Albert William Ferber was the youngest of 9 children of George John Ferber and Elizabeth Roesch, both German immigrants. He was born in Shaler Township, perhaps at the first farm his father owned. Recently a newspaper article was found stating the Albert's father was in a lawsuit due to mine subsidence under his farmland. The family moved to O'Hara Township to a small farm where the Fox Hall Townhouses now sit.
He left school in the 4th grade to work the family farm after his father was severely injured in a farm accident. As a grown man, Al worked several odd jobs while also farming, including mail delivery, a milk route and street car conductor. His only daughter, Helen, related how he had driven a truck for Pittsburgh Provision when it stalled on the railroad tracks in Verona. He abandoned it just before it was hit by a train, making him the most popular driver in the area to the local dogs.
In 1921 he was offered the job of caretaker of Greenwood Cemetery. His small family moved into the brick house in the cemetery on his daughter's 6th birthday, July 30, 1921. He kept teams of draft horses and helped build township roads and the foundations of several large homes in the present Fox Chapel. His sideline of farming gradually stopped when the farmland of Greenwood was opened up to burials.
He developed kidney disease in the 1940s. He was hospitalized at the Presbyterian Hospital and died in August of 1947. The Holzheimer & Bock Funeral Home of Sharpsburg handled the funeral arrangements.
He left school in the 4th grade to work the family farm after his father was severely injured in a farm accident. As a grown man, Al worked several odd jobs while also farming, including mail delivery, a milk route and street car conductor. His only daughter, Helen, related how he had driven a truck for Pittsburgh Provision when it stalled on the railroad tracks in Verona. He abandoned it just before it was hit by a train, making him the most popular driver in the area to the local dogs.
In 1921 he was offered the job of caretaker of Greenwood Cemetery. His small family moved into the brick house in the cemetery on his daughter's 6th birthday, July 30, 1921. He kept teams of draft horses and helped build township roads and the foundations of several large homes in the present Fox Chapel. His sideline of farming gradually stopped when the farmland of Greenwood was opened up to burials.
He developed kidney disease in the 1940s. He was hospitalized at the Presbyterian Hospital and died in August of 1947. The Holzheimer & Bock Funeral Home of Sharpsburg handled the funeral arrangements.
Albert William Ferber was the youngest of 9 children of George John Ferber and Elizabeth Roesch, both German immigrants. He was born in Shaler Township, perhaps at the first farm his father owned. Recently a newspaper article was found stating the Albert's father was in a lawsuit due to mine subsidence under his farmland. The family moved to O'Hara Township to a small farm where the Fox Hall Townhouses now sit.
He left school in the 4th grade to work the family farm after his father was severely injured in a farm accident. As a grown man, Al worked several odd jobs while also farming, including mail delivery, a milk route and street car conductor. His only daughter, Helen, related how he had driven a truck for Pittsburgh Provision when it stalled on the railroad tracks in Verona. He abandoned it just before it was hit by a train, making him the most popular driver in the area to the local dogs.
In 1921 he was offered the job of caretaker of Greenwood Cemetery. His small family moved into the brick house in the cemetery on his daughter's 6th birthday, July 30, 1921. He kept teams of draft horses and helped build township roads and the foundations of several large homes in the present Fox Chapel. His sideline of farming gradually stopped when the farmland of Greenwood was opened up to burials.
He developed kidney disease in the 1940s. He was hospitalized at the Presbyterian Hospital and died in August of 1947. The Holzheimer & Bock Funeral Home of Sharpsburg handled the funeral arrangements.
He left school in the 4th grade to work the family farm after his father was severely injured in a farm accident. As a grown man, Al worked several odd jobs while also farming, including mail delivery, a milk route and street car conductor. His only daughter, Helen, related how he had driven a truck for Pittsburgh Provision when it stalled on the railroad tracks in Verona. He abandoned it just before it was hit by a train, making him the most popular driver in the area to the local dogs.
In 1921 he was offered the job of caretaker of Greenwood Cemetery. His small family moved into the brick house in the cemetery on his daughter's 6th birthday, July 30, 1921. He kept teams of draft horses and helped build township roads and the foundations of several large homes in the present Fox Chapel. His sideline of farming gradually stopped when the farmland of Greenwood was opened up to burials.
He developed kidney disease in the 1940s. He was hospitalized at the Presbyterian Hospital and died in August of 1947. The Holzheimer & Bock Funeral Home of Sharpsburg handled the funeral arrangements.
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