+Stillwater Valley News
-- Sept 1936
In Memory of
George W. Longendelpher
On a beautiful fall afternoon in the year 1896, a mother sat peeling apples, close by her, tied to a high chair sat a little boy. He was nine months old, just at the age when one begins to take an interest in things that are being done around them. A chanticleer crowed out, and he in turn tried to imitate it, clapping his little chubby hands and smiling at his mother. This made her very happy, for this cheery spirit was revealed throughout George's life. His first sickness came the following year in August, when he was stricken with Cholera Infantum. He battled three weeks before the crisis came. He had lost so much weight and strength he had to learn to walk all over again. When George was five years old, his father and mother moved from Washington Pike to a farm of their own on the Covington Road. His early life was spent there on the farm helping his father and mother with their work. This same spirit was shown in his later life for he was always ready to help the unfortunate whenever it was in his power to do so. He was liked by everybody. George liked to travel and at the age of seventeen his father let him go to Europe, visiting Belgium and France and returned with fourteen fine head of horses. He later united in marriage with Maria Fletcher, the only child of Ora and Anna Fletcher of Covington, Ohio. To this union six children were born, Vera June, Melvin Fletcher, George Jr., Beulah Mae, Glenn Eugene and James Calvin. James was only one year old when his mother was stricken with pneumonia and died. This great sorrow and adversity George never got over, and tried in every way to forget. He was cheerful throughout his last sickness and every effort was made to regain his health. Although the best medical treatment was given him, he passed away to the great beyond on Sept. 5, 1936 at the Stouder Hospital. His only request was that he be placed beside his beloved wife, whom he loved and cherished.
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