OBIT: Charles Frederick LAFFERTY, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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CHARLES FREDERICK LAFFERTY
His Death Was the Result of Appendicitis.  Funeral Arrangements.

  Last evening at 4.10 o'clock, Charles Frederick Lafferty died of 
appendicitis at his home, 1816 Seventh avenue.  He had not been in the 
best of health since Sunday, July 23, but had been confined to his bed 
only since last Tuesday evening.  He was the son of I. H. (deceased) 
and Mrs. Ellen Lafferty and was born in Harrisburg December 27, 1877, 
being, therefore, 21 years, 7 months and 3 days old at death.  He has 
lived in Altoona for about sixteen years.  August 6, 1896, he was 
married to Miss Mary Lemadue, who died on Easter Monday in 1897.  Their 
only child died a week later, aged about 2 months.  Besides his mother 
he is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. David P. 
Butler, of Altoona; Mrs. John McCloskey, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Edward 
Darr, of Altoona; Miss Emma, at home; David E., of Homestead; Mrs. Roy 
Griffith, Mrs. Frank Shope and Robert C., of Altoona; Harry J., of 
Girard college, Philadelphia, and Nettie Pearl, at home.
  The deceased was a helper in the boiler shop of the Pennsylvania 
railroad company and belonged to the Pennsylvania railroad relief.  He 
was a member of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal church.  The funeral 
will take place tomorrow afternoon.  Services will be conducted in St. 
Luke's church at 2.30 p.m. after which the body will be buried in Oak 
Ridge cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, August 1, 1899