OBIT: Ralph MILLER, 1891, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Death of a Child.

  Ralph, son of John and Anna Mary Miller, died at the parents' 
residence, No. 227 Third avenue, yesterday morning at 3 o'clock, aged 9 
years, 4 months and 11 days.  The funeral will take place Thursday 
afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Interment in Fairview cemetery.
    Do not call Ralph back, mother,
      Do not weep nor sigh;
    Think that your has gone, mother,
      To that sweet by and by.
    Don't fret about my grave, father,
      When I am laid beneath the clayey sod,
    Rejoice to know your Ralph's gone
      To meet his Savior and his God.
    Meet me, brother, meet me,
      Meet me at Heaven's gate;
    That stands ajar, from you so far,
      There on you I'll wait.
    Weep not for me, my sisters,
      When thou art all alone;
    For I am gone to join the angel band,
      Around the great white throne.
    Meet me, parents, meet me,
      Meet me in the land of rest;
    Where all is joy for your darling boy,
      At rest!  At rest!  At rest!
                               A FRIEND.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, January 14, 1891

Local Brevities.

  The funeral cortege of Ralph, son of John and Anna M. Miller, of 227 
Third avenue, will leave the residence at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon 
and proceed to the Fifth Avenue Methodist Episcopal church where the 
services will be held.  Interment in Fairview cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, January 15, 1891