OBIT:  Bertha (DIEHL) DETWILER, 1946, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. BERTHA DETWILER

  Of 1428 Washington avenue died last evening at 8.45 o'clock after a 
lingering illness following a broken hip. She was born in Altoona on 
March 12, 1876, the daughter of Herman and Amanda (Stiffler) Diehl. She 
was the wife of Lawrence B. Detwiler.
  Surviving are two sons, William D., of West Loop, Hollidaysburg; John 
of Altoona; one daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Gallaway of Altoona; one 
grandson, William Detwiler of West Loop; and one sister, Mrs. Laurine 
Thompson of Swissvale. She was a member of the First Methodist church 
and the auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Altoona. 
Friends may call the Mauk & Yates funeral home.

DETWILER - Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Estelle Detwiler of 1428 
Washington avenue, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the 
Mauk and Yates funeral home by Rev. Ressler Shultz, pastor of the First 
Methodist church. Interment in Lutheran cemetery, Newry. Friends are 
being received at the Mauk and Yates funeral home.

Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, 9 October 1946, p. 18, col. 2 & p. 20, col. 
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