OBIT: Charles E. PIERCE, 1917, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ CHARLES E. PIERCE Charles E. Pierce, for many years a resident of the city, died at the Altoona hospital at 6:35 o'clock Saturday evening of lobar pneumonia. He was admitted to the institution on Tuesday, February 20, and gradually grew worse until he passed away. Deceased was aged 63 years and for several years was employed as a porter at the Hotel Richelieu. He is survived by two children. The funeral arrangements have not been completed and will be announced later. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday morning, February 26, 1917 Funeral Notice. The funeral of Charles E. Pierce, who died at the hospital Saturday evening, will take place this afternoon. Services will be conducted in the Lafferty & Tobias chapel at 2 o'clock by Rev. Bridegum. Interment in Oak Ridge cemetery. Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, February 27, 1917