OBIT: Martha J. (BOYLES) BOOTH, 1897, Blair County, PA

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THE DEATH RECORD.
Names of Those Carried Over to the Great Majority.
YOUTH AS WELL AS OLD AGE
The Mutations of Time Are Inscrutable and the Death Angel Swoops Down
on the Old as Well as the Young
THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE

Mrs. Martha J. Booth, wife of John S. Booth, of 610 Eighth street,
died at 6.30 o'clock last evening of peritonitis after an illness of
one week.  Mrs. Booth was the daughter of David and Rebecca Boyles.
She was born near Tyrone, in Blair county, May 14, 1844, and was
married July 4, 1865.  She has resided in Altoona for twenty-eight
years.

The deceased lady is survived by her husband, two sons, Walter H. and
Chester S., and one daughter, Ada R., all at home.  Five sisters are
living, namely:  Mrs. Mary McQuillen, of Clearfield county; Mrs.
Walter K. Beatty, Mrs. Samuel Hook, Mrs. Rebecca McClellan and Miss
Lina, all of this city.

In the death of Mrs. Booth her husband loses a faithful wife, her
children a loving mother, her church a consistent and faithful member.
She was a member of the Eighth Avenue Methodist Episcopal church for
many years and was active in all the multiplied work of the church so
long as her health permitted.  In the Sunday School, as a member of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary society, in all the varied activities
of the church she could always be depended upon.  A few years ago she
was attacked by typhoid fever, and for days vibrated between life and
death.  Although her life was spared her system was profoundly
shattered and her health was ever after frail.  She was an earnest
Christian woman, one whose removal to a better country, while of
undoubted advantage to herself, is a great loss to her family, as well
as to her church.

The funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, August 31, 1897, page 5

FUNERAL NOTICES.

Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Martha J. Booth will be held
at the residence, 610 Eighth street, at 2 o'clock this afternoon in
charge of Rev. J. Ellis Bell; interment in Fairview.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, September 1, 1897, page 1