OBIT: Charles S. BICKEL, 1917, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Charles S. Bickel

  Charles S. Bickel, a prominent lodgeman and one of the best known 
barbers in the city, died at the Mercy hospital at 11 o'clock Saturday 
evening, of a complication of diseases.  He had been ill but a short 
time and was admitted to the institution on Saturday morning.
  Mr. Bickel had been suffering from liver trouble but had been 
confined to bed but a short time.  His condition was not regarded as 
serious until Saturday morning, when he became suddenly worse.  He was 
taken to the hospital at 11 o'clock, growing rapidly worse until his 
death, twelve hours later.
  Charles Samuel Bickel was born in Berks county, January 28, 1872.  He 
came to Altoona at the age of 19, securing a job as a barber and 
following the business ever since.  For the past six years he had 
conducted a shop at 1116 Sixteenth street, and was one of the widest 
known barbers in the city.
  He was married in November, 1902, to Miss Hattie Kinch, daughter of 
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Kinch, of 1911 Fifth avenue, where Mr. Bickel had 
made his home since the death of his wife two years ago.  Only one son 
survives, Kahle, aged 10, who resides with the grandparents.  The 
following brothers and sisters also survive: David, of Pittsburg; Mrs. 
Ida Lehman, of Womelsdorf, Pa.; Mrs. Strom, of Temple, Berks county, 
Pa.; Cora, of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Ella Ginther, who resides in the 
eastern part of the state.
  Mr. Bickel was prominent as a lodge man, being affiliated with the 
following orders: Altoona lodge No. 102, B.P.O.E.; Winnebago tribe, 
I.O.R.M.; Verandah lodge of Odd Fellows; Logan lodge No. 79, Knights of 
Pythias; the Royal Arcanum, and the following Masonic orders: Hiram 
lodge No. 616, Free and Accepted Masons; Mountain chapter, No. 189, 
R.A.M.; Mountain council No. 9, R. and S.M.; Mountain commandery No. 
10, Knights Templar, and Jaffa Temple, A.A.N.O.M.S.
  The funeral will be held, with services at the Kinch home, 1911 Fifth 
avenue, at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the services to be 
conducted by the Rev. A. B. van Orner.  The funeral will be in charge 
of Hiram lodge No. 616, Free and Accepted Masons.  Interment will be 
made in Oak Ridge cemetery.  Friends may view the remains any time 
between 3 o'clock this afternoon and 9 this evening.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, January 29, 1917

Funeral Notice.

  The funeral services for the late Charles S. Bickel will be held at 2 
o'clock this afternoon, instead of 2.30 o'clock as previously 
announced, at the home of B. F. Kinch, 1911 Fifth avenue.  The services 
will be conducted by the Rev. A. B. van Ormer and the funeral will be 
in charge of Hiram lodge No. 616, Free and Accepted Masons.  Interment 
will be made in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, January 30, 1917