OBIT: William H. PEASE, 1974, Sinking Valley, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ WILLIAM H. PEASE Funeral service was conducted today at the Bigelow Funeral, Altoona, for William H. Pease of Altoona RD 3, Sinking Valley, who died Friday at 5:03 p.m. at his home following an extended Illness. He was born in Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y., on Oct. 30, 1889, a son of Dr. Frederick N. and Delia (Morris) Pease, and was twice married, first to Claire Mansfield, who died in 1941, and to Catherine Bessie Clabaugh, who died Dec. 15, 1964. He is survived by four children, Mrs. Doris Crawford and William M. of Sinking Valley; Richard H. of Tyrone, and Mrs. Phyllis Albright, with whom he resided. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren and 12 great- grandchildren. He was a member of the First Church of God, Altoona. He retired as a machinist from the South Altoona shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad In 1959 after 50 years of service. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 7, 1974