OBIT: Marion Reed MACHTLEY, 1955, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Dave Roberts March 9, 2008, 10:35 am Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MARION REED MACHTLEY Of 2915 Seventh Avenue, died at his home at 7 o'clock last evening after a brief illness. He was born in Altoona Aug. 5, 1894, a son of William S. and Sara (Miner) Machtley and worked as a clerk in the supervisor of expenditures office in Juniata. Mr. Machtley was a member of Grace Evangelical and Reformed church, an elder in the church consistory and a member of the Churchmen's Brotherhood. He was a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his widow, the former Dorothy Knepper: two brothers, Kenneth M. of West Chester and Charles T. of Altoona; his stepmother, Mrs. Ada F. Machtley of Easton, and a half- sister, Miss Mary Machtley of Easton. Friends will be received at the Laughlin funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., March 22, 1955, page 28 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/