OBIT: John PATRASCA /PETERASCO, 1913, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm RECORD OF DEATHS. John Patrasca. John Patrasca, a young miner employed at Gallitzin, died at the Altoona hospital yesterday afternoon at 2:35 o'clock, of lobar pneumonia. He was aged 21 years and was unmarried and had been admitted to the institution April 18. Several brothers survive him at Gallitzin and will arrive in the city and take charge of the remains today. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, April 22, 1913, page 16 THE DEATH RECORD PETERASCO. - John Peterasco, aged 23 years, a miner of Gallitzin, who was brought to the Altoona hospital last Friday, suffering with lobar pneumonia, died at that institution yesterday afternoon at 2:35 o'clock. The remains were turned over to an undertaker, and will be prepared and shipped to Gallitzin for interment. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, April 22, 1913, page 7