OBIT: Ira A. HELSEL, 1982, native of Blair county, PA

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IRA HELSEL, 

  87, of Blue Ridge Haven West Nursing Home, Camp Hill, formerly of 
Roaring Spring, died at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1983, at the home. He 
retired as a crane operator from the Pennsylvania Railroad Samuel Rea 
Shop in 1960 after 43 years' service. He was also a barber in East 
Freedom and Roaring Spring for 55 years. Friends are being received 
from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring 
Spring, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, by the Rev. David 
Lykens. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Roaring Spring.
  He was born Dec. 10, 1894, at East Freedom RD, the son of Samuel and 
Barbara (Feather) Helsel, and June 15, 1916, at East Freedom, married 
E. Blanche Thomas. He was a member of the Foot of Ten Independent Bible 
Church.
  Surviving are his wife, four children, Gordon C. of Naples, Fla., 
Mrs. Sara Piho of East Berlin, Adams County, Herbert L. of Harrisburg, 
and Mrs. Bernice Shambaugh of Roaring Spring, 15 grandchildren, 23 
great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving 
are three sisters Lydia Helsel of the Morrisons Cove Home, Mrs. Anna 
Walter of Roaring Spring, and Mrs. Gertrude Detterline of East Freedom 
RD.

Altoona Mirror, October 13, 1982

Social Security Death Index: IRA HELSEL, 10 Nov 1894 - Oct 1982 17011 
(Camp Hill, Cumberland, PA) 90 Long-time or retired railroad workers