OBIT: Cordelia Alice (NEPPER) DAVIS, 1919, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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WELL KNOWN SEVENTH WARD WOMAN IS DEAD

Mrs. J. L. Davis, 301 Cherry Avenue, Succumbs to a Stroke of Paralysis

  Mrs. Cordelia Alice Davis, wife of Jesse L. Davis, and one of the best 
known women of the Seventh ward, died at her home, 301 Cherry avenue at 3 
o'clock yesterday afternoon, following a paralytic stroke, suffered Friday 
morning after she had arisen.
  Her entire left side was affected.  She lapsed into a comatose state 
Friday night.  Hers is the second death  in a family of thirteen.  She had 
been in failing health during the last two years.  Mrs. Davis was a native 
of Royer, this county, and was born August 2, 1855, being the daughter of 
Charles C. and Hannah M. Nepper, both deceased.  In October, 1873, she 
wedded J. L. Davis, of Ormenia, at Huntingdon.  They resided here for the 
last twenty-six years.  
  Her husband survives with two sons, Alva E. and George B. Davis, both of 
this city; and these brothers and sisters: Mrs. Anna M. Treese, Clappertown; 
Mrs. Ellen Wertz, this city; Alexander Nepper, Juniata; B. Frank Nepper, Los 
Angles [sic], Calif.; Mrs. Sarah B. Brumbaugh, Shy Beaver, Huntingdon 
county; Mrs. Ettie Lykens, Newry; Joseph M. Nepper, this city; Mrs. Fannie 
Mosel, Hollidaysburg; Ernest J. Nepper, Altoona; Mrs. Lavenia Isenberg, 
Williamsburg, and C. Edward Nepper, Jewett, O.  A brother, W. Hartley Nepper 
was killed in a railroad accident in 1903, and two sons and two daughters 
are also deceased.  Two granddaughters also survive.
  Mrs. Davis was an ardent and active member of Grace Methodist Episcopal 
church, being particularly interested in the Ladies' Aid society, prior to 
her illness.  She was widely known and her friends were legion, as she was 
especially interested in matters, religious, civic and of community welfare.  
Public funeral services will be conducted at her late residence, 301 Cherry 
avenue, at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon.  Rev. D. D. Kauffman, D.D., of 
Grace Methodist church, and Rev. W. H. Barkley, of Fourth Lutheran church, 
will be in charge.  Private burial will follow in Rose Hill cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Monday, February 24, 1919, page 10