OBIT: Ephraim DUNMIRE, 1906, Geeseytown, Blair County, PA

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EPHRIAM DUNMIRE

Aged 58 years, one of the best known men in Blair county, died Sunday
morning at 1:30 at his home in Geeseytown of stomach trouble, having
been ill for several months.  Deceased was a well known auctioneer and
followed the trade of blacksmith, which trade he learned when a young
man with Benjamin Gorsuch at Springfield Mines.  He was a good father
and a loving husband and a good neighbor.  He was a staunch Republican,
having held many township offices, being elected to one last spring.  He
is survived by his wife, four sons and two daughters:  Howard, Charles
and Leo, at ----; Harry of Glen White, Pa., Mrs. Griffith of Carrolltown
and Mrs. Annie Blyler at home.  One brother survives, Michael Dunmire,
of Saxton, Pa., and eleven grandchildren.  The funeral will take place
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.  Services will be conducted by his
pastor, Rev. E. Dutt, in the Lutheran church.  Interment in Frankstown
cemetery. Persons wishing to attend from a distance can arrive on the
train at 9 a.m. and leave for Altoona at 12:38 p.m.

Altoona Mirror, September 24, 1906, Page 12