OBIT: Sophia MYERS, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. SOPHIA MYERS.

  Mrs. Sophia Myers, widow of William T. Myers, died at her home, 1323 
Seventeenth avenue, at 12:55 o'clock yesterday morning of heart disease.  
Deceased was born in Wilmore on October 22, 1844, and had been a resident of 
the city for a period of fifty-two years.  She was a member of St. John's 
Catholic church and is survived by a son and two daughters, Harry L., of the 
city, and Hellie and Pauline, at home.  A sister, Mrs. Eliza Martz, of 
Ebensburg, survives as do seven grandchildren.  The funeral will take place 
Monday morning with mass at St. John's Catholic church at 9 o'clock.  
Interment in St. John's cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Saturday morning, August 10, 1918, page 12

[NOTE: Maiden name is McGOUGH.]