OBIT: Ella (HAUSER) McCARTHY, 1893, native of Blair County, PA

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Mrs. Ella H. McCarthy,

Wife of James McCarthy, died at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, in the 
Good Samaritan hospital in Cincinnati, of cerebro-spinal meningitis.  
This announcement, though not unexpected, as her serious illness had 
been noted in all the city papers, will be sorrowfully and painfully 
received by the large circle of acquaintances and friends she had in 
Altoona.  She was the youngest daughter of Mrs. Christ Hauser, and was 
born in Hollidaysburg, August 11, 1861.  She came to this city with her 
mother's family when but a child and the greater part of her life was 
spent here.  While quite young she developed remarkable musical 
abilities as a performer and vocalist and this talent, along with her 
natural happy and vivacious disposition, made her a general favorite.  
On May 19,1884, she became the wife of James McCarthy, the ceremony 
being performed in St. John's Catholic church in this city.  She went 
with her husband to Cincinnati, afterwards resided in Meridian, 
Mississippi, at which place Mr. McCarthy was superintendent of a 
division of a railroad, but for the past few years her home was in 
Birmingham, Ala., where Mr. McCarthy is located as superintendent of 
the Alabama and Great Southern railroad.
  Mrs. McCarthy had been ailing since last November and became 
seriously ill about the middle of January.  Four weeks ago last Monday 
she was taken to the Good Samaritan hospital in Cincinnati, where she 
was visited by her relatives in this city and where she received 
kindest care and treatment from the sisters and doctors in charge of 
the institution, but the nature of her disease precluded recovery and 
the sad termination of a bright life came at the time mentioned.  
Attended by her husband and sisters and consoled by the sacraments of 
the Catholic church, of which she was a consistent member, her passing 
away was happy and peaceful.  Many who knew her as Miss Ella Haas, and 
other friends she made since leaving here will drop a tear to the 
memory of a steadfast and devoted wife, daughter, sister and friend.  
Besides her husband and aged mother, she is survived by the following 
brothers and sisters: Stephen Yeager and Mrs. Mary Vetter, of 
Pittsburg; Michael A. Yeager, Mrs. Christine Albeitz, Mrs. Hugh Butler 
and Mrs. Charles B. Adams, of this city.  The remains were brought to 
this city on the Atlantic express this morning and conveyed to the 
residence of Mrs. Hauser, No. 1211 Seventeenth street.  Services will 
take place over the remains in St. John's Catholic church at 2:30 
o'clock on Friday afternoon, after which the remains will be interred 
in St. John's cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday Evening, March 29, 1893

The Remains of Mrs. James McCarthy Laid to Rest.

  The remains of Mrs. Ella H. McCarthy, wife of James McCarthy, were 
laid to rest in St. John's cemetery this afternoon.  Yesterday and 
previous to the funeral today hundreds of the young lady's friends paid 
their respects by visiting the residence where the body lay, her 
mother's home, 1211 Seventeenth street.  The floral tributes were 
exquisitely beautiful.  The set pieces were a lyre on which the words 
"My Darling," and anchor and cross and a bank of flowers, the surface 
of which represented a sheet of music, inscribed with the words, "Ave 
Maria."  This was Mrs. McCarthy's favorite hymn and during the delirium 
preceding her death she sang it.  Another anchor bore the words, 
"Sister Ella."  There was besides a profusion of wreaths, boquets, 
etc., sent by friends in Cincinnati, Lexington, Ky., and Pittsburg.
  The services at St. John's church were impressive.  The choir, of 
which she had been a member from early childhood, sang some appropriate 
selections, the nature of the holy day observed by the church, 
preventing the singing of her own favorite hymn.  The choir also sang 
at the grave.  The funeral was largely attended.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Friday Evening, March 31, 1893