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August Lesser (Latza)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Germany
Death: March 15, 1932 (44)
Revloc, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States (mine accident)
Place of Burial: Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Johann Latza and Charlotte Payk
Husband of Bertha Augusta Lesser
Father of Walter M Lesser; Raymond A Lesser; Bernard Lesser; Bernice Johns and Naomi Lesser
Brother of Frederick W. Latza; John Lesser; Charles Lesser; Harry Lesser and Emma Augusta Boerstler

Occupation: coal miner
Managed by: Joanne
Last Updated:

About August Lesser

REVLOC MINER IS FATALLY INJURED Special to The Tribune (Johnstown, PA: "The Daily Tribune" (newspaper), 16 Mar 1932)

REVLOC, March 16.--August Lesser, aged 47, a miner employed by the Monroe Coal Company, was injured fatally yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock in an accident at the mine. Lesser, who was employed as an operator of a mining machine, suffered a crushed skull.

The manner in which he sustained the injury has not yet been determined by officials at the mine.

Coroner Cyrus W. Davis, of Conemaugh, will make an investigation today.

The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bertha Lesser, and the following children: Walter, Raymond, Bernice, Betty, and Naomi, all at home.

The body has been prepared for burial by Undertaker Duke J. Rosensteel, but arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.

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August Lesser's Timeline

1887
July 22, 1887
Germany
1915
1915
1916
August 8, 1916
Summerhill, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
1918
February 8, 1918
Summerhill, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
1919
1919
Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
1926
November 30, 1926
Revloc, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
1932
March 15, 1932
Age 44
Revloc, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States
March 15, 1932
Age 44
Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States