OBIT: Robert Samuel CALDERWOOD, 1978, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Robert Samuel Calderwood
 
  Robert S. Calderwood, of 804 Seventh Avenue, Altoona, a native of 
Tyrone, died yesterday afternoon in a one-car accident in Logan 
Township.  He was born in Tyrone on February 27, 1924, a son of George 
W. and Margaret (Brisbin) Calderwood.  He was married to the former 
Alice Brenneman, of Thomastown.  Surviving are the widow, daughters, 
Mrs. Robert (Judith) Hollen of Tyrone; Mrs. Charles (Betsy), Wyper of 
Juniata; and sons, Lawrence and Robert at home; and one daughter, Mrs. 
Chester (Margaret) Pike, of Havelock, North Carolina; six 
grandchildren, and three brothers and a sister, all of Tyrone, Lawrence 
L.; Leonard P., George W. and Mrs. Max (Dorothy) Andrews.  He was a 
1943 graduate of Tyrone Area High School, was a veteran of World War 
II, having served in Europe, with the 86th Infantry Division.  He was 
employed for 23 years on the railroad, lastly serving Conrail as a 
freight conductor on the route from Altoona to Enola.  He was a member 
of the United Transportation Union and of the Enola American Legion 
Post.  He had resided in Altoona for 25 years.  Funeral service will be 
held Sunday at 2 p.m., at the Getz and Searer Funeral Home, in Tyrone, 
in charge of the Reverend Norman Huff.  Burial will be in Alto Reste 
Burial Park, Altoona. 

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., September 1, 1978, page 2