OBIT: Scott J. JOHNSTON, 1966, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DIED IN HOSPITAL
SCOTT J. JOHNSTON [photo]
P.R.R. Veteran, Aged Eldorado Resident Dies

  Scott J. Johnston, 92, of 5101 Highland Park Ave., where he resided 
with a grandson, Harry A. Johnston, died at 7:35 p.m. yesterday in 
Mercy Hospital where he was admitted Oct. 27 after suffering a 
fractured hip in a fall.
  He was a retired clerk in the P.R.R. Juniata Storekeeper Office, 
having concluded his service for the railroad company April 1, 1940, 
after 49 years and 7 months. An enthusiastic sports fan, Mr. Johnston 
had served as president of the Eldorado Athletic Association.
  Born in Altoona Jan. 27, 1875, he was a son of Joseph and Polly Ann 
(McCurdy) Johnston, and Dec. 7, 1893, married Jane Louise Fettinger who 
died April 28, 1929.
  Surviving are two children, Charles of King of Prussia and Mrs. Elton 
Sweet of Lewistown; five grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and two 
great-great-grandchildren.
  Mr. Johnston was a member of the Fifty-Eighth Street Methodist 
Church.

Altoona Mirror, November 18, 1966