OBIT: Mary Amanda ORR, 1911, Sinking Valley, Blair County, PA

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Miss Mary Amanda Orr.

  Miss Mary Amanda Orr, one of the most estimable and well known 
residents of Sinking Valley, died at the old Orr homestead in that 
valley Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, of neuralgia of the heart. She 
has been a sufferer with rheumatism for a number of years but despite 
her affliction was able to be about Thursday and her death came as a 
shock to her relatives and friends. Deceased was the daughter of 
William H. and Margaret Orr, deceased, and was born in Sinking Valley 
and was aged about 52 years. She had resided all her life in the valley 
and enjoyed a wide acquaintanceship both there and in the surrounding 
country. She was a member of the Arch Spring Presbyterian church, took 
an earnest interest in the affairs of the church and was esteemed by 
all of the congregation. She is survived by four brothers and two 
sisters as follows: S. K., Thomas B., J. C. and Grant Orr, Mrs. Letitia 
Bush and Miss Permilla Orr, all of Altoona. The funeral took place from 
her late home Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and interment was made in 
the Arch Spring cemetery.

The Tyrone Herald, Thursday, July 13, 1911