OBIT: Charity M. (SHIRLEY) REFFNER BLACKSTONE, 1894, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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MRS. CHARITY M. BLACKSTONE,

Wife of Joseph Blackstone, died at her home in Hollidaysburg yesterday 
afternoon. Mrs. Blackstone received an injury while out driving about 
eighteen months ago, from which she never fully recovered. The deceased 
was a daughter of Henry Shirley and was born at Newry on January 13, 
1831. She was married twice. The surviving children by her first 
husband, Moses Reffner, are Henry, Oliver and William, all of 
Hollidaysburg. She is also survived by her second husband, Joseph 
Blackstone, and two sons, Johnston and Westley. The deceased was a 
member of St. Michael's Catholic church. The funeral services will be 
held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock; interment in the Lutheran 
cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, December 10, 1894, p. 8, col. 1