OBIT: Elmer Ellsworth MAURER, 1946, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Russell Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ ELMER ELLSWORTH MAURER A retired carpenter of 1102 1/2 Seventeenth avenue, died at his home last evening. He was born in Juniata gap on Oct. 28, 1861, a son of George and Eliza (MacCartney) Maurer, and was married to Lydia Jane Swartz, who died July 4, 1943. Surviving are one son, Floyd O. Maurer, two daughters, Mrs. Elnore Marlett and Mrs. Philip A. Burket, all of Altoona; two brothers, H. A. Maurer and L. W. Maurer of San Antonio, Tex., five grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Friends will be received at the Laughlin Funeral home this evening. Interment in Grandview Cemetery. Archie Claar Obituary Collection, Volume CO55, Page 174 [Altoona Mirror, February 4, 1946]