OBIT: Chester E. HAMMAKER, 1965, native of Blair County, PA

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CHESTER E. HAMMAKER

Formerly engaged in hauling from the Hollidaysburg freight station, 
died at 11.30 a.m. yesterday in Mercy Hospital, where he was admitted 
Jan. 17, after a lengthy illness. A native of Altoona, he had formerly 
resided in Duncansville and more recently at Huntingdon RD 2. He was 
born Jan. 4, 1895, a son of Harry and Carrie (Fleck) Hammaker, and on 
June 7, 1916, in Duncansville, married Alma Baker. Surviving are his 
wife, five children, Mrs. Evelyn Smith of Tyrone, Mrs. Jane Baker and 
Edward of Duncansville, Mrs. Mary Ann Zeigler of the city and Mrs. 
Nancy Heaton of Hershey; 11 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren 
and seven brothers and sisters, Mrs. Grace Keiser of McVeytown, Mrs. 
Mary Diehl of Portage, Frank and Herbert of Hollidaysburg, Charles of 
Altoona, John of California and Christopher of Harrisburg. He attended 
the Altoona Bible Church. Friends will be received in the Barefoot 
Funeral Home, East Freedom, after 7 p.m. today.

Altoona Mirror, March 16, 1965