OBIT: Mary Ann (McCURDY) JOHNSTON, 1909, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MARY ANN JOHNSTON

  Mrs. Mary Ann Johnston, long a resident of the city, died at her 
home, 1218 Third avenue, at 10:55 o'clock last night, of paralysis 
after an illness covering a period of one year. Deceased was aged 72 
years, 11 months and 17 days, and had resided in the city for the past 
thirty-six years. She was a charter member of the Eighth Avenue 
Methodist Episcopal church and was esteemed and respected by all who 
shared her acquaintance. She is survived by these children: Scott J., 
Foster M., Mrs. Clara Watson, Mrs. Bertha Smith, of Altoona; Nannie and 
Elizabeth, both at home. She is also survived by two sisters and three 
brothers: Mrs. Rachel Goebel and Mrs. E. L. Russ, of Washington, D.C.; 
John, James and William McCurdy, all of Altoona, and twelve 
grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 
conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Interment in 
Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, January 29, 1909, p. 8, col. 6