OBIT: Olivia A. CRAWFORD, 1937, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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MISS OLIVIA CRAWFORD
 
  Miss Olivia A. Crawford, the last of the family of Robert and Mary 
(Fleck) Crawford, pioneer residents of Sinking Valley, died at her 
home, 1206 Lincoln Avenue, on Saturday morning at ten o'clock, 
following an extended illness with a complication of diseases.  
  Miss Crawford was born in Sinking Valley, Blair county, on December 
9, 1855.   She resided in Sinking Valley practically all her life, 
until seven years of age, when she came to Tyrone. She was the last of 
her immediate family. Surviving are three nephews and one niece: Virgil
Crawford, of Kittanning; Robert Crawford, of Franklin Grove, Illinois; 
Irvin Crawford, of Jeannette; Mrs. Mabel McKnight, of Pittsburgh.  
  She was a member of the St. John's Lutheran church, Sinking Valley. 
  Funeral services were held at the home this afternoon at 1:15 o'clock 
this afternoon, in charge of Rev. Allen Clay Lambert, pastor of St. 
John's Lutheran Church, followed by burial in the Lutheran cemetery in  
Sinking Valley. 

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., Monday, January 4, 1937