OBIT: Myra KLOTZ, 1919, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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MISS MYRA KLOTZ.

  Miss Myra Klotz died yesterday morning at 6 o'clock at the residence 
of Jesse L. Hartman, North Juniata street, of a complication of 
diseases.  Myra, as she was well and affectionately known among her 
friends and acquaintances, was born at Imler, Bedford county, on 
February 10, 1836, being a little past 73 years of age.  She became a 
member of Mr. Hartman's household over thirty-five years ago and since 
the death of Mrs. Hartman she has been the beloved housekeeper and 
friend of the family, faithful, conscientious, sincerely kind and 
unselfish, she has been a mother in the household.  Capable is a simple 
but effective word to describe her admirable administration of the 
affairs of the household over which she presided.  Her character and 
devotion to duty was exemplified in her church and social relations as 
well as in her home.  To St. John's Reformed church of Northfield, of 
which she was a member, she was zealous, devoted and untiring.  She was 
one of the charter members of this congregation and early became 
recognized as a leader, adviser and friend to whom all deferred and 
whose judgment was accepted without question.
  She had singular administrative ability united with sincere devotion 
and tireless energy.  In the community as in her home and church, she 
was known best as just "Myra," which now, that she has passed on ahead, 
speaks eloquently and almost pathetically of the high regard and 
appreciation in which she was held.  Truly it can be said of her, "she 
hath done what she could."  She is survived by four sisters and one 
brother - Mrs. Leah Fletcher, of Bedford; Mrs. David Walter, Freemont, 
O.; Miss Margaret Klotz, of Ridgely, Md.; Mrs. John Imler, of Imler, 
and Franklin Klotz, of Ridgely, Md.
  Funeral services will be held in St. John's Reformed church, 
Northfield, on Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock.  Interment will be made 
in the Reformed church cemetery at Imler.

Altoona Tribune, Friday Morning, March 21, 1919