OBIT: Clara A. (REIGH) NELSON, 1916, Juniata, Blair County, PA

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MRS. JOHN A. NELSON.

  Mrs. Clara A. Nelson, wife of John A. Nelson, died on Saturday 
evening at 5:20 o'clock in the family home at 1014 Second street, 
Juniata.  The deceased lady was in poor health for some time and was 
confined to her bed for about seven months of the past year with a 
complication of diseases.  Her death was directly due to an attack of 
pneumonia.  Mr. and Mrs. Nelson spent most of their thirty-six years of 
wedded life on a farm in Homer Gap, now occupied by their son James.  
Several years ago they came to live in a new home in Juniata but with 
an inclination for the soil that would not be denied then again engaged 
in farming near Kladder Station.  Failing health of the wife was 
doubtless one of the reasons that induced Mr. Nelson to again bring his 
household to Juniata, and they had occupied the comfortable town house 
in the First ward less than a month when the end of her life came.
  Mrs. Nelson was a daughter of John and Rachel Reigh and was born at 
Elizabeth Furnace on October 1, 1863.  She was united in marriage to 
the now bereaved husband in January, 1883, and the pair reared a fine 
family on the homestead in Homer Gap.  Surviving with the father are 
the following children: Mrs. W. S. Simpson and Mrs. Harry Craine, of 
Juniata; Aaron, Benjamin and Dewey, of Hollidaysburg; James, of Homer 
Gap, and Stella, at home.  The parents of the deceased lady are long 
since dead, but she is survived by the following brothers and sisters: 
Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, Mrs. Ella Zeigler, Mrs. Harry Boyles, Mrs. Kyle 
Hagerty, Frank and Martin L. Reigh, all of Juniata.
  Mrs. Nelson was a woman known for her gentle, Christian character and 
her good works.  She was a housewife of the sort whose joy it is to 
give ample hospitality to her friends and her table was proverbial for 
its excellent fare.  Worshipping in the plain faith of the Church of 
the Brethren, she was a valued member of the denomination in Juniata 
and was constant in attendance at the services as her health permitted.  
Service over her remains will be held in the church edifice at Ninth 
avenue and Third street, Juniata, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock and 
will be conducted by the Rev. J. W. Wilt, of Juniata, and the Rev. 
Jacob Kinsel, of Altoona.  Interment will be made in Asbury burial 
ground.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, December 4, 1916