OBIT: Ray S. MENTZER, 1918, formerly of Blair County, PA

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MENTZER

  Ray S. Mentzer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mentzer, of Martinsburg, 
died at his home in Coraopolis, near Pittsburgh, of pneumonia, at 5.25 
o'clock on Wednesday morning.  He was in the twenty-ninth year of his 
age.  Four years ago he was united in marriage to Miss Margaret 
Nimmons, of Economy; to this union, one child, Margaret, was born, who, 
with her mother, survives.  The deceased was engaged for a number of 
years in running a meat market.  At the time of his death, the wife, 
little daughter, two sisters and the father were seriously ill of the 
same disease, the latter being in the Emergency hospital in Ambridge.  
The parents and the following brothers and sisters also survive:  
Harry, of Hollidaysburg, Charles with the American Expeditionary Force 
in France, Edwin of Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., Homer, Merle and Mrs. 
Marie Siers, all of Altoona, and John, Grace, Della and Walter, all at 
home.  The remains will be taken to the parental home, Martinsburg, 
this morning and funeral services will be conducted at the house Sunday 
afternoon at 2 o'clock; interment will be made in the Fairview 
cemetery, Martinsburg.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Morning, November 23, 1918

1900 North Woodbury, Blair County census -
Joseph Wilson Mentzer, 33  
Mina Suvila Mentzer, 37  
Harry Guy Mentzer, 16  
John Olin Mentzer, 14  
Jennie Grace Mentzer, 12  
Ray S. Mentzer, 10  
Della May Mentzer, 8  
Charles Franklin Mentzer, 6  
Edwin Lawrence Mentzer, 4  
Meryl Mentzer, 2  
Marie Mentzer, 8/12