OBIT: Sadie (GRIFFITH) COLLINS, 1913, Blair County, PA

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RECORD OF DEATHS.

Mrs. Sadie Collins.

Mrs. Sadie Collins, wife of John L. Collins, of this city, died at her
home, 703 Third street, of acute indigestion, after an illness of but
three hours.  She had returned last evening from Irvona, where she had
spent the weekend with her daughter.  She was stricken shortly after
11 o'clock and passed away at 1:40 o'clock yesterday morning.  She was
born in Altoona in 1869.  She was united in marriage twenty-four years
ago and besides her husband is survived by five children as follows:
Samuel, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Pearl Spade, of Irvona; Roy, Lloyd and
Alda M., all at home.  Eight brothers and sisters also survive:  Mrs.
Benjamin McCauley, William Griffith, Mrs. Harry Lightner, and Mrs.
George McClelland, all of this city; Mrs. Samuel McCormick, of
Braddock; Mrs. Carrie Hill, of Ebensburg; Blair Griffith, of
Pittsburg, and John Griffith, of Coalport. Funeral services will be
announced later.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, April 22, 1913, page 16

THE DEATH RECORD

COLLINS - Mrs. Sadie Collins died at the home of John LeSueur [sic],
706 Third avenue, yesterday morning at 1.40 o'clock, of acute
indigestion.  She had just returned from a two days visit at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Pearl Spade of Irvona, and was apparently in the
best of health, until she was stricken on Sunday evening about 11
o'clock, death resulting three hours later.  She was born in this city
44 years ago, and was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Jennie
Griffith.  She was married twenty-one years ago, and besides her
husband is survived by the following five children: Samuel, of
Philadelphia; Mrs. Pearl Spade, of Irvona; Roy, Lloyd and Alda May,
all of this city.  Eight brothers and sisters also survive: Mrs.
Benjamin McCauley, William Griffith, Mrs. Harry Lightner, and Mrs.
George McClelland all of this city, and Mrs. Samuel McCormick, of
Braddock, Mrs. Carrie Hill of Ebensburg, Blair Griffith of Pittsburgh,
and John Griffith of Coalport.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, April 22, 1913, page 7