OBIT: Lydia Belle (MAURER) PHILLIPS, 1947, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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MRS. LYDIA B. PHILLIPS

Died last evening at 9.20 o'clock at the home of her son, Reuben 
Phillips of 1357 Blair avenue, Tyrone. She was born May 31, 1886, at 
Frenchville, the daughter of Reuben and Cecelia (Plubel) Maurer, and 
was married Sept. 20, 1905, at Tyrone to John A. Phillips, who died 
Sept. 16, 1938. Surviving are three sons and one daughter, William, 
Reuben and Irvin Phillips of Tyrone and Mrs. Roy Carper of Niagara 
Falls; three brothers, Godfrey Maurer of Julian, Norman of Altoona and 
W. Olie of Akron, O.; five sisters, Mrs. Robert Morgan of Tyrone, Mrs. 
Howard Speer of Milesburg, Mrs. J. D. Neidgh of State College, Mrs. 
Mary Broderick of Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. James Robenholt of Sandy 
Ridge; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She was a 
member of the First Methodist church, Tyrone. Friends will be received 
at the home after 7 o'clock this evening.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, October 29, 1947

Lydia Belle Phillips

  Mrs. Lydia Belle Phillips, 60, of Tyrone, former Centre County 
resident, died in Tyrone Tuesday following an illness of seven months' 
duration.
  She was the daughter of Reuben and Cecelia (Plubel) Maurer. She is 
survived by four children and by five sisters and a brother including 
Mrs. Howard Spear of Milesburg, Mrs. J. D. Neidigh of State College RD, 
and Godfrey J. Maurer of Julian.
  Funeral services will be held at the Reuben Phillips home in Tyrone 
tomorrow at 2 p.m.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., [Thursday, October 30, 1947]