OBIT: Jewell May (SHIRES) LEE, 1906, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by KAT M katocean@aol.com September 19, 2004, 1:50 pm Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MRS. JEWELL MAY LEE, Wife of the former pitcher and outfielder for the Altoona ball team, died at the Altoona hospital at 9:40, following an operation. She was admitted to that institution Sunday morning at 3 o'clock and at 10 the same morning the operation was performed. Mrs. Lee was aged 27 years and had been living in this city since April, the time her husband joined the Altoona ball team. She was the only daughter of Mrs. Mary M. SHIRES of Washington D.C., who survives, with her husband and two children, Mildred and Jewell Frances. The body will be taken to Washington for interment. Same paper and date: The remains of Mrs. Jewel May Lee can be viewed at 1010 Chestnut avenue from 8 until 9 o'clock this evening. Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, September 5, 1906 Many friends last night viewed the remains of Mrs. Jewell May Lee, wife of Wyatt Lee, the popular ball player, at the parlors of Undertaker Lafferty on Chestnut avenue. The numbers attested to the esteem in which Mrs. Lee was held by friends she made since coming to Altoona last April. This morning the remains were taken to Washington, D.C., for interment. Wyatt Lee accompanied them. Altoona Mirrorm Thursday September 6, 1906 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/