OBIT: Ruth Emily (McCREARY) BLACKBURN, 1918, Fishertown, Bedford County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/bedford/ _______________________________________________ MRS. RUTH EMILY BLACKBURN At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sherman Smith, near Fishertown, Mrs. Ruth Emily Blackburn died on Tuesday night, May 28, after a linger illness of cancer. She was a daughter of Amos and Margaret McCreary, and was aged 69 years. Her mother, who is near a centenarian, survives, as also two sisters and one brother; also five children, as follows: O. L. Blackburn, of this city; Mrs. Howard Mock and Ira Blackburn, of Alum Bank; also Mrs. Mary Miller and Mrs. Sherman Smith, at whose home she died. Mrs. Blackburn was a member of the United Evangelical church, and funeral services will be conducted from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Smith, and burial in the Fishertown cemetery. Altoona Tribune, Thursday, May 30, 1918, page 8