OBIT: Cora V. (NICEWONGER) HIESTER, 1982, Altoona, 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/ _________________________________________ City Woman Dies at 103 Cora V. Hiester, 103, of Eleventh Street Tower, died 3:20 a.m. Sunday, April 4, 1982, in Hillview Convalescent Center, after a brief illness. She was born April 1, 1879, in Altoona, the daughter of Theophilus and Sarah (Hoover) Nicewonger, and June 15, 1895, married Edward Hiester, who died Oct. 6, 1932. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy B. James of Hillview Convalescent Center, a grandson and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Hiester was a member of the First Lutheran Church. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Daniel R. Myers Funeral Home. HIESTER - Services for Cora V. Hiester of Eleventh Street Tower will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Daniel R. Myers Funeral Home, by the Rev. Glenn L. Stahl. Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Daniel R. Myers Funeral Home. Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 131, p. 58 (1982) Altoona Mirror, April 5, 1982