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SOURCE:  The Portville Star,
         Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York
         Thursday, March 22, 1962
         
         
                              Frank A. Witherell
                              of Westons Passes
                              At Olean Hospital
                              
                        Frank A. Witherell, Promised
                       Land Road, Westons, died Mar. 14
                       at the Olean General Hospital
                       where he had been a patient since
                       Feb. 19.
                        Mr. Witherell was born at Beaver
                       Valley, Pa., on May 4, 1875, a 
                       son of William B. and Ellen Pulver
                       Witherell.
                        He was married to the former Clara
                       J. Hunter at Olean July 4, 1895.
                       Mrs. Witherell died Aug. 12, 1957.
                        He had resided on the Promised
                       Land Road for the past forty-three
                       years.  A passenger train conductor
                       for the Pennsylvania Railroad, he
                       retired in 1940 after 50 years of
                       service.
                        He was a member of various Masonic
                       bodies in this area including Olean
                       Lodge 252, Free and accepted Masons,
                       the Scotish Rite Bodies of Olean, the
                       Buffalo and Coudersport consistories
                       and an honorary member of the Fort-
                       ville Lodge No. 57* F A M.
                        Mr. Witherell had been awarded the
                       Masonic Meritorious Service Medal
                       and was elevated to the 33rd Degree
                       of Masonry at Detroit, Michigan in
                       September 1955.
                        In addition he was a member of the
                       First Methodist church of Olean and
                       the Pennsylvania Railroad Veterans
                       Association.
                        He is survived by a son, James F.
                       Witherell, Promised Land Rd.; two
                       daughters, Mrs. S. D. (Agnes) Bur-
                       dick, Corning; and Mrs. R. E. (Dorothy)
                       Pettengill, Scranton, Pa.; 7 grand-
                       children and 13 great-grandchildren;
                       a brother, Gus B. Witherell, Lakewood,
                       Calif.; several nieces and nephews.
                        The body was removed to the Halwig
                       Funeral Home.  A Masonic memorial
                       service under the direction of Olean
                       Lodge 252 F & A M was conducted Mar.
                       15.  It was attended by members of
                       the Portville Lodge No. 579 F & A M
                       and other area lodges.
                        Funeral services were held on Mar. 16
                       at the funeral home.  The Rev. Leonard
                       F. Ives, pastor of First Methodist 
                       church officated and burial was in 
                       Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
                        Members of Hannah Shrine No. 36, Order
                       of the White Shrine, paid their respects
                       Thursday.
                        The casket bearers were: Henry E. Hall,
                       Gustav S. Palmquist, Clyde W. Guild, 
                       Fred S. Korb, Clyde D. Reynolds and
                       Robert A. Lowe.
                       
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