OBIT: Helen R. Eckert, 1918, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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TYRONE NEWS.
MISS ECKERT DEAD.

  Miss Helen R. Eckert of West Sixteenth street died at 6:30 o'clock 
yesterday morning from tuberculosis and pneumonia.  A heavy cold 
contracted about ten days ago hastened the end, although she had been 
battling for some time to regain her former health.  She was a daughter 
of William and Sarah Aikey Eckert and was born at Snow Shoe 
intersection May 21, 1899.  She was a member of Columbia Avenue 
Methodist Episcopal church and a number of its societies.  She leaves 
her parents and the following brothers and sisters: Harry, with the 
American army in France; Clair, William, George, Earl, Harold, Almeda, 
Violet and Ruth.  Funeral will take place from the late home Thursday 
morning at 10 o'clock in charge of Rev. J. E. Beard of the Columbia 
avenue church.  Interment will be made in Stover's cemetery at Snow 
Shoe intersection.

Altoona Time, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday Morning, December 4, 1918