OBIT: Florence B. (GERST) DENNISTON, 1917, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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MRS. JOHN DENNISTON.

  Mrs. Florence Belle Gerst Denniston, wife of John Denniston, died at 
10 o'clock last evening, at her home on Allegheny street, of a 
complication of diseases, after an extended illness.  Deceased was the 
daughter of Captain Ephrain and Anna Gerst, and was born at 
Williamsburg, but had resided in Hollidaysburg practically all of her 
life.  Mrs. Denniston was a member of the First Presbyterian church and 
of the Presbyterian Guild, always taking an interest in all affairs of 
the church.  She was a good wife and mother, ever attending faithfully 
to her home duties, and was possessed of a kindly disposition, that won 
her many friends, continually performing acts of kindness especially in 
cases of sickness, among friends and neighbors.  She is survived by her 
husband and two children, J. Gerst Denniston, engine dispatcher at 
Hollidaysburg round house of the P.R.R., and Mrs. Martha D. Leet; also 
by one grandson, Joseph D. Leet, of Hollidaysburg.  Her mother survives 
and these brothers and sisters: W. C. and Nettie M. Gerst, of Altoona; 
E. M. and Mrs. Edgar C. Megley, of East End, Pittsburg; S. T. of 
Williamsburg.  Public funeral services will be held at her late home at 
2:30 on Saturday afternoon.  Private interment in Presbyterian 
cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday morning, February 22, 1917

Funeral Notice.

  The funeral of Mrs. John Denniston, notice of whose death appeared in 
yesterday's Hollidaysburg obituary column, will take place Saturday 
afternoon.  Public funeral service will be held at her late home on 
Allegheny street, Hollidaysburg, at 2:30.  Private interment in the 
Presbyterian cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday morning, February 23, 1917

A Funeral Service.

  The funeral services of Mrs. John Denniston were held at her late 
home on Allegheny street yesterday afternoon and were attended by a 
number of friends and relatives of the deceased.  There were many 
beautiful floral tributes, the last gifts of loving friends.  The 
services were conducted by Rev. William H. Orr, pastor of the 
Presbyterian church, who delivered a very impressive and feeling 
sermon.  Appropriate hymns were sung by Misses Alice Moore and Louisa 
Kloss.  At the conclusion of the services the cortege proceeded to the 
Presbyterian cemetery, where interment was made.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday morning, February 26, 1917