OBIT: Thomas A. McCONNELL, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ McCONNELL Thomas A. McConnell died at the Altoona hospital yesterday afternoon of pneumonia at 2.45 o'clock. He was born in this city on January 1, 1855, and was employed with the Pennsylvania Railroad company as telegraph instrument maker. He was the son of Alex and Catherine J. McConnell, and is survived by his wife and three children, and a brother and a sister, of this city. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. Interment in St. John's cemetery. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, December 9, 1918 FUNERAL NOTICE The funeral of Thomas A. McConnell will be held from the Stevens mortuary on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock with mass in the Mt. Carmel church. Interment in St. John's cemetery. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, December 10, 1918