Ligonier Valley Rail Road Newspaper Articles
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Latrobe Bulletin
Monday, March 12, 1928
Was Pensioner of the L.V.R.R.
Charles Edward Naugle, who was one of the three surviving pensioners of the Ligonier Valley Railroad, died at his home in Ligonier, at 2 oclock this morning, in his 69th year. A blood clot on one of the valves of his heart was the immediate cause of his death.
He had been in ill health ever since his retirement on March 2, 1923, but had been able to be around, until last Sunday, when he took seriously ill. He had been down street, just last Saturday.
Mr. Naugle was born on May 12th, 1859, near Laughlinstown. He had been a resident of Ligonier and the Ligonier Valley all of his life.
He entered the employ of the Ligonier Valley Railroad on April 1, 1880, at the time that R. B. Mellon worked there. At first he was employed as a freight conductor and remained at this duty until 1912, when he was made a passenger conductor.
He was pensioned on January 1, 1926. Samuel Howard and Thomas Dunlap are now the only surviving pensioners of the railroad.
Mr. Naugle was a member of the Ligonier Methodist Episcopal church, and belonged to the Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 331, of Ligonier.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Charlotte Mathilda Naugle, and two sons, George, of Ligonier, and Harry, of Canton, O. He is also survived by two grandsons.
Funeral services will be held at 2 oclock on Wednesday afternoon, in charge of the Rev. Richard M. Cameron. Interment will be made in the Ligonier Valley cemetery.