OBIT: Catharine SMITHMYER EICHENLAUB, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MRS. CATHARINE EICHENLAUB. Mrs. Catharine Eichenlaub died at 3.20 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the residence of her son, John Smithmyer, Twenty-fourth avenue and Sixteenth street, of diseases incident to old age. Deceased was born in Germany in 1821. She was married there to Nicholas Smithmyer, who died in 1869. Later she married Joseph Eichenlaub, who died in this city a few years ago. She is survived by three sons born to her first husband: Frank, George and John Smithmyer. Deceased was a member of St. Mary's German Catholic church. Altoona Tribune, Thursday, March 2, 1899