Death: October 25, 1918 [17 days before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 25 at Walter Reed General Hospital, Tacoma Park, D.C. after 14 days as a patient there; cause of death Acute Bilateral Bronchopneumonia, Acute Influenza, and Edema of Lungs

Burial: transported via the Pennsylvania Railway on 10/26/1918 from Tacoma Park, D.C. to New Philadelphia, OH where he was buried on 10/25/1918 at Fair Street Cemetery [aka East Fair Street Cemetery], New Philadelphia, OH, Section D Lot 69 Grave 3, alongside parents and brother

Next of Kin: Mrs. Margaret [aka Marguerite] Lonney, mother, 1526 E. 80th Place, Cleveland, OH [lived in Shaker Heights, OH in 1940] 

Additional Information: Additional information about Sergeant Edwin James Lonney and his family can be found in the newspaper obituaries at left. Father: Edward J. Lonney (1865-1944), born Burghill, OH of Irish ancestry, married 1891, occupation in 1940 was Millworker at Steel Mill, buried Fair Street Cemetery, New Philadelphia, OH; Mother: Marguerite [aka Margaret] Waddington Lonney (1868-1965), born New Philadelphia, OH of ancestors who appear to have lived there for several generations, married 1891, had 2 children, husband and both sons predeceased her, buried Fair Street Cemetery, New Philadelphia, OH; Siblings: John Edgar Lonney (1894-1945) who served in the Navy in WWI. 

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