OBIT: Della COX, 1901, Blair County, PA

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RECORD OF DEATHS.
Names of Persons Who Have Received the Final Summons.

At 4 30 o'clock yesterday morning Miss Della Cox died at the Altoona
hospital, to which institution she was taken on Friday for treatment
for a tumor.  The operation was performed Saturday afternoon, but she
never rallied therefrom and died at the hour stated.  Miss Cox was the
daughter of James M. and Fannie M. Cox and was born in this city
February 17, 1874.  Her mother is dead and her surviving relatives are
her father and the following half brothers and sisters, all residing
in this city:  Naomi, Robert, Charles E., Mary E., Margaret E. and
Luella B. Cox.  For some years past she made her home with her
grandfather, Mr. Robert Cox, residing on Tenth street.  She was a
young woman of many beautiful traits of character, an earnest worker
in the church of her choice and beloved by all who knew her.  She was
a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church.  Later yesterday the
body was taken to the residence of her grandfather, 1611 1/2 Tenth
Street, where friends can view the remains between the hours of 1 and
5 o'clock this afternoon.  The body will afterward be conveyed to the
residence of her father, 1007 Twenty-third avenue, where the funeral
services will be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.  They will be
conducted by her pastor, Rev. Horace Lincoln Jacobs, who will be
assisted by the Rev. E. V. Brown, of the Fairview Methodist Episcopal
church, Interment in Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, December 2, 1901, page 1