OBIT: Edmund H. FEATHER, 1958, formerly of Blair County, PA

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EDMUND H. FEATHER

Of Lancaster, formerly of Altoona, died at his home Wednesday, Aug. 13, 
after an illness of eight weeks. He was born at Pleasantville, Bedford 
County, Feb. 1, 1870, a son of Chauncey and Sarah (Blackburn) Feather. 
He came to Altoona in 1888 and was employed by the Altoona Works, 
retiring as a machinist in July, 1937, after more than 49 years of 
service. At the time of his death he was a staff member of the North 
Museum of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster. He was married to 
the former Clara W. Houser. Surviving are a son, Howard L., with whom 
he resided; a granddaughter, two half-sisters, Mrs. Anna M. Barefoot of 
Alum Bank and Mrs. Charles Hawthorne of York, and one half-brother, Ira 
Crissman of Philadelphia. While in Altoona Mr. Feather was a member of 
the Second Presbyterian Church, the Knights of Pythias and the Supreme 
Lodge, I.O.O.F.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., August 21, 1958
Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 
28, p. 62 (1958)