Paul L. Thrasher

(May 17, 1971)

Paul Lee Thrasher, Sr., 78, of 30 Pennsylvania Avenue, died

Monday at Memorial Hospital. He had been in ill health two and

on-half years.

A native of Deer Park, he was born November 7, 1892, a son of the

late Benjamin T. and Margaret J. (Williams) Thrasher.

Mr. Thrasher was a retired carpenter for the Baltimore and Ohio

Railroad and a member of Lodge 1028, Brotherhood of Railway

Maintenance of Way; a 50 year member of Oakland Lodge 192, AF&AM;

the South Minister Presbyterian church, Woodman of the World, Odd

Fellows Lodge of Keyser and an honorary member of the Cumberland

Outdoor Club.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Frances C. (Dyche); six sons,

Paul Lee, Gene E. and Glenn E. Thrasher, all of Cumberland;

Charles T. Thrasher, LaVale; E. Elroy Thrasher, Midland, and Rev.

Richard D. Thrasher, Oldtown; two daughters, Mrs. Naomi M. Smith,

Bowman’s Addition, and Mrs. F. Marion Anderson, Dublin, Va.; two

brothers, J. Robert Thrasher, Deer Park and Ralph H. Thrasher,

Dayton Beach, Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Weiprecht, and

Miss Ada G. Thrasher, both of Naples, Fla.; 15 grandchildren and

one great grandchild.

The body is at the Scarpelli Funeral Home where the family will

receive friends today from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.

A service will be conducted there tomorrow at 1 p.m. Rev. W.

Randolph Keefe will officiate and burial will follow in Sunset

Memorial Park.

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Services for Paul Lee Thrasher Sr., 78, of 30 Pennsylvania

Avenue, who died Monday, will be conducted at the Scarpelli

Funeral Home, today at 1 p.m. by Rev. W. Randolph Keefe.

Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park.

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