Blair County PA Archives Obituaries.....Parsons, Sarah J. August 16, 1953 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J S please omit July 23, 2012, 9:30 pm Altoona Mirror, 17 August 1953 MRS. SARAH J. PARSONS Of 314 Maple avenue, died at 9.35 o'clock last evening in Mercy hospital where she was admitted Dec. 27, after an extended illness. She was born in Martinsburg on July 9, 1868, a daughter o Upton and Mary (Hann) Shank. Her husband, Harry H. Parsons, died in 1935. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Chester Brunner, and five sons, Ira J., Oscar E., William S., Harry L., and George E., all of Altoona, 15 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, two sisters and one brother, Mrs. Charles Gates of Annapolis, Md., Mrs. Charles Farrell of Baltimore, Md., and Clarence Shank of Hollidaysburg. Mrs. Parsons was a member of the Calvary Baptist church where she served for many years as a teacher in the Sunday school and as a leader of the Whosoever Prayer group. Friends will be received at the Axe funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb