OBIT: Joseph Luke McCONNELL, 1944, formerly of Altoona, Blair County, PA

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JOSEPH LUKE McCONNELL

Formerly of Altoona but more recently employed in a defense plant in Detroit, 
Mich., died at 10.10 o'clock this morning at the Altoona hospital.  He was 
born in Patton on Aug. 29, 1892, a son of John H. and Lydia (Dougherty) 
McConnell.  Surviving are the following children: Mrs. Dean gates, Mrs. M. E. 
Sheehan, Mrs. Eleanor Morrison and Wayne A., all of Altoona, Pvt. Harry E. of 
Sioux Falls, S.D., and Pfc. Paul McConnell in the marines, his father, of the 
city, fourteen grandchildren and one sister, Miss Mary C. McConnell of the 
city.  Mr. McConnell was a member of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament.  
Friends will be received at the Jones funeral home after 7 o'clock this 
evening.

McCONNELL - Funeral services for Joseph Luke McConnell will be held with 
requiem high mass at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Friday morning at 
9 o'clock.  Interment in St. Thomas cemetery at Ashville.  Friends are being 
received at the E. W. Jones funeral home.

Altoona Mirror, Tuesday, June 20, 1944