From a local newspaper in 1931:
LYKENS MAN DIED IN PHILADELPHIA THURSDAY
Alfred Albert Rudisill, age 64 years, died in a rooming house in Philadelphia last Thursday evening.
Mr. Rudisill was formerly a well known merchant of Lykens, but disappeared from his home about a years [sic] ago. The family had no knowledge of his whereabouts until they were notified of his sudden death by Philadelphia police.
He is survived by a son and three daughters: Mervin Rudisill and Mrs. Erma Spangler of Reading; Mrs. R. W. March of Pottstown and Miss Eva Rudisill, at home. A brother Adam Rudisill and a sister who lives in Bristol, New Jersey, also survive.
Funeral services were held from the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wilson, North Second Street, Lykens, Monday afternoon. Rev. Paul Fridinger, pastor of the Lykens United Brethren Church, of which the deceased was a member, officiated and burial was made in the Lykens Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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A Harrisburg newspaper reported the story with some additional information:
LYKENS, October 23 [1931] — Alfred Albert Rudisill, 64-year-old merchant, who mysteriously disappeared from his home here about a year ago, was found dead last night in a rooming house at 1902 North Orianna Street, Philadelphia.
Members of the family said that no word had been received by them as to Rudisill’s whereabouts, until the telegram was received today from Philadelphia police.
Rudisill, who was well known in business circles here, where he conducted a general store, is believed to have been in financial straits when he disappeared. He was a member of the Lykens United Brethren Church.
Besides his widow, he is survived by four children, Mrs. Erma Spangler and Mervin Rudisill, both of Reading; Mrs. R. W. March, of Pottstown and Miss Eva Rudisill at home; a brother, Adam Rudisill, and a sister, who resides in Bristol, New Jersey.
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The Pennsylvania Death Certificate also provided additional information as to the cause of death and what Rudisill was doing in Philadelphia:
According to the death certificate, an inquest as to the cause of death was pending. According to the informant, Ethel March, his father’s name was David Rudisill and he was working as a collector for a Gospel mission. The remains were sent to Millersburg for burial – which is a conflict with the local news article which says he was buried in Lykens.
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Thus far, attempts to find the results of the inquest have not been successful.
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The death certificate is from Ancestry.com.
Obituaries from local and area newspapers at the time of his death, 1924.
Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.