OBIT: Joel S. AUKER, 1899, Eldorado, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ JOEL S. AUKER Died last evening at 5 o'clock, at his home in Eldorado, aged 58 years. Death resulted from pneumonia, after a brief illness. He was born in Mifflin county, but for some years past he had been engaged in farming at Eldorado. He is survived by these children: Mrs. Ella Smith, of near Hollidaysburg; Mrs. Millard Smith and Mrs. Fannie Hawk, of Altoona; Mrs. Maggie Hearst, of Ephrata, Pa.; Mrs. Lizzie Thorpe and two other daughters of Iowa. One brother and three sisters are still living. Deceased was a member of the Mennonite church. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock; interment in Carson Valley cemetery. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, February 23, 1899