OBIT: Kate (BARR) McNAMARA, 1891, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Death of Mrs. William W. McNamara.

  Mrs. Kate McNamara, wife of William W. McNamara, died at her 
residence, No. 1312 Eighteenth street, yesterday morning at twenty-five 
minutes past 10 o'clock.  Apoplexy was the cause of death.  Mrs. 
McNamara was taken suddenly ill on Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock and 
was unconscious from that time until her death.  The deceased was a 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Barr, of Blairsville, Indiana county, 
and was born January 13, 1836.  Her husband survives her as do also 
three sons and four daughters - James D., William B., Thomas L., Ella, 
Jennie and May, of Altoona, and Mrs. Dr. Cummings, of Conemaugh.  She 
also leaves two sisters and one brother - Mrs. C. A. McFarland, Mrs. G. 
W. Patterson and Major S. S. Barr - all residing in Hollidaysburg.  
Mrs. McNamara was an earnest Christian woman, a member of the Second 
Presbyterian church, and a devoted wife and mother.
  The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock and 
the services will be held at her late residence, No. 1312 Eighteenth 
street.  Interment in the Presbyterian cemetery at Hollidaysburg.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday, January 9, 1891