OBIT: Jesse Conrad BURNS, 1966, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ JESSE CONRAD BURNS Of 108 25th Ave., died at 7:15 p.m. yesterday in the Altoona Hospital where he was admitted earlier in the day after an extended illness. He was born in Altoona on Nov. 13, 1889, a son of Christopher W. and Sarah (Powell) Burns. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Anna Mary Dickey of the city; two grandchildren, a brother and two sisters, Sheldon R. and Mrs. Mary Ann Heinbaugh of the city and Mrs. Sarah Shepard of Tampa, Fla. Mr. Burns was of the Methodist faith, veteran of service in the 136th Air Squadron in World War I and retired as a machinist from the Altoona works in 1954. Friends will be received in the Hickey Funeral Home after 2 p.m. tomorrow. Blair County Genealogical Society, Obituary Collection, hand-dated 10-10-66 [Altoona Mirror, October 10, 1966]