OBIT: Constantine CURRY, 1914, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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THE DEATH ROLL

CONSTANTINE CURRY

Constantine Curry, a veteran of the Civil War and a former hotel proprietor,
died at 6:40 o'clock Monday evening at his home in Altoona, after a brief
illness of acute indigestion.  Mr. Curry was a native of Blair County, having
been born at Frankstown April 16, 1845.  He was engaged in the hotel business
for quite a number of years in Cambria County and was formerly the proprietor
of the Johnson House in this city.  He had lived a retired life in Altoona for
the past 15 years.  He served throughout the Civil War as a soldier in the
Union army, first as a member of Company C.  13th Pennsylvania Calvary, and
later as a member of the 143rd Infantry, participating in many engagements and
achieving an enviable record as a soldier.  He was married in 1886, his wife
dieing eight years ago.  He is survived by three sons, Ralph, Robert and
James, and by two daughters, Mrs. Edna Holland and Agnes, all of Altoona.  He
also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Susan Hunter and Mrs. Lydia Fitzharris, the
latter of Lorain, O., and the widow of John Fitzharris, at one time proprietor
of the Whiskey Springs Hotel, this city.    He was a member of St. Leo's
Catholic Church and of Post No. 62, Grand Army of the Republic.  The funeral
services will be held from the residence of the daughter, Mrs. L.H. Holland of
2422 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, Tomorrow morning, leaving the house at 8:30.
Requiem mass will be said in St. Leo's Church at 9 o'clock, followed by
interment in Calvary Cemetery.    								

The Johnstown Tribune Democrat, Wednesday December 30, 1914