OBIT: Sarah Elizabeth (STIFFLER) METZKER, 1947, Martinsburg, Blair County, PA

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DIED AT 98

SARA E. METZKER [photo]

Fall Is Fatal to Aged Woman In Martinsburg

  Mrs. Sara Elizabeth (Stiffler) Metzker, aged 98, Martinsburg's oldest 
resident and one of Blair county's oldest citizens, died at her home Sunday 
afternoon at 3.45 o'clock. Mrs. Metzker suffered a fall in her bedroom 
Friday, Aug. 1, and had been confined to her bed since.
  She was a member of a prominent Frankstown township pioneer family, being 
born in West Loop June 19, 1849, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Leighty) 
Stiffler.
  She grew to womanhood in the Loop and at Canoe Creek where the family 
later moved. She was married to Isaac D. Metzker Feb. 22, 1876, at Canoe 
Creek. He preceded her in death at Martinsburg more than 30 years ago.
  Mr. and Mrs. Metzker resided for some years in Altoona where Mr. Metzker 
was employed as a carpenter by a brother-in-law, Jacob H. Nofsker, planing 
mill operator and building contractor.
  Mr. and Mrs. Metzker served as superintendent and matron of a home for the 
aged at Carlisle for some years and then returned to Martinsburg where they 
served in the same capacity at the Morrisons Cove Home for the Aged.
  They purchased a farm between Martinsburg and Fredericksburg which they 
operated until they erected a home in Martinsburg shortly before Mr. 
Metzker's death on April 28, 1916.
  Mrs. Metzker was educated in the Frankstown township public schools and 
was an active member of the Memorial Church of the Brethren. Of the large 
family of which she was a member, there survives only one brother, George R. 
Stiffler of Geeseytown. There are a number of nieces and nephews.
  Friends will be received at the K. R. Miller funeral home, Martinsburg, 
after 4 o'clock this afternoon until 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon when the 
body will be taken to the Memorial Church of the Brethren. Friends are asked 
to omit flowers.

hand-dated 8/10

METZKER - Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Metzker will be conducted Wednesday 
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Memorial Church of the Brethren in 
Martinsburg, in charge of Rev. M. G. Wilson. Interment in Fairview cemetery. 
Friends will be received at the K. R. Miller funeral home after 4 o'clock 
this afternoon until 1 o'clock Wednesday, then at the church. Please omit 
flowers.

hand-dated 8-13

Blair County Genealogical Society, Archie Claar Collection of Obituaries, 
volume 63, p. 170, 1947 volume

[Altoona Mirror, August 11, 1947]