OBIT: Henrietta (BRANDES) ELY, 1880, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. HENRIETTA ELY.

  Mrs. Henrietta Ely, wife of Mr. Theo. N. Ely, Superintendent of 
motive power and machinery of the Pennsylvania railroad, died last 
night at twenty-five minutes past 10 o'clock, at the residence of her 
husband, in this city.  Deceased was the only child of Dr. Charles 
Brandes, of Erie, and was aged 34 years.  Her illness was of brief 
duration, being less than three weeks, and her parents were present at 
her death, Dr. Brandes having been in the city for several days past 
and Mrs. B. arriving on a special train from Erie last evening in  time 
to be recognized by the dying daughter.  The body will be taken to Erie 
for interment.  Deceased had been a resident of Altoona for a period of 
five years.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, June 14, 1880