OBIT: Sarah H. (HAMILTON) CASSIDY, 1958, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Organist Dies Unexpectedly of Heart Ailment

  Mrs. Sarah H. Cassidy, wife of A. Boyd Cassidy of 2814 Broad Ave., 
died unexpectedly at 7.40 a.m. today in the Altoona Hospital where she 
was admitted Friday suffering from a heart ailment.
  A graduate of the Logan Township High School in the class of 1910 she 
had continued her education in music at Syracuse University. For a 
period of 28 years she served as organist at St. Paul's Lutheran Church 
and more recently as assistant organist at the First Presbyterian 
Church.
  Mrs. Cassidy was a member of the Y.W.C.A. board of directors for six 
years, serving as president in 1945; a member of the Altoona Womans 
Club, serving as chairman of the Baker Mansion committee. She was a 
lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church.
  She was born Dec. 1, 1892, at Greenwood, a daughter of John K. and 
Amanda (Hutchison) Hamilton, and married Mr. Cassidy Oct. 17, 1917.
  Surviving are her husband, one son, Maj. Albert Boyd Cassidy Jr. of 
Browns Mills, N.J., and two sisters, Mrs. Homer S. Biddle and Mrs. 
Austin L. Fay of the city.
  Friends may call at the Lafferty Funeral Home after 2 p.m. tomorrow.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, July 15, 1958, p. 26

CASSIDY -  Services for Mrs. Sarah H. Cassidy of 2814 Broad Ave., will 
be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the John P. Lafferty Funeral Home by the 
Rev. Harry L. Geissinger and the Rev. John L. Barnes. Interment in Alto 
Reste Burial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, July 16, 1958, p. 22