OBIT: Christina (EWANS) YINGLING HARSHBERGER, 1938, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. CHRISTINA (YINGLING) HARSHBERGER

Wife of Albert A. Harshberger of 1702 Twenty-ninth avenue, died this
morning at 8 o'clock at her home of a complication of ailments after a
short illness. The deceased was born on June 2, 1867, in Edinburgh,
Scotland, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Ewans.  Mrs. Harshberger
was twice married, her first husband, Samuel Yingling, dying in 1916.
Surviving are her husband and the following children: James, Robert,
Samuel and Edward Yingling, Mrs. Margaret Minnick, Mrs. Elizabeth
Messersmith and Mrs. Christina Weamer, all of Altoona.  Mrs.
Harshberger is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson of
Nanty-Glo; six step-children, Theodore, William, George, Frank and
Albert Harshberger and Mrs. Ella Bowers, all of Altoona; forty-four
grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.  She was a member of
the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament parish.  The body may be viewed
at the home after 6 o'clock this evening.

HARSHBERGER - Funeral services for the late Mrs. Christina (Yingling)
Harshberger of 1702 29th Ave. will be conducted on Saturday morning at
8 o'clock with mass of requiem in the Cathedral of the Blessed
Sacrament. Interment will follow in Calvary cemetery.  Friends are
being received at the home.

Altoona Mirror, January 5, 1938