OBIT: Howard C. HELSEL, 1954, native of Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ HOWARD C. HELSEL Of Sinking Springs, R.D. 2, former resident of Hollidaysburg, died Saturday at Reading hospital. Mr. Helsel, was born Sept. 24, 1875, at Hollidaysburg, a son of David and Emma (Carns) Helsel. Surviving are his wife, the former Irene V. Cook; one son and one daughter, Edgar H. of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Gertrude Moran of Sinking Springs; two grandchildren and one brother and one sister, Jesse and Hettie of Hollidaysburg. Mr. Helsel was a member of the Hollidaysburg I.O.O.F. lodge. Friends are being received at the Lamm & Whitman funeral home, Wernersville. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday, August 9, 1954, p. 24, col. 1