OBIT: Ray E. HANKS, 1966, Sylvan Hills, Blair County, PA

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RAY E. HANKS

Of Cedar St., Sylvan Hills, died unexpectedly in his home at 5.25 a.m. 
yesterday. He was born in Bedford County July 19, 1898, a son of 
Ambrose and Fannie (Arnold) Hanks, and Oct. 10, 1919, in Cumberland, 
Md., married Bertha M. Russell who died Sept. 5 of this year. Surviving 
are five children, Mrs. Helen Dell and Mrs. Shirley Hoover of 
Duncansville, Mrs. Betty Hoover of Cross Keys, Robert E. of Ambler and 
Donald A. of Hatfield, Pa., and 13 grandchildren. Mr. Hanks retired in 
1963 as a pipefitter for the P.R.R. Friends will be received in the 
Liebegott Funeral Home, Duncansville from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. 
today.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 
58, p. 45 (1966)
[pencil date "12-19-66", which was the Altoona Mirror publication date; 
coupled with the phrase "died unexpectedly in his home at 5.25 a.m. 
yesterday" we calculate his death date as 18 December 1966 - ed.]