Sunday, November 02, 2008
UNION CEMETERY, ARNOLD, PA
ALBERT EDWIN IMM
FEB 18, 1877-1951
CHARLOTTE BENTLEY IMM
1882-1935
1882-1935
Born in Lydney,Gloucester, England, Feb 16,1877, Albert E Imm of 511 Ridge Avenue died Wednesday morning at 11:50am in Sheridan Nursing Home at Mars. He was 74. Mr Imm came to the United States with his parents in 1883 and lived in McKeesport until 1895 when he established residence in the local area. For 39 years he was employed by the American Sheet an Tin Plate Company and was retired when the mill was dismantled several years ago.
Mr Imm had been a member of the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church since 1896 and was always active in local church and civic affairs.
His survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Baumann and one son, F.Charles of Lakewood, OH. Seven grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. William McAllister of Tarentum. Friends are being received at the Frank L Hankey and Son Funeral Home, 217 Freeport Rd, where services will be held Saturday at 2:30pm with the Rev. R. Vincent Hartman officiating. Interment will be made in Union Cemetery.
Albert was a tin mill roller by trade, and worked as church janitor at Trinity.
Mr Imm had been a member of the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church since 1896 and was always active in local church and civic affairs.
His survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Baumann and one son, F.Charles of Lakewood, OH. Seven grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.. He also leaves one sister, Mrs. William McAllister of Tarentum. Friends are being received at the Frank L Hankey and Son Funeral Home, 217 Freeport Rd, where services will be held Saturday at 2:30pm with the Rev. R. Vincent Hartman officiating. Interment will be made in Union Cemetery.
Albert was a tin mill roller by trade, and worked as church janitor at Trinity.
ROUND HILL CEMETERY
EDWIN O IMM1880-1943
son
EDWIN O IMM
1908- 1924
"Parnassus HS Gridder Found Dead Yesterday
1908- 1924
"Parnassus HS Gridder Found Dead Yesterday
Edwin Imms, Jr , son of Mr and Mrs Edwin Imms of Logans Ferry, was found dead in bed at his home Sunday morning.
Imms was 16 years old and a junior at the Parnassus High school. He was substitute quarterback on the Parnassus football team this season ,and was a player of ability.
The death of Imms shocked the many friends who knew him. During the game Saturday with the Union team he was on the side lines in uniform and ready to play, and would have been substituted had the occasion arisen.
"Eddie", as he is known to his friends, retired Saturday night apparently in good health, and nothing was known of his death until his younger brother tried to awaken him yesterday morning.
Imms played quarterback for the lower borough team during the entire game with the Arnold outfit a little over a week ago, his work being of a high caliber, and he hung up the last count of the game when he carried the ball across for a touchdown late in the game.
The death of Imms was due to a kidney ailment and was not the result of any football injuries."
EDWIN OSMAN IMM-1880-1943
Imms was 16 years old and a junior at the Parnassus High school. He was substitute quarterback on the Parnassus football team this season ,and was a player of ability.
The death of Imms shocked the many friends who knew him. During the game Saturday with the Union team he was on the side lines in uniform and ready to play, and would have been substituted had the occasion arisen.
"Eddie", as he is known to his friends, retired Saturday night apparently in good health, and nothing was known of his death until his younger brother tried to awaken him yesterday morning.
Imms played quarterback for the lower borough team during the entire game with the Arnold outfit a little over a week ago, his work being of a high caliber, and he hung up the last count of the game when he carried the ball across for a touchdown late in the game.
The death of Imms was due to a kidney ailment and was not the result of any football injuries."
EDWIN OSMAN IMM-1880-1943
As per Bob Imm, "Our dad was camera shy and disliked having his picture taken. He was bald and almost always had a 'railroaders cap' on his head..even indoors.
When he and Aida married, they lived for a while at Grandma Davis' home at 844 Third Ave, New Kensington , and attended the Salvation Army for a few years. They bought the Logan's Ferry home from the Vos Camps who were wealthy, lived on the North Side (Allegheny City) of Pittsburgh and had some kind of business there. This house was their summer home, thus the reason for a porch the full length of the front plus half of the side along the road. Edwin lived there 25 years:1918-1943, and Aida lived there 57 years: 1918-1975, and as such, should probably be called the family home. ALL of the children lived there, but not all children were born there."
Worked in the tin mill as a roller. A hard worker. Later worked for the Plum Township School District in the Logan's Ferry school where he did janitorial service.
Edwin was called "Lefty" by most people. He was about 5'4", tall and somewhat round belly. He smoked Cutty Pipe tobacco in home-rolled cigarettes. Occasionally he smoked Prince Albert and other pipe tobaccos in a corncob pipe and other pipes. He sniffed Copenhagen snuff to make himself sneeze because he had a moderate asthma. Occasionally, he slept in a black leather rocker by the bay window in the living room so he could breathe easier. He liked some drinks once in a while; mostly home brew and whiskey. He enjoyed singing, especially barbershop harmony.
Lefty could do almost any home handicraft. He soled his children's shoes with slices of automobile tires and leather belting. The soles never wore out. He could do woodwork; he made several chains from a solid piece of walnut. Lefty had very good gardens and fruit trees. He planted corn, tomatoes, carrots, beans , cabbage for homemade sauerkraut, potatoes, lettuce, turnips, rutabagas, onions,etc.
The fruit trees included sweet and sour cherries, purple and white grapes, pears, Baldwin and winter apples, red currants, mulberries, and peaches. There was asparagus, horseradish, watercress, and rhubarb. He had a cider press and apple chopper that made both cider and vinegar. Homemade wine, peach brandy, dandelion wine were among the brews. He made ice cream by hand and bottled his own Hires root beer and put the bottles in the sun each day to ferment. Of course, many blew up!
Lefty had a left handed scythe to cut grass (hay). He was a disciplinarian with his children. He was a solid Republican, but thought FDR was the greatest person alive..he was ready to fight if you said a bad word about FDR... "A Democrat, and the only good Democrat". He measured a person's wealth by the number of friends he had.. He was the wealthiest man to have lived.
Died of ruptured appendix.
Was an herbalist.
When he and Aida married, they lived for a while at Grandma Davis' home at 844 Third Ave, New Kensington , and attended the Salvation Army for a few years. They bought the Logan's Ferry home from the Vos Camps who were wealthy, lived on the North Side (Allegheny City) of Pittsburgh and had some kind of business there. This house was their summer home, thus the reason for a porch the full length of the front plus half of the side along the road. Edwin lived there 25 years:1918-1943, and Aida lived there 57 years: 1918-1975, and as such, should probably be called the family home. ALL of the children lived there, but not all children were born there."
Worked in the tin mill as a roller. A hard worker. Later worked for the Plum Township School District in the Logan's Ferry school where he did janitorial service.
Edwin was called "Lefty" by most people. He was about 5'4", tall and somewhat round belly. He smoked Cutty Pipe tobacco in home-rolled cigarettes. Occasionally he smoked Prince Albert and other pipe tobaccos in a corncob pipe and other pipes. He sniffed Copenhagen snuff to make himself sneeze because he had a moderate asthma. Occasionally, he slept in a black leather rocker by the bay window in the living room so he could breathe easier. He liked some drinks once in a while; mostly home brew and whiskey. He enjoyed singing, especially barbershop harmony.
Lefty could do almost any home handicraft. He soled his children's shoes with slices of automobile tires and leather belting. The soles never wore out. He could do woodwork; he made several chains from a solid piece of walnut. Lefty had very good gardens and fruit trees. He planted corn, tomatoes, carrots, beans , cabbage for homemade sauerkraut, potatoes, lettuce, turnips, rutabagas, onions,etc.
The fruit trees included sweet and sour cherries, purple and white grapes, pears, Baldwin and winter apples, red currants, mulberries, and peaches. There was asparagus, horseradish, watercress, and rhubarb. He had a cider press and apple chopper that made both cider and vinegar. Homemade wine, peach brandy, dandelion wine were among the brews. He made ice cream by hand and bottled his own Hires root beer and put the bottles in the sun each day to ferment. Of course, many blew up!
Lefty had a left handed scythe to cut grass (hay). He was a disciplinarian with his children. He was a solid Republican, but thought FDR was the greatest person alive..he was ready to fight if you said a bad word about FDR... "A Democrat, and the only good Democrat". He measured a person's wealth by the number of friends he had.. He was the wealthiest man to have lived.
Died of ruptured appendix.
Was an herbalist.
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