OBIT: Michael Francis DURKIN, 1966, formerly of Blair County, PA

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Brief Illness is Fatal for Former Resident
 
  Michael Francis Durkin, 62, a former Altoonan residing at 7 Citadel 
Drive, Camp Hill, died at 2 p.m. yesterday in the Camp Hill Hospital 
where he was admitted at 3 a.m. yesterday.
  He served as a field auditor for the state Department of Labor and 
Industry and while in Altoona was also proprietor of the Penn Coal 
Company, active in the American Business Club and one of the 
originators of the Quarterback Club, a member of the Sacred Heart - and 
- later - St. Therese's Catholic Churches.
  Mr. Durkin was born in Shenandoah on May 20, 1904, a son of Michael 
and Nellie Durkin, and married Marie McCall of Spangler. Surviving are 
his wife, two sons, Thomas E. of the city and William J. of Mexico 
City; five grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Noreen Farmery, Mrs. 
Mary Roberts and Mrs. Eleanor Rooney, all of Philadelphia. 
  He was a member of St. Therese's Catholic Church in Camp Hill.
  Friends will be received in the Myers Funeral Home, Camp Hill, 
tomorrow.
 
Altoona Mirror, September 10, 1966