OBIT: Minerva ELLIS, 1917, native of Blair County, PA

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MRS. MINERVA ELLIS.

  Mrs. Minerva Ellis, wife of Lawrence Ellis, and formerly of this 
city, died at the Homeopathic hospital, Philadelphia, yesterday 
morning, of cancer, following an illness of one year.  She was born in 
Turkey valley, this county, in 1866, and was the daughter of John and 
Sarah Young, both deceased.  Two sisters, Mrs. D. E. Spielman, of 1413 
Second avenue, this city, and Mrs. C. S. Mains, of Erie, survive, with 
a brother, Curtis Young, of Claysburg.  The body will be brought to 
this city probably today and private burial in Oak Ridge cemetery will 
be made tomorrow.  Mr. and Mrs. Spielman departed last evening to 
accompany the body here.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday Morning, January 24, 1917

Funeral Notice.

  Funeral service for the late Mrs. Minerva Ellis, who died in 
Philadelphia on Tuesday, will be held at the rooms of Lafferty & 
Tobias, 1010 Chestnut avenue, this morning at 10.30 o'clock.  Interment 
will follow in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, January 25, 1917