OBIT: Preston E. NEFF, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Preston E. Neff Died Yesterday Afternoon.

  Yesterday at 3.30 p.m. Preston Ellsworth Neff died of rheumatism at 
his home, 222 Lexington avenue, after an illness of a little over a 
week.  The deceased was a clerk in the office of the T. W. Neff Coal 
company.  He was born in Indiana county, March 4, 1876, and has resided 
in Altoona for seventeen years.  Besides his father and mother he is 
survived by six brothers - Lawrence M., Roy A., George B., J. Earl, J. 
Oscar and Guy S., all of this city, and two sisters - Mrs. C. J. 
Halliwell, of Altoona, and Mary A., at home.  He was a member of  the 
First Baptist church.  The funeral arrangements will be announced 
later.

Morning Tribune, Wednesday, June 21, 1899

FUNERAL NOTICES.

  The late Preston Ellsworth Neff will be buried this afternoon.  
Funeral services will be conducted in the Fourth Lutheran church at 
3.30 o'clock p.m. by Rev. John Feltwell and Rev. J. S. James, D.D.  The 
remains will be buried in Fairview cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Thursday, June 22, 1899