OBIT: Anna D. (METZ) FRANK, 1918, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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MRS. ANNA D. FRANK.

  Mrs. Anna D. Frank, a highly respected resident of Hollidaysburg, 
was seized with a stroke of apoplexy at 10 o'clock on Saturday night,
dying instantly in the arms of her daughter, Mrs. Tacy Beegle, who
caught her as she fell, at her home on Walnut street.  Mrs. Frank had
not been in the best of health for some time past, but on Saturday
spoke of feeling exceptionally well and was in good spirits.  She
conversed pleasantly with neighbors a short time before her death,
while sitting on the porch.  Upon going into the house she proposed to
her daughter that they make some coffee and while busying herself
about the kitchen she suddenly exclaimed "catch me," and fell into her
daughter's arms.  The deceased lady was a daughter of John and Susan
Metz, of Williamsburg and was born at that town March 29, 1845.  She
spent her younger days there and was married there to John D. Frank on
September 3, 1866, by Rev. N. G. White, pastor of the Presbyterian
church.  Mrs. Frank was a Christian woman in the true sense of the
word.  She became a member of the Williamsburg Presbyterian church in
her girlhood and since her residence in Hollidaysburg has been a
faithful member of the church here.  She was a good, kind, loving wife
and mother, who paid the closest attention to her home duties and made
friends with all she came in contact, by reason of her patient,
cheerful disposition, with which she was always possessed.  She had
been a resident of this town for the past thirty-six years, where her
husband preceded her to the grave fifteen years ago.  There are left
to mourn their loss one son, Edward, at home, and three daughters,
Mrs. Sue Eckard and Mrs. John Ditch, of Altoona, and Mrs. Tacy Beegle
of Philadelphia, who had been visiting her mother for the past two
weeks.  There also survive two brothers and a sister: Grove, Stewart
and Miss Nannie Metz, all of Williamsburg.  The funeral will take
place from her late home on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, the
services to be conducted by her pastor, Rev. W. H. Orr. Interment will
be made in the Presbyterian cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Monday morning, August 19, 1918, page 2

MRS. FRANK'S FUNERAL

  The funeral of Mrs. Anna Frank took place yesterday afternoon from 
her late residence on Walnut street.  There was a large attendance of
friends and relatives, and beautiful floral tributes.  The services
were conducted by the deceased's pastor, Rev. William H. Orr, who with
his family is spending a month's vacation at the western part of the
state, and came here specially to perform this rite.  Rev. Orr
preached a most impressive sermon on "The Immortality of the Soul,"
and paid fitting tribute to the worth of the departed. Two appropriate
hymns were sung by Misses Mary Ingold and Louisa Kloss.  At the
conclusion of the services, the cortege proceeded to the Presbyterian
cemetery for interment.

Altoona Tribune, Wednesday morning, August 21, 1918, page 8