OBIT: David B. LASHER, 1943, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DAVID B. LASHER, 

A retired P.R.R. conductor of 524 Second Avenue, died Saturday at 12:30 
o'clock noon, after an illness of six days.  Mr. Lasher retired April 
7, 1935, after fifty-one years and three months' service, being a 
conductor for the past thirty-five years.  He was born April 21, 1867, 
in Altoona, the son of Peter and Kathaleen Lasher.  Surviving are his 
wife, Minerva (Dibert) Lasher; seven sons and three daughters; Elmer 
E., at home; D. J., G. P., D. K., and James P. Lasher, all of Altoona; 
Private First Class Robert Lasher, somewhere in the south Pacific; 
Corporal Leroy (Jack) Lasher, Camp Atterbury, Ind.; Mrs. Arminta May 
Eisenhauer of Lebanon; Mrs. Margaret E. Hatch, and Mrs. Thelma D. 
Daugherty of Altoona; a grandson Private First Class David E. Lasher of 
Amarillo air field, Texas, who was raised in the Lasher home, and 
nineteen other grandchildren.  He was a member of the B. of R. T. No. 
174, and the Retired Men's association No. 4.  Friends are being 
received at the home.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., December 20, 1943

1880 Altoona, Blair County census -
Peter Lasher, 40  
Lanna Lasher, 39  
Mary E. Lasher, 14  
David Lasher, 13  
Mary Ann Lasher, 11  
Joseph W. Lasher, 8  
Catherine J. Lasher, 5  
Charles A. Lasher, 1

1870 Altoona Ward 6, Blair county census -
Peter Lasher, 30  
Magdaline Lasher, 29  
Elizabeth Lasher, 4  
David Lasher, 3  
Anna Lasher, 1  

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