OBIT: Sarah A. (ROAN) ECKLEY, 1938, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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MRS. SARAH A. ECKLEY

  Mrs. Sarah Ann Eckley, widow of Joseph Eckley, died at her home 1129 
Pennsylvania avenue, Sunday afternoon at 4.50 o'clock following an 
illness of four months with a complication of diseases.
  Mrs. Eckley was a daughter of James P. and Catherine (Swiler) Roan 
and was born at Rock Forge, Centre county, on May 8, 1868.  On August 
29, 1893, at Milesburg, she was united in marriage with Joseph Eckley, 
who died on May 7, 1931.  She is survived by three sons and two 
daughters: Wilbur R. Eckley, Byron Eckley, James R. Eckley, of Tyrone; 
Mrs. Edwin Cruise, of Tampa, Florida; and Mrs. Mildred Burns, of 
Pittsburgh.  She is also survived by one granddaughter, Mildred Sarah 
Burns; one brother, Robert Roan, Juniata, and two sisters, Mrs. 
Margaret Atwood, of DuBois, and Mrs. Nannie Norris, of Juniata.
  She was a member of the Columbia Avenue Methodist Episcopal church; 
Lady Viola Rebekah Lodge, I.O.O.F., of Tyrone; the Auxiliary Unit to 
Howard Gardner Post No. 281, American Legion; the Ladies Auxiliary to 
the Neptune Fire company.
  Funeral services will be held at the Glass funeral home on Wednesday 
afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in charge of Rev. Dr. Bert A. Salter, pastor 
of the Columbia Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, followed by burial 
in Eastlawn cemetery.
  The body may be viewed at the home until Wednesday noon when it will 
be taken to the Glass funeral home.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 10, 1938