OBIT: William H. EDMISTON, 1900, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DEATHS OF CHILDREN.

  William H., son of Lewis and Belle Edmiston, died at the home of the 
parents, 1923 Twelfth avenue, at 6 o'clock last evening, of 
appendicitis.  The funeral will take place Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 
o'clock; interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Tuesday, January 16, 1900

The Death of William H. Edmiston.

  The following has been sent the Tribune for publication:
  "William Howard Edmiston, of No. 1923 Twelfth avenue, died Monday 
evening a few minutes after 6 o'clock at the age of 16 years, 2 months 
and 5 days.  
  "William was a member of the graduating class of the Miller grammar 
school and attended regularly to the beginning of the holiday vacation, 
December 22, 1899.  A day or so later he was taken sick rather 
suddenly; his sickness developed into appendicitis, from which he 
suffered, gradually growing weaker until the end came, when his spirit 
was wafted up to the great beyond from which no traveler returns.
  "We have reason to believe, knowing him in his daily life, that his 
spirit is now at rest and peace with his Maker, waiting for us who are 
faithful, on that other shore, where all is light and love and peace.  
He was one who made friends wherever he went, was well liked? by his 
teachers and schoolmates and will be missed in the school.  While we 
feel that we miss him in the school we feel that he will be so much the 
more missed in the home, for no one is there who can take his place in 
the hearts of those bereaved parents who loved him so much.  They have 
our sympathy."
  The funeral service will be conducted at the home this afternoon at 
2.30 p.m.  Interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Wednesday, January 17, 1900