OBIT: Etta Mae (IMLER) ICKES, 1959, Osterburg, Bedford County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/bedford/ _______________________________________________ ETTA MAE ICKES Wife of George I. Ickes of Osterburg RD, died at 3.15 a.m. today at home. Mrs. Ickes was born June 26, 1877, in Osterburg, a daughter of John R. and Susanna (Klotz) Imler. She was married Nov. 17, 1898, to Mr. Ickes, who survives together with three children, Clarence of Osterburg, Mrs. Ruth Wright of Toledo, Ohio, and Howard of Bedford RD 2; six grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Amanda Deffibaugh of Osterburg, Mrs. Hattie Allison of Duncansville RD and Elmer of Hollidaysburg RD. Fifteen brothers and sisters preceded her in death. Mrs. Ickes was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Osterburg, and its Ladies Aid Society and the Osterburg Grange. Friends will be received in the Carn Funeral Home, Claysburg, after 7 p.m. Wednesday. Hoenstine Collection of Obituaries, volume 32 (1959), p. 20, dated 2/3/59 Altoona Mirror, February 3, 1959