational program of 
Western Pennsylvania and in the Pennsylvania School Men's Club.  He received his 
doctorate degree from the University of Pittsburgh in June 1941.
  Mr. McIlhattan was a member of the American Legion and of the Masonic 
fraternity.
  He was past president of the Kiwanis Club at Brookville and a member of the 
Greensburg Rotary Club.  Mr. McIlhattan was a life-long member of the Republican 
party, and worked in the interests of his party, when his position permitted.
  Surviving are his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Edwin S. McIlhattan of Clarion, his 
widow, Katherine Stewart McIlhattan, and two children, a daughter, Patricia, and 
a son, Edwin Stewart McIlhattan.

Meyersdale Republican, July 24, 1941