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EVENING STAR
MARCH 31, 1940
RETIRED B & O EMPLOYE AT GARRETT DEAD AT AGE OF 80
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John Edwin Raub, 80 years old, a retired Baltimore & Ohio car builder, died of heart
disease and the infirmities of age at his home in Garrett at 117 1/2 North Randolph
street Sunday afternoon at 1:10 o'clock. He had been in ill health for the past one
and one half years.
Mr. Raub was born October 28, 1859, four miles north of Garrett in a log house, a son of
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Raub. The family later lived at Feagler's Corners, northeast of
Garrett, then on a farm two miles southwest of Garrett and later moved to Steuben county.
When he was eighteen, Mr. Raub married Miss Rose Beck, who died in April, 1937.
After operating a meat market at Salem Center for twelve years, the Raub family moved to
Garrett in 1901, when Mr. Raub took employment with the railroad as a car builder. He
continued with the company until 1931, when he reached the age of seventy years and
retired. His activities included serving as deputy township assessor for five years. He
was a member of the K. of P. lodge at Salem Center and was also a member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Inez Willard and Mrs. Marjorie Smith, who resided with
their father, and Mrs. Grace Robuck of Fort Wayne; five grandsons, two great grandsons and
two great granddaughters.
The body was removed to the Geo. W. Iler Mortuary, where it will remain until time for the
services, which will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Joseph Trueax
of the Church of the Nazarene officiating. Burial will be made in union cemetery
northwest of Garrett.