OBIT: Francis Patrick McCONNELL, 1925, Poplar Run, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ FRANCIS PATRICK McCONNELL Died at 1.30 o'clock this morning of a complication of diseases at his home in Poplar run following an illness of six months. He was born in Freedom township Oct. 3, 1851, the son of James and Hester McConnell. Mr. McConnell conducted a store and served as postmaster at Poplar run for the past twenty years. He is survived by his wife, Angeline, one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Hazenstab of Poplar run, one brother and one sister, John of this city and Mrs. Martha Diehl of Portage. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9 with requiem mass in St. Patrick's church, Newry, followed by interment in the church cemetery. Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, 28 October 1925