OBIT: Leah LINGENFELTER, 1917, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MISS LEAH LINGENFELTER

  Miss Leah Lingenfelter, daughter of Jacob and Nora Lingenfelter, of 
Renaud, died in the Memorial hospital, Johnstown, yesterday morning at 
7 o'clock, after several days' illness from appendicitis.  She was 
admitted to the institution Sunday, no operation having been performed.  
Miss Lingenfelter was a bright and genial young woman, and on January 
28 would have celebrated her eighteenth birthday anniversary.  A devout 
Christian she was dearly beloved by all those who shared her 
acquaintance.  Of recent months she had made her home with Mr. and Mrs. 
Jonas Richards.  Surviving are the mother, four sisters, three brothers 
and one half brother.  Funeral services will be held from the home 
Sunday morning, with interment following at Clair, Bedford county.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Morning, January 20, 1917

Note: Jonas Richards was a resident of Altoona, in the 1910 and 1920 
censuses.

Claysburg

  The funeral of Miss Leah Pearl Lingenfelter, whose death from 
appendicitis occurred at the Memorial hospital, Johnstown, was held in 
the Upper Claar church Sunday afternoon at 2.30 by Rev. Skyles, pastor 
of the Mt. Hope Reformed church, of which she was a member.  Interment 
was made in the Claar cemetery.  She would have attained her 18th year 
January 28.  She is survived by her mother, four sisters, three 
brothers and a half brothers.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, January 23, 1917