OBIT: Mary E. GEHRDES, 1915, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm MARY E. GEHRDES. At 5:55 o'clock last evening, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gehrdes died at her home, 408 Twenty-third street, after a lingering illness of stomach trouble. She was born in Lancaster, November 29, 1848, and had been a resident of this city for the past forty-four years. In 1876 she was united in marriage to Frederick E. Gehrdes. who survives with the following children: John L., Frederick J., Gertrude M., Edward W., Albert F. and Chas. M. Deceased was a member of the Washington Burial association. Arrangements for the funeral are not complete, and will be announced later. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, March 31, 1915, page 16 FUNERAL NOTICES. The funeral services of the late Mrs. Mary E. Gehrdes of 408 Twenty- third street, will be held at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning at her late home, followed by interment in Rose Hill cemetery. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, April 1, 1915, page 12