OBIT: Emma KURTZ, 1880, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ CITY AND COUNTRY Things Briefly Told. Mrs. Emma Kurtz, wife of John Kurtz, who lived on Sixteenth avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, died yesterday morning of consumption. Mrs. Kurtz was aged 47 years, 3 months and 11 days. The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning and will proceed to Fairview cemetery. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, June 4, 1880 Died. KURTZ - June 3, of consumption, Mrs. M. M. Kurtz, aged 47 years. The funeral will take place this (Saturday) morning at 9 o'clock, from the residence of her husband, John Kurtz, on Tenth avenue, near P.R.R. culvert. Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, June 5, 1880 1880 Blair County census - John Kurtz, 50, 315 10th avenue, Altoona, John H. Kurtz, 18 Elmyer Kurtz, 16 Teavola Kurtz, 9 E. F. Kertz, 24 Sadie Kertz, 24 1870 Altoona Ward 3, Blair County census - John Kurtz, 40 Emma Kurtz, 36 Eugene Kurtz, 14 John Kurtz, 9 Elmira Kurtz, 6 1860 Frederick Township, Montgomery County census - John Kurtz, 29 Emma Kurtz, 25 Lucreatia Kurtz, 6 Ugine Kurtz, 5