OBIT: Margaret A. GATHERS, 1890, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. MARGARET GATHERS.

  Mrs. Margaret A. Gathers, the beloved wife of Mr. Samuel Gathers, 403 
Eighth street, departed this life last evening at 6.10 o'clock, 
surrounded by numerous relatives and friends.  The deceased lady was 
born in Centre county, on the 10th day of January, 1832; hence she was 
58 years, 10 months and 13 days old.  It was in Reedsburg, Clarion 
county, Pa., on the 19th day of April, 1848, that she was married to 
Mr. Samuel Gathers, a gentleman well known and highly respected by this 
community.  She with her husband were residents of this city for forty 
years.  Six children blessed this union of hearts and hands.  The 
eldest, Mary Araminte, is the wife of Mr. Henry, Denz, of the telegraph 
department of the Pennsylvania railroad shops.  The next in seniority 
of age is Mrs. Flora A., wife of Frank P. Law, a moulder in the soft 
iron foundry.  The third is Mrs. Adelle, wife of William Clabaugh, a 
painter in the lower paint shop.  Next comes Mr. Harry Gathers, an 
employe of the erecting shop.  The fifth is Mrs. Nevada, wife of Thomas 
Carney, also an employe of the erecting shop.  The sixth and youngest 
is Mr. Charles Oscar Gathers, of the same department.  Dropsy was the 
disease with which Mrs. Gather had been afflicted and which resulted in 
her death.  She had been confined to her room from January, and since 
July so aggravated became the complaint that she was unable to lie in 
bed and was compelled to sit and repose in a chair until the dread 
summons came.  She received the best medical attention and the most 
careful nursing from the commencement of her illness until the time of 
her death.  Mrs. Gathers was a member of the Second Lutheran church of 
this city, one of the earliest members and, during her entire life, 
gave a practical and continuous illustration of true faith in Christ 
and a firm and sincere belief that, to a true Christian, death is but 
the entrance of eternal life.  The funeral will occur to-day.  The 
cortege will leave the house at 2.30 p.m. for the Second Lutheran 
church, where religious services will be conducted by her pastor, Rev. 
J. F. Hartman, after which it will proceed to Fairview cemetery, where 
the remains will be interred in the family burial enclosure. 

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, November 24, 1890