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Floyd Peter Altemus

(03 Jun 1884 - 15 Feb 1957)

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James Altemus

Marriage: . .

Floyd Peter Altemus

Mamie Werkheiser Ellen Gruver

Children
Walter Altemus
Claude Altemus
Lester Altemus
Ralph Altemus

Sibling(s):
Melvin Eugene Altemus
Cula E. Altemus
J. Arthur Altemus

Notes:

Easton Express, Friday, February 15, 1957, page 24
F. P. Altemus, 72, Nazareth Mason, stricken On Street
Floyd P. Altemus, 72, retired Nazareth Mason and bricklaying contractor, died in St. Luke’s Hospital, Fountain Hill, at 5:45 a.m. today after he was stricken on a Nazareth street.

Mr. Altemus, who resided alone at 213 N. Main St., Nazareth, became ill after midnight and started to walk to the home of his son, Lester, in Nazareth. He was stricken on the street at 1 a.m. and was seen by a neighbor. He was taken to the hospital in the Nazareth Fire Co. Ambulance.

Mr. Altemus was born June 30 1894 at Saylorsburg R.D.1, son of the late James and Emma Gruver Altemus. He had resided in Nazareth for 50 years. His wife the former Mamie Werkheiser, died March 7, 1946.

He was a member of Nazareth Moravian Church, Nazareth lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Vigilance Hose co., Nazareth and East Lawn Fire Co., and an associate member of the Nazareth posts of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Surviving in addition to his son are three other sons, Walter and Claude, both of Allentown, and Ralph, Chicago; two brothers, Melvin, Nazareth, and Arthur, Allentown; a sister, Mrs. Spence Green, Emmaus; six granddaughters and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the F.W. Schmidt Mortuary, Nazareth.

Last Updated on: August 9, 2011

Daughter of William Knauss and Elizabeth
Born: July 1860
Died 09 Oct 1927.