OBIT: Crist R. MARKEY, 1963, native of Blair County, PA

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ILLNESS FATAL
CRIST R. MARKEY [photo]
Former Local Resident Dies In Meadville

  Christ R. Markey, 81, for many years a familiar figure about 12th 
Ave., and 11th St., in connection with his employment by the Altoona & 
Logan Valley Electric Railway Company, died at 11 p.m. yesterday in the 
Spencer Hospital, Meadville.
  He had resided for the past four years with a son, Virgil G., at 861 
Liberty St., Meadville, having retired from the traction company 
service on Oct. 15, 1948.
  He was born in the Sylvan Hills area Oct. 11, 1881, a son of 
Christian and Frances Markey, and had resided there until going to 
Meadville. He was a member of the Hollidaysburg Brethren Church.
  Surviving are three children, Mrs. Theda Elliott and Mrs. Louella 
Briggs of Wilmington, Calif., and Virgil of Meadville, a number of 
grandchildren, great- and great-great-grandchildren.
  Mr. Markey entered the service of the Logan Valley Company May 19, 
1900, in charge of the lawns and flower beds at Lakemont Park, 
transferred to the car barns as a mechanic in 1903 and in 1917 became 
inspector and emergency man working out of the city office of the 
company.
  Friends will be received at the Plank Funeral Home, Hollidaysburg, 
after 3 p.m. tomorrow.

Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, August 14, 1963, p. 13, col. 8