OBIT: George Clarence McCURDY, 1943, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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GEORGE C. McCURDY

Veteran of World war No. 1 and employed as a designer draftsman for the 
Pennsylvania highway department, died at Altoona hospital at 6.05 
o'clock last evening following five days' illness. He resided at 116 
Walnut street, Hollidaysburg. He was born at Thompsontown, Sept. 29, 
1889, a son of Samuel and Mary Ellen (Boganrief) McCurdy, and had been 
in the service of the state for thirty years. He was twice married, his 
first wife, Esther Fortenbaugh, dying a number of years ago. Surviving 
are his second wife, Mrs. Carolyn T. (Snowberger) McCurdy, and these 
brothers and sisters: Miss Ethel McCurdy of Loysville, Eugene J. of 
Hollidaysburg, Samuel of Haverford, Chester H. of Detroit, Mich., and 
Mrs. Marie Webb of Hollidaysburg. Mr. McCurdy was a member of the Zion 
Lutheran church, Hollidaysburg, and the Fort Fetter post, No. 516, 
American Legion, Hollidaysburg. Friends will be received at the N. A. 
Stevens mortuary after 7 o'clock tonight.

McCURDY - Funeral services for George Clarence McCurdy of 116 Walnut 
street, Hollidaysburg, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon by 
Rev. M. Stanley Kemp at the Stevens memorial chapel. Interment in the 
Presbyterian cemetery, Hollidaysburg. Friends are being received at the 
N. A. Stevens mortuary, 1421 Eighth avenue.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday, January 11, 1943, p. 16