OBIT: Margaret (HAINLEY) OTTO, 1891, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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LOVED ONES TAKEN
DEATH RENDERS DESOLATE MANY HOMES.
Mrs. Margaret Otto, an Aged Lady of This City, Passes to Her Reward, 
Her Death Having Occurred Yesterday Morning - She was Greatly Respected 
and Had Numerous Friends.

  Mrs. Margaret Otto, widow of the late Henry Otto, and one of the 
oldest and best known residents of this city, died at her residence, 
1815 Union avenue, about 9 o'clock yesterday morning.  It is a singular 
coincidence that her husband died March 22, 1872, just nineteen years 
ago.  Mrs. Otto, whose maiden name was Hanely, was born near East 
Sharpsburg, Blair (then Huntingdon) county, December 18, 1815, and was 
therefore 75 years, 3 months and 4 days of age at the time of her 
death, and during all these years she was a resident of this county.  
She was married to Henry Otto in 1832 and became the mother of nine 
children, of whom two preceded her to the other world - one a daughter 
who died in childhood, the other a son, Jacob, who was killed in front 
of Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865, while in the union service.  Those 
who survive are: Mrs. Jacob Hartle, Mrs. S. J. Dugan, Mrs. James T. 
Delozier, Henry, John W., and J. J., all of Altoona, and Mrs. John 
Beightel, of Taylor township.  There is also a foster son, Mr. George 
Albright, of Philadelphia, twenty-four grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren.  Two sisters, Mrs. Daniel Glass, of this city, and Mrs. 
David Glass, of Portland, Oregon, and one brother, Christian Hanely, of 
Taylor township, also survive her.  Mrs. Otto was a resident of Altoona 
since 1868, and a faithful member of the Church of God since childhood.  
The funeral cortege will leave the late residence at 2 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon and proceed to the bethel of the Church of God, where 
suitable services will be held.  Interment in Fairview cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, March 23, 1891