OBIT: Melvin K. POET, 1959, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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DIES IN HOSPITAL
MELVIN K. POET [1949 photo]
Brief Illness Is Fatal to Melvin K. Poet

  Melvin K. (Mike) Poet, retired supervisor of the 4th St. blacksmith 
shop, Pennsylvania Railroad, who resided at 1609 22nd Ave., died at 
5.45 p.m. yesterday in the Altoona Hospital after a brief illness.
  Mr. Poet was born in Altoona April 20, 1886, a son of Michael and 
Susan J. (Weaver) Poet. He was twice married, first to Elizabeth Slick, 
who preceded him in death, and then to Marie Hart.
  Mr. Poet was a member of the First Lutheran Church, Knights of 
Pythias, Independent Order of Foresters and the Retired Men's 
Association. He retired in 1947 after 43 years of service.
  Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Schucker of Bellwood; a 
son, Michael of Levittown; two brothers, Garfield and Milton F. of 
Altoona, and four grandchildren.
  Friends will be received at the N. A. Stevens Mortuary after 7 p.m. 
today.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 
33, p. 5 (1959)
Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., August 6, 1959