OBIT: Mary (BAKER) GEESEY, 1891, Frankstown, Blair County, PA

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Local Brevities.

  Mrs. Mary Geesey, widow of the late Joseph Geesey, died at her home 
in Frankstown yesterday at noon.  The funeral arrangements have not yet 
been made.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, February 27, 1891

FRANKSTOWN FACTS.

  Thursday, February 26, 1891, Mrs. Mary Geesey died at her home, aged 
86 years, 8 months and 22 days.  Her husband, Joseph Geesey, died 
several years ago.  Her maiden name was Baker, and two brothers, Jacob 
Baker and Daniel Baker, of Indiana county, Pa., and two sisters, Mrs. 
Ann Winwright and Mrs. Rachel Leamer, of the state of Illinois, are 
living.  She was the mother of eleven children - Frank Geesey, of 
Indiana county, Pa.; John Geesey, Jacob Geesey, George Geesey and 
Sarah, wife of Simon Hawk, all of Altoona; Mrs. Matilda Tool, of 
Northumberland, Northumberland county, Pa., and Silas Geesey, of 
Frankstown, with whom she had her home, all of whom are living; and 
Catharine, Elizabeth, Henry and Joseph, who are dead.  She had fifty 
grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.  She had been a member 
of the Lutheran church for many years.  The funeral cortege left her 
late residence at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, and proceeded to the 
Lutheran church, where services were conducted by Rev. Isaac Kreider, 
after which her remains were interred in the Frankstown cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, March 3, 1891