OBIT: Henry M. BLACKBURN, 1962, native of Blair County, PA

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HENRY M. BLACKBURN

Of 3829 Calvert St., N.W., Washington, D.C., a native of Altoona, died 
Feb. 1 in Providence Hospital, Washington, after a brief illness. He 
had been an electrical engineer with Potomac Electric Power Company's 
commercial cooking bureau since he left Altoona 27 years ago. Mr. 
Blackburn was graduated from Altoona High School in 1924 and from the 
University of Pittsburgh in 1932. He was active in the Washington 
Restaurant Association, a member of William R. Singleton Lodge 30, 
F&AM, and was head usher at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation. 
Surviving are his wife, Eva, and a daughter, Katharine, at home; his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Blackburn, and a sister, Mrs. Raymond 
Moore, all of Altoona. Services were held Sunday in Washington with 
interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Altoona, on Monday.

Altoona Mirror, February 6, 1962