OBIT: Clarence H. ATKINS, 1918, of interest in Blair County, PA

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ATKINS.

  Clarence H. Atkins, brother of Mrs. Frank Jones of 908 Clark street, 
Hollidaysburg, a member of the field remount squadron 323, died of 
lobar pneumonia on Nov. 16.  The soldier's sister, Edith, died in 
Pittsburgh, on Nov. 10 and he had not learned of her death when he 
passed away.
  He was 25 years old and entered the service on Sept. 21, 1917, 
training at Camp Lee.  He was a printer by trade and worked in the 
Pittsburgh Press office before entering the service.  He usually spent 
his vacations with his sister and brother, George at Hollidaysburg.  
Besides the latter he is survived by a brother and sister in 
Pittsburgh, Belle and Charles.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, December 5, 1918