OBIT: Maria (McCOY) NEARHOOF, 1932, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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MRS. MARIA NEARHOOF 
Died at Son's Home of Heart Disease Today

  This morning at 9:15 o'clock, Mrs. Maria Nearhoof died at the home of 
her son, LeRoy Nearhoof, 505 Twentieth street, of heart disease.  
  Mrs. Nearhoof was a daughter of the late William and Julia McCoy, and 
was born at Mt. Pleasant, Centre county, September 15, 1857.  In 1875 
she was united in marriage with George W. Nearhoof at Bald Eagle.  Mr. 
Nearhoof preceded her to the grave some years ago.  
  Surviving her passing away are these daughters and sons: Mrs. Blanche 
Moore, Julian; Mrs. Myrtle Murphy, Audubon, New Jersey; Alonza W. and 
LeRoy, of Tyrone; two sisters: Mary McCoy, of Port  Matilda; Mrs. Eliza 
Beamer, Philipsburg and thirty grandchildren also survive.  
  Mrs. Nearhoof was a sincere christian woman, a loving and devoted 
mother, a good neighbor and an active member of the Bald Eagle 
Methodist church.  
  The funeral cortege will leave the Nearhoof home on Thursday 
afternoon at one o'clock and proceed to Mt. Pleasant Methodist church 
where services will be held at 2:30 o'clock.  Interment in Mt. Pleasant 
cemetery.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 11, 1932