Fred E. Flaugh

Fred E. Flaugh, 81, who helped organize the Crawford County Agricultural Extension Assn., died at his home Tuesday, September 11, 1962, after a shirt illness.

He was a member of the association's executive committee for 18 years and served as its first treasurer when it was organized July 1, 1916.  A granger for more than 65 years, he was at the time of his death, a member of French Creek Valley Grange.  He was a past master of Crawford County Pomona Grange and a member of state and national granges.

He was born in East Fairfield Township, February 28, 1881, a son of William and Sarah Byham Flaugh.  He and the former Amy A. Freyermuth were married February 17, 1904.

Mr. Flaugh was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church and of its Church School.

He is survived by his widow; three daughters, Miss Sara E. Flaugh at home, Mrs. James D. (Freda) Aley of Hartstown and Mrs. Clyde W. (Frances) Smith of Akron, OH; a son, Fred Merle Flaugh of Garden Grove, CA; eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

Services were held at Waid Funeral Home.

Interment was in Cochranton Cemetery.