OBIT: Adda Vanetta (RUSSELL) GEIST, 1941, Juniata, Blair County, PA

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MRS. ADDA VANETTA GEIST

Of 804 Second street, Juniata, died at the Mercy hospital at 1.25
o'clock this morning, after being a patient there since April 24. She
was born at Arch Springs on April 27, 1880, a daughter of Alfred T.
Russell, deceased, and Mrs. Mary E. (Webb) Russell, the latter residing
at the daughter's house. She was married to Charles W. Geist who died
Nov. 14, 1916. Surviving are the mother, two daughters, Mrs. Melvin L.
Kauffman of Juniata gap and Mrs. J. Albert Winter of Altoona; five
grandchildren, one brother and two sisters, Lee H. Russell and Mrs.
Quinter Replogle, both, of this city, and Mrs. R. G. Beck of Juniata.
Mrs. Geist was a faithful member of the Juniata Presbyterian church and
taught the junior and intermediate Sunday school classes. She also was
president of the Ladies Missionary society and Ladies Aid, besides
being a member of the C. I. C. Bible class. Friends will be received at
the home after 7 o'clock this evening.

GEIST - The funeral of Mrs. Adda Venette Geist of 504 Second street,
Juniata, will be held from the family home with services Saturday
afternoon at 2.30 o'clock in charge of Rev. W. A. Nicholson. Interment
will follow in Rose Hill cemetery. Friends will be received at the home
after 7 o'clock this evening.

Altoona Mirror, September 4, 1941