OBIT: Robert D. BOOKHAMER, 1895, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ ROBERT D. BOOKHAMER Died at his home, 215 Lexington avenue, last evening at 6:30 of typhoid fever after an illness of six weeks. The deceased was born at Springfield Mills, this county, June 4, 1867. He had lived in this city the greater part of his life and was employed as a brakeman on the Altoona division. He is survived by his wife and one child, Ralph C. He is also survived by his father, James Bookhamer, of Walnut avenue, and the following brothers and sisters: Jesse, Thomas, William and Gwin; and Misses Elsie and Mary, all of Altoona. The remains will be taken to Martinsburg tomorrow morning for interment. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., October 25, 1895