OBIT: Adam Carl CONRAD, 1948, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Body of Hero To Be Returned Here Monday

  The body of Pfc. Adam Carl Conrad, aged 20, who was killed in action in 
Belgium with the infantry Oct. 15, 1944, will arrive in Altoona at 6.10 o'clock 
Monday evening, it was announced today by his family.
  Pfc. Conrad was born in Newry May 20, 1924, the son of Charles and Margaret 
(Weyandt) Conrad, both deceased, and attended St. Patrick's school at Newry, 
where he also served as an altar boy at the church.  He entered the army Jan. 3, 
1943, and trained at Fort Lewis, Wash., and in Oklahoma and California before 
being sent to England in November, 1943.
  Surviving are his sister, Mrs. Geraldine Yingling of 2513 Broad avenue, to 
whose home the body will be taken, and the following brothers: Regis of 
Claysburg, R.D. 1; Francis and Eugene, both Hollidaysburg; Charles and William 
of Altoona and Donald of Huntingdon.
  Friends will be received at the home of his sister, Mrs. Roy R. Yingling of 
2513 Broad avenue.

Altoona Mirror, Saturday, August 7, 1948, page 1

CONRAD - Funeral services for Pfc. Adam Carl Conrad will be held with solemn 
requiem mass Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in St. Patrick's church, Newry, in 
charge of Father J. P. Flynn.  Interment in the church cemetery.  Friends are 
being received at the home of his sister, Mrs. Roy R. Yingling, 2513 Broad 
avenue.

Altoona Mirror, Monday, August 9, 1948, page 21

FRIENDS ARE RECEIVED.

Friends of Pfc. Adam Carl Conrad, whose body was returned to the city on Monday 
for reinterment, are being received at the home of a sister, Mrs. Roy R. 
Yingling of 2513 Broad avenue. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning.

Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, August 11, 1948, page 20