Individual Details
Ernest C. Harbaugh
(14 Feb 1916 - 10 Jan 1961)
The Gettysburg Times January 10, 1961
Ernest Clayton Harbaugh, 44, Farifield R1, Purple Heart veteran of World war II, died suddenly this morning at 8:30 at the home of Mrs. Gladys Fox, near Fairfield.
Dr. C.G. Crist, county coroner, investigated and said death was due to coronary thrombosis.
Mr. Harbaugh was a machine operator and was employed in Waynesboro. He was a son of the late Allen R and Maudie Eigenbrode Harbaugh. He was inducted May 1, 1942, and discharged October 4. 1945, after winning a Purple Heart and a unit citation. He was wounded in fighting at Minda AFB. He wore the APTO medal.
The deceased was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Waynesboro and of the Fountaindale Fire company.
Surviving are his stepparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles slack, Baltimore; three brothers and sisters, Edgar A., Fairfield R1; Roscoe and Lemvin, both of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Reita Nagle, Fairfield R1.
Funeral services Friday afternoon at 2:00 at the Wilson Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Claude Corl officiating. Interment with military rites at St. Jacob's Cemetery.
Family links:
Parents:
Allen Ross Harbaugh (1883 - 1944)
Maudie E Eigenbrode Harbaugh (1890 - 1920)
Siblings:
Edgar A Harbaugh (1910 - 1986)*
Roscoe E. Harbaugh (1914 - 1966)*
Ernest Clayton Harbaugh (1916 - 1961)
Melvin G. Harbaugh (1919 - 1996)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Jacobs Church Cemetery
Fountain Dale
Adams County
Pennsylvania, USA
Ernest Clayton Harbaugh, 44, Farifield R1, Purple Heart veteran of World war II, died suddenly this morning at 8:30 at the home of Mrs. Gladys Fox, near Fairfield.
Dr. C.G. Crist, county coroner, investigated and said death was due to coronary thrombosis.
Mr. Harbaugh was a machine operator and was employed in Waynesboro. He was a son of the late Allen R and Maudie Eigenbrode Harbaugh. He was inducted May 1, 1942, and discharged October 4. 1945, after winning a Purple Heart and a unit citation. He was wounded in fighting at Minda AFB. He wore the APTO medal.
The deceased was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Waynesboro and of the Fountaindale Fire company.
Surviving are his stepparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles slack, Baltimore; three brothers and sisters, Edgar A., Fairfield R1; Roscoe and Lemvin, both of Waynesboro, and Mrs. Reita Nagle, Fairfield R1.
Funeral services Friday afternoon at 2:00 at the Wilson Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Claude Corl officiating. Interment with military rites at St. Jacob's Cemetery.
Family links:
Parents:
Allen Ross Harbaugh (1883 - 1944)
Maudie E Eigenbrode Harbaugh (1890 - 1920)
Siblings:
Edgar A Harbaugh (1910 - 1986)*
Roscoe E. Harbaugh (1914 - 1966)*
Ernest Clayton Harbaugh (1916 - 1961)
Melvin G. Harbaugh (1919 - 1996)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Jacobs Church Cemetery
Fountain Dale
Adams County
Pennsylvania, USA
Events
| Birth | 14 Feb 1916 | Adams, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Death | 10 Jan 1961 | from coronary thrombosis - the home of Mrs Gladys Fox, Fairfiled R.D. #1, Hamiltonban Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Burial | 13 Jan 1961 | Saint Jacob's Church Cemetery, Fountain Dale, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States |
Families
| Father | Allen Ross Harbaugh (1883 - 1944) |
| Mother | Maude Eigenbrode (1890 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Edgar A. Harbaugh (1910 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Roscoe E. Harbaugh (1914 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Melvin G. Harbaugh Sr. (1919 - 1996) |