OBIT: George Lewis MYERS, 1893, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Mr. Myers' Condition is Critical.

  We are sorry to note that G. L. Myers, the banker, is very seriously 
ill at his home, 1300 Seventeenth avenue.  Mr. Myers has been confined 
to his home by a complication of diseases for sometime past but lately 
the case has taken a very serious turn and he is scarcely expected to 
recover.  Friends were denied permission to see him today, so low is 
his condition.  This afternoon his physician stated that his death was 
but a matter of a few hours.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Evening, April 15, 1893

George Lewis Myers,

Whose fatal illness was mentioned in the Mirror on Saturday, died at 
his residence, 1300 Seventeenth avenue, at 8:23 o'clock last evening.  
Death was the result of a complication of diseases, which medical 
science and careful nursing could not overcome.  He was conscious to 
the last and his passing away was peaceful.  George Lewis Myers was 
born in Union county on November 26, 1835, being the son of Grabill and 
Magdalene Myers.  In early years he clerked in the store of George 
Guyer, at Warriorsmark, Huntingdon county, from there going to Somerset 
county where he engaged in business at Myer's Mill.  He next took up 
his residence in Blair county.  During the first year of his residence 
in this county he taught school at Kittanning Point, and from that time 
until his death resided in our near Altoona.  He was at one time agent 
for the Adams Express company in this city; later he engaged in the 
shoe business, and afterwards in the grocery business.  Some time after 
the organization of the Altoona bank he was elected one of its 
directors, a position which he held at the time of his death.  For over 
twenty years he was a member of the First Presbyterian church of this 
city, and for many years was a member of the choir.  As he was a 
thorough Christian so also was he a good friend.  He was interested in 
all departments of church work, and a faithful member of the Young 
Men's Christian association.  
  On March 17, 1863, Mr. Myers was married at Huntingdon, to Miss Mary 
McCartney of this city.  The sorrow-stricken widow survives him as do 
also two children, Charles S. Myers, of the wholesale tobacco firm of 
Myers & Blake, Eleventh avenue, and Lottie, wife of Edward O. Geesey.  
He also leaves the following brothers and sisters: Harry Myers of 
Warriorsmark Valley, Mrs. Rebecca Myers of Allegheny City, and Mrs. 
Caroline Maurer of Altoona.  One sister, Mrs. Harriet Yingling preceded 
Mr. Myers to the tomb, as did also his parents.  The funeral will take 
place Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.  Interment in Fairview 
cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday Evening, April 17, 1893

G. L. MYERS' FUNERAL.
Resolutions Adopted By the First Presbyterian Congregation.

  The funeral of G. L. Myers took place yesterday afternoon from his 
late residence, 1300 Seventeenth avenue.  The services at the house 
were conducted by Rev. J. W. Bain, pastor of the First Presbyterian 
church.  The following ministers were also present: Revs. A. W. 
Spooner, J. E. Irvine, J. C. Turner, E. Lewey and E. D. Weigle, all of 
Altoona, and J. H. Mathers, of Bellwood.  The honorary pall bearers 
were Jonathan Hamilton, William Murray, D. S. Keith, Morris Davis, B. 
F. Custer and H. C. Dern; and the carriers of the casket were W. J. 
Pollock, Thomas  H. Wiggins, Daniel Laughman, Samuel B. Counsel, A. C. 
Shand, Theodore H. Wigton, John M. Henneman and Samuel T. Knox.
  The remains were followed to the grave by a large procession of 
carriages, and many friend of the deceased walked in procession to the 
cemetery. . . .

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Evening, April 20, 1893