OBIT: Jonathan V. OSTER, 1954, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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JONATHAN V. OSTER

Of 821 Park avenue, Tyrone, died at the home at 1.15 o'clock Saturday 
morning following an illness of one week of pneumonia. He was born Nov. 
28, 1861, in Cumberland valley, the son of Jonathan and Mary (Otto) 
Oster, and on Feb. 18, 1883, married Emily Akers. Surviving are three 
children, Miss Rhoda, at home, J. Earl of Tyrone and Robert of 
Baltimore, and seven grandchildren. He was a member of the First 
Lutheran church and taught Bible class in that church for many years. 
He was also a member of the church council. Mr. Oster was a graduate of 
Valparaiso university with a degree in chemistry and moved to Tyrone in 
1900, obtaining work on the former Tyrone division, later becoming a 
bridge and building inspector, which position he held at time of 
retirement in 1936.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday, August 30, 1954