OBIT: Laura B. (JOHNSON) HESS, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ HESS Mrs. Laura B. Hess of 2023 Fifth avenue died early yesterday morning at her home of heart disease. She was the wife of Frank Hess and was born on Feb. 20, 1870 and has been a resident of this city for the past 17 years. She was a daughter of John K. and Leah B. Johnson, deceased. Surviving are her husband, one son, Corporal Arthur M. Hess, with the United States engineers, general military railways unit in France, and one daughter, Mrs. Lena Cohen of Cumberland, Md., and one sister, Mrs. Alice Zerby of Altoona. She was a member of the Reformed church of Marklesburg. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, April 9, 1918 FUNERAL NOTICES The funeral of Mrs. Laura Hess will be conducted at the house, 2023 Fifth avenue on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Oak Ridge cemetery. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, April 9, 1918