OBIT: Frank Farel ARNSPARGER, 1938, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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FALL FROM AUTO CAUSE OF DEATH

  Frank Farel Armsparger [sic], aged 58, a Pennsylvania railroad freight 
brakeman, residing at 129 East Fourth avenue, died at 7.55 o'clock last 
evening at the Altoona hospital from a fracture of the skull suffered Monday 
noon when he fell from an automobile at an East End services station.
  Arnsparger's condition had been critical from the time of his admission to 
the hospital.  He fell a distance of approximately six feet when he stepped 
from a machine after it had been elevated on a hydraulic hoist at the Reddick 
service station at Sixth avenue and Kettle street.
  Coroner C. C. Rothrock, notified of the man's death, planned to investigate 
further today the circumstances in the case.  Arnsparger died, four months to 
the day, after his elder brother, John W. Arnsparger, late of 612 Crawford 
avenue.  The latter died Sept. 14, last.
  The car from which the victim fell was reported to police to have been 
owned by Ernest Mauch of 527 Crawford avenue who said that he had requested 
Arnsparger to step from the machine before it had been elevated.
  The deceased was born in this city Jan. 21, 1880, a son of John W. and Ulia 
(Aikens) Arnsparger.  He was married here in 1908 to Edith Crownover who died 
some sixteen years ago.
  Surviving are his father, and these children: Mrs. Thelma King, Mrs. Helen 
Knisely, Carl and Ralph Arnsparger, all of the city; also a sister, Mrs. 
Nellie Orr of Altoona, and two brothers, Fred of Altoona and Benjamin of 
Sandwich, Ontario, Canada.
  Mr. Arnsparger was employed by the Pennsy as a yard brakeman.  He was a 
member of the Third Presbyterian church and of the P.R.R. Relief.

ARNSPARGER - Funeral services for Frank F. Arnsparger of 129 E. 4th Ave. will 
be held at 2.30 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Stevens Memorial chapel.  
Interment in Rose Hill cemetery.  The body may be viewed at the Stevens 
mortuary.

Altoona Mirror, January 15, 1938