OBIT: George C. BURNS, 1933, Bellwood, Blair County, PA

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RETIRED PENNSY CONDUCTOR DIES

  George C. Burns, well known Bellwood citizen and retired conductor of 
the Pennsylvania railroad, died at his house, *** Tenth street, 
Bellwood, at 5 o'clock this morning, after five weeks' illness of 
complications.
  Deceased was born on April 23, 1866, at Tyrone Forge. He was married 
on Nov. 22, 1888, to Miss Effie P. Givler, who survives, along with one 
son, S.R. Burns, and three daughters, Mrs. Jerry Grazier, Mrs. Elmer 
Gummo and Mrs. Joseph Weaver, all of Bellwood.
  He also leaves two brothers, David Burns of Baltimore and James Burns 
of Havico, W.Va., and four sisters, Mrs. Martha Morris and Mrs. Sadie 
McMullen of Baltimore, Md., Mrs. Emma Dively of Altoona and Mrs. L. A. 
Frazier of Bellwood. Seven grandchildren also survive.
  He was retired on June 1, 1931, from the service of the Pennsylvania 
railroad after having been actively connected with the company for 
forty-eight years and seven months.
  He was a member of the Logan Valley Baptist church and also a deacon 
of the congregation. He also was affiliated with the Order of Railway 
Conductors.
  Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon, the cortege 
leaving the family home and proceeding to the Logan Valley Baptist 
church where services will be conducted at 2.30 o'clock by Rev. H. G. 
Dooley. Interment will be made in Logan Valley cemetery, Bellwood.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, December 20, 1933, p. 18, col. 
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