OBIT: Lydia DETWILER, 1899, Hickory Bottom, Blair County, PA

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HENRIETTA AND VICINITY.

  Mrs. Lydia Detwiler, of Hickory Bottom, an aged lady, widow of Jacob 
Detwiler, died on Wednesday morning of last week.  The funeral occurred 
on Friday morning last.  Services were held at the Hickory Bottom 
Reformed church, of which she was an active member for many years.  
Besides her husband, two sons and two daughters preceded her to the 
grave.  She is survived by four children - one son, John W. Detwiler, 
and three daughters, Mrs. Emanuel Nicodemus, Mrs. James Nicodemus and 
Mrs. George Carper.  Grandmother Detwiler, as she was familiarly 
called, suffered many weeks.  Her life was a noble one and she has gone 
to her reward.

Morning Tribune, Tuesday, December 5, 1899