OBIT: Margaret (NORRIS) MARTZ, 1916, formerly of Blair County, PA

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MRS. MARGARET MARTZ

  Mrs. Margaret Martz, widow of the late William Martz and well known 
to many people in the Altoona district, died on Sunday afternoon at 4 
o'clock in the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. C. McCalmont, in 
Philadelphia.  "Aunt Maggie" Martz as she was affectionately called by 
numerous relatives and friends, spent many years of a long life in 
Altoona and Juniata.  With an unusually sweet disposition only mellowed 
into fragrance by advanced age she was dearly beloved by all who knew 
her and tidings of her death bring reminder of the reward that comes to 
the true Christian.  Mrs. Martz was 76 years of age and her death was 
caused by asthmatic affection with other trouble incident to her years.  
She is survived by four children - Mrs. E. C. McCalmont and James 
Martz, of Philadelphia; William, of Huntingdon, and Norris, of State 
College.  Also by three brothers and three sisters - J. W. and D. B. 
Norris and Mrs. Berry Ray, of Juniata; Henry Norris and Mrs. Harriet 
Pennington, of State College, and Mrs. Jane Brotherton, of 
Collinsville.  Her husband, who was a veteran of the Civil war, died 
twenty-five years ago.  The remains will be brought to Juniata today 
and funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock in the 
home of J. W. Norris, 607 Fifth avenue, Juniata.  The deceased lady was 
a devoted Christian and for almost all of her life a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church.  Services over her remains will be 
conducted by Rev. Alexander Lamberson, pastor of the First M. E. 
church, of Juniata.  Interment will be made in Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, December 12, 1916