OBIT: Edgar A. CORBIN, 1978, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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EDGAR A. CORBIN

Of Box 349, Tyrone RD 2, died unexpectedly at 1:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 
17, 1978, in his home. Mr. Corbin retired as a machinist from the 
Pennsylvania Railroad in 1967 after 49 years' service. He was born Dec. 
27, 1902, in Altoona, a son of Edgar A. and S. May (Otto) Corbin, and 
was twice married, first to Madeline M. Neff, who died in March 1929, 
and then on Aug. 3, 1932, to Miriam G. Doebler. Surviving are his wife, 
five children, Rosella DeRiemer of Lakewood, Calif.; Madeline Wagner of 
Altoona, Edgar A. Jr. of Manchester, Mo., Corrin N. of Kennett Square, 
Wenda Clouser of Camp Hill; 16 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren 
and a brother and two sisters, Jacob of Tipton, Rosie C. Eason of 
Olympia, Wash., and Ellen M. Congrove of Glendale, Ariz. Mr. Corbin was 
a member of the Fairview United Methodist Church. He also was a member 
of the Altoona Engineering Society and was on the board of directors of 
the Bellwood Farm Show. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 
p.m. Tuesday and 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Hickey-Davies Funeral 
Home.

Altoona Mirror, December 18, 1978