OBIT: Ethel (BENSON) LEEDOM, 1917, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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Hollidaysburg
Mrs. Ethel B. Leedom.

  Mrs. Ethel Benson Leedom, wife of George C. Leedom, of 906 Penn 
street, died on Tuesday night at 9 o'clock at the home of her parents 
at Huntingdon.  She was taken ill with grip two weeks ago and went to 
her parents' house to recuperate, and was getting along well, but 
several days ago took pneumonia.  Mr. Leedom was summoned to his wife's 
bedside yesterday morning and was with her when she died.  Deceased was 
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer W. Benson, of Huntingdon, and was born 
on November 10, 1892.  She was married to Mr. Leedom at the home of her 
parents in Huntingdon on April 23, 1914, by Rev. G. S. Womer, and was a 
consistent member of the Hollidaysburg Methodist Episcopal church, and 
a good wife and mother, whose loss will be deeply felt by the bereaved 
husband as well as by all her other friends and relatives.  She is 
survived by her husband, a young son, Robert, her parents, and these 
brothers and sisters: Ray and Warren, Leona and Margretta.  Short 
funeral services will be held at her parents' home today, after which 
the body will be brought to Hollidaysburg and taken to the home of Mr. 
Leedom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Leedom, 435 Walnut street, where 
the services will be held on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and will 
be conducted by Rev. Charles T. Dunning, her pastor.  Interment will be 
made in the Presbyterian cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday morning, March 8, 1917