OBIT: Harold C. ICKES, Sr., 1955, Juniata, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by J.O. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ HAROLD C. ICKES, SR. Of 207 Seventh avenue, Juniata, died at 5.35 o'clock this morning in Mercy hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Altoona Jan. 9, 1888, a son of John H. and Nancy J. (England) Ickes. He had been employed as an accountant at the Miami hotel, Miami, Fla. Surviving are his wife, the former Elizabeth McElhenney; a son, Harold, jr., of Chicago; a step-son, Kenneth Greenwood of Altoona; a step-daughter, Mrs. Rae Jean Gehret of Miami, Fla.; three brothers, Mayberry of Pittsburgh and William and John of Altoona; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Snavely and Mrs. Anna Hunt of Altoona, and nine grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Laughlin funeral home after 7 o'clock tomorrow evening. Altoona Mirror, Friday, September 30, 1955