OBIT: Barbara (WERKING) FREET, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. BARBARA W. FREET

  Mrs. Barbara Werking Freet, widow of George L. Freet, a former well
known Pennsylvania Railroad company shop foreman, and one of the best
known and esteemed women of the Eighth ward, died at her home, 513
Sixth avenue, at 4.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon of a complication of
diseases.  She had been in poor health for the past five years.  She
bore her sufferings with that Christian fortitude that had
characterized her entire life and which endeared her to those who
shared her acquaintance.  Deceased was the daughter of Jacob and
Margaret Wertner [sic] and was born in Bedford county on July 15,
1840. She was married to George L. Freet at Waynesboro on June 18,
1865, came to this city as a bride and had resided in the Eighth ward
for a period of forty-five years.  She had the honor of hearing
President Lincoln make his famous Gettysburg address when a girl and
prized it as one of the most important events in her history.  She was
a member of Trinity Reformed church, being one of the charter members
of the congregation.  She was an untiring worker for the church and
took a great interest in all its activities until ill-health compelled
her to relinquish her work.  Her husband preceded her to the grave
eleven years ago and she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. May, wife
of Sheriff William H. Orr, of this city; Mrs. Ida, wife of William M.
Duncan, of Staton Island, N.Y.; Miss Jessie and Mrs. Ella, wife of
Prof. H. C. Smith, of 513 Sixth avenue.  She is also survived by one
sister, Miss Amanda Werking, of Martinsburg and four grandchildren.
The funeral will take place Friday afternoon, services at Trinity
Reformed church at 2:30 o'clock.  Interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Wednesday morning, August 7, 1918, page 5