Biography

03/09/1856 - 03/04/1940

LOSE, Charles, a Representative from Lycoming County; born in Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pa., March 9, 1856; attended, Lafayette College; attended, Bucknell University; attended, Horace Mann School, NY; principal, Lycoming County Normal School (1881-1885); superintendent of schools, Lycoming County (1885-1893); supervising principal of the schools of Philipsburg (1893-1896); superintendent of schools, Williamsport (1896-1914); president, Pennsylvania State Educational Association (1910); principal, Central State Normal School (now Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania) (1914-1928); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1929 term and served 3 consecutive terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1935 term; died, March 4, 1940 in Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; interred, Muncy Cemetery, Muncy, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.