OBIT: Elby MELCHER, 1917, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by SW Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ Elby, infant son of W. D. and Susan Melcher, died at the parents' home at East Altoona at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, after a span of life measured only by hours. Funeral service was held at the home last evening and this morning the remains were taken to Orbisonia for interment. Altoona Mirror, Monday, May 21, 1917