Solomon Ross Hammer

Ross Hammer Sick S. Ross Hammer, 82, retired former owner of Penn Printing Company, was taken seriously ill Jan. 9 and is under a physician's treatment at his home, 211 Olive Street.

Friday, December 31, 1971

S.R. HAMMER EXPIRES AT 92

Solomon Ross Hammer, 92, of 211 Olive St., died Thursday. He was a direct descendant of George Ross, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the designers of the American Flag. (Although the older generation believed this, it was disproven by Sharon Shelton and Becky Barefoot). Mr. Hammer, who had been engaged in the printing business for more than 55 years, was the former owner of the Penn Printing Co. He is survived by his widow, the former Mary Roberts, and a daughter.

HAMMER - Solomon Ross, 92, 211 Olive St., died at 4:45p.m. Dec. 30, 1971. Born Jan.31, 1879, in Johnstown, son of Joseph Slick and Lizzie Ann(Barnhart) Hammer.Survived by widow, former Mary Roberts, and daughter,Lizzie Ann, at home. Member of Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church and Cambria Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.Friends received from 2 to 4and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at John Henderson Co. Funeral Home, 215 Central Ave. Mass will be sung at 10 a.m.Monday at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev. Linford F. Greinader. Interment, Grandview Cemetery. Wake service at 8p.m. Sunday at funeral home.Friends are requested to please omit flowers.