OBIT: Lavinia (STIFFLER) GOOD, 1944, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Hip Fracture Proves Fatal to Aged Woman

  Mrs. Lavinia (Stiffler) Good, aged 85, widow of W. Howard Good, 
former Logan township road supervisor, died at the Mercy hospital this 
morning at 7.40 o'clock.
  Death resulted from complications following a fracture of the hip 
suffered on Dec. 2 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. A. Brumbaugh of 
2631 Union avenue, with whom she was residing.
  She was born in Newry on March 31, 1859, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
James Stiffler, the former serving one term as sheriff of Blair county. 
She was united in married at Hollidaysburg, March 3, 1880 to W. Howard 
Good who died in 1939, and resided in Good's lane, near Eldorado, until 
shortly after her husband's death.
  She is survived by four daughters and five sons as follows: Mrs. C. 
E. Gaines, Mrs. J. A. Brumbaugh, Mrs. P. E. Hargreaves, Mrs. J. F. 
Brantlinger, S. P. Good and J. M. Good, all of Altoona; Frank H. Good 
of Williamsburg, and Fred A. Good and Russell G. Good of Eldorado; and 
one sister, Mrs. Albert Shew of Eldorado. A number of grandchildren and 
great-grandchildren also survive.
  Mrs. Good was a lifelong member of the Zion Lutheran church of 
Hollidaysburg.

GOOD - Funeral services for Mrs. Lavina (Stiffler) Good of 2631 Union 
avenue, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the 
Lafferty funeral home in charge of Rev. Ernest Bauer, Zion Lutheran 
church, Hollidaysburg. Interment in Alto-Reste burial park. Friends may 
call at the Lafferty funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening.

Altoona Mirror, December 14, 1944