OBIT: Joseph Harold KELLY, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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KELLY

  Joseph Harold Kelly died yesterday morning at his home, 2207 Seventh 
avenue, after a long illness from a complication of diseases.  He was 
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly of Philadelphia and was born in 
Altoona, Oct. 5, 1891, and was employed in the flue shop of the Pennsy.  
Surviving are the parents, both in Philadelphia, his wife, who was 
formerly Miss Mabel Yingling, and two sons, James and Robert, both at 
home, and a sister, Mrs. McGarvey of Trafford, Pa.  The remains were 
taken to the residence of the father-in-law, G. W. Yingling of 1005 
Eighth avenue.  The funeral will be held tomorrow morning with mass at 
the Sacred Heart church at 10 o'clock.  Interment will be made in St. 
John's cemetery.  Mr. Kelly was prominent in athletics in the city and 
won a number of prizes as a distance runner.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, May 2, 1918