OBIT: Ella Marian (HELSEL) BOOHER, 2004, Duncansville, Blair County, PA

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Ella Marian Booher

  Ella Marion Booher, 91, of 38 Muleshoe Estates, Duncansville, died 
Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at Altoona Hospital after an extended illness. 
She was born March 23, 1912, in Duncansville, a daughter of the late 
John Austin and Mary Etta (Stom) Helsel. She married Fillmore Booher 
April 12, 1941. He preceded her in death in 1959.
  She was a member of the Duncansville Evangelical Lutheran Church. 
Mrs. Booher was employed with Armstrong Bottling for 24 years; she then 
retired after eight years with Kerr Glass Manufacturing, Lancaster. She 
returned to Duncansville after retirement.
  Mrs. Booher was the last surviving member of her immediate family. 
She was preceded in death by seven sisters:  Edith Steiner, Mabel 
Keith, Ora Piper, Mary Neely, Ethel Cogley, Elsie Teeter and Gladys 
Glass/Acker; and three brothers:  Hayes, Luther and infant brother, 
Ralph.
  Surviving are numerous nieces and nephews, as well as a special 
nephew, Eugene Helsel of Watkinsville, Ga.
  At the request of the deceased, there will be no viewing. Funeral 
services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at Liebegott-
Brown Funeral Home Inc., 1218 Fourth Ave., Duncansville, with Pastor 
Jaime Olson, officiating. Entombment at Alto-Reste Park.
  Memorial contributions can be made to Central Pennsylvania Humane 
Society, 1837 E. Pleasant Valley Blvd., Altoona, PA 16602. 

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Sunday, January 18, 2004