OBIT: John T. HARPSTER, 1950, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ JOHN T. HARPSTER DIES AT SON'S HOME. John Thomas Harpster died at the home of his son, Perry L. Harpster, Tyrone, R. D. 2, near Bellwood, Sunday morning at 11.30 o'clock from a cerebral hemorrhage after a brief illness. Mr. Harpster was born April 22, 1866, in Centre county, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Harpster. He was a retired farmer, having moved from Huntingdon county three and a half years ago. His wife, Mrs. Jeanne Harpster died in August 1940. Surviving is a son, Perry L., at whose home he died. He was a member of a Lutheran church in Stessey, Huntingdon county. Friends will be received at the home after 7 o'clock this evening Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Burial will be made at Stessey, Huntingdon county. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., Monday, January 23 1950, page 5