OBIT: Elva F. (LANGHAM) FOCHT, 1981, Duncansville, Blair County, PA

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ELVA F. FOCHT

  Mrs. Focht, 93, of the Blair Christian Home, Duncansville, formerly 
of Duncansville, died at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, 1981, in the home.
  She was born April 19, 1888, in Duncansville, the daughter of Milford 
and Sara Jane (Shaw) Langham, and Nov. 17, 1908, in Duncansville, 
married Irwin W. Focht, who died Oct. 10, 1965.
  Surviving are two children: Wendell L. of Aurora, Minn., and Mrs. 
Emily Yeckley of Clearfield; three grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren.
  Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Josephine Nelson of San Diego, 
Calif.
  Mrs. Focht was a member of the Duncansville Evangelical Lutheran 
Church.
  She was also a member of the Order of Eastern Star, where she served 
as worthy matron in 1961 and 1962. She was a member of Jobel Court and 
White Shrine of Jerusalem.
  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the 
Donald E. Liebegott Funeral Home, Duncansville.

FOCHT - Services for Elva F. Focht of Duncansville will be held at 11 
a.m. Thursday in the Duncansville Evangelical Lutheran Church Chapel, 
by the Rev. Alan Kieffer. Interment in Carson Valley Cemetery. Friends 
will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Donald E. 
Liebegott Funeral Home, Duncansville.

Blair County Genealogical Society Hoenstine Obituary Collection, 1981 
volume
Altoona Mirror, October 27, 1981