OBIT: Sarah McCARTNEY, 1898, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MFS Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ MRS. SARAH McCARTNEY Died at the county home yesterday morning at 5 o'clock of a complication of diseases. She had been ailing for several years. Deceased was born in Ireland and was 80 years of age. She came to America in 1845 and five years later settled in Altoona, where she resided until removed to the county home. Her husband and all her children preceded her to the grave. The funeral took place this morning, mass being celebrated in the St. Mary's Catholic church in Hollidaysburg; interment in St. Mary's cemetery. Altoona Mirror, Friday, April 22, 1898