Isaiah S Daniel

OBITUARY: Funeral Yesterday For I.S. Daniel, Justice, 46 Years

Isaish S. Daniel, age 81 years, widely known Justice of the Peace, and President of the Lykens Valley Bank, of Elizabethville, died at his home, North Market Street, early Sunday afternoon. He had been in failing health fo some time.

Mr. Daniel was a son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth (Snyder) Daniel, and was a native of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, where he spent his boyhood days. He had been a resident of Elizabethville fifty-four years.

He had served as Justice of the Peace in the community since 1897, when he was appointed by Governor Hastings to complete the unexpired tern of Cyrus Romberger. Later he was elected to the office and continued to serve in that capacity until his death.

Mr. Daniel was one of the founders of the Elizabethville Water Company, and of the Lykens Valley Bank, serving for thirty-six years as Secretary of the Water Company, and as President of the bank since 1916.

He likewise served for a number of years as a director of the Maple Grove Cemetery Association and the Lykens Valley United Brethren Campmeeting Association, and was President of the Dauphin County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Penbrook, at the time of his death.

Mr. Daniel was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, and a charter member of Syrian Lodge of Odd Fellows.

He was married November 1, 1884 to Miss Ellen Metz, of Berrysburg, who, with one son, Warren J. Daniel, of Elizabethville, director of the land office, State Department of Internal Affairs, survive. Other survivors are three grandsons, Kermit I. Daniel, employed by the federal government, overseas; LeMar Daniel, of Penbrook, and Warren H. Daniel of Bangor, Maine; and two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Elmer Daniel, of Linglestown, and John Daniel, of Philadelphia; and four sisters, Mrs. Clara Taylor, Mrs. Sallie Hall, Mrs. Ida Winterberger, and Mrs. Sue Zimmerman, all of Philadelphia.

Funeral services were held from the residence at 4 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon. Rev. W. Z. Artz, pastor of Salem Lutheran Church, officiated, and interment was made in Maple Grove Cemetery.

Source: Elizabethville Echo September 23, 1943* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 18 2018, 19:27:43 UTC

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