OBIT: William A. MOORE, Sr., 1952, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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WILLIAM A. MOORE, Sr.

Of 104 Basin street, Hollidaysburg, died unexpectedly at his home at 6 
o'clock this morning. He was born at Martinsburg, R.D., Oct. 6, 1889, a 
son of Jeremiah and Margaret (Emeigh) Moore. His first wife, Mrs. 
Bessie Moore, died Nov. 29, 1943. Surviving are his second wife, Mrs. 
Aurelia Moore; nine children born to the first marriage, Mrs. Blair 
Weyandt, Robert W., Mrs. Wilbur Klotz, William A., jr., Vernon D., Mrs. 
Wilbert Sell, Alfred M. and Miss Barbara K., all of Roaring Spring, and 
Mrs. John Matheny of Charlotte, N.C.; 14 grandchildren and the 
following brothers and sisters:  George of Philadelphia, Jesse of 
Roaring Spring, Mrs. Edith Carl and Chester of Hollidaysburg, John E. 
and Mrs. Annie McIntire of Akron, O., and Mrs. Elizabeth Donnelly of 
Williamsburg, R.D. Mr. Moore was a member of the Hollidaysburg Church 
of God and the Men's Bible class and was employed as a machinist by the 
Pennsylvania Railroad company. Friends will be received at the Creamer, 
VanAllman & Plank funeral home, Hollidaysburg, from 7 o'clock tomorrow 
evening until noon Saturday and thereafter at the church.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 
13, p. 2 (1952)
[pencil date "1-23-52", which was the publication date in the Altoona 
Mirror; the phrase "6 o'clock this morning" indicates death happened 
the same day - ed.]