OBIT: George PORTA, 1919, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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BABY, 14 MONTHS, FATALLY STRANGLED

George W. Porta, 3804 4th Avenue, South Altoona Is Found Dead in Bed

  Going to attend church yesterday morning, Mrs. James J. Porta, of 3804 
Fourth avenue, South Altoona, left her son George, aged 14 months, in bed and 
returned home some time later to find the babe had strangled to death.  
  Deputy Coroner C. C. Rothrock, this city, was summoned.  He visited the 
home yesterday afternoon and declared an inquest unnecessary.  Before leaving 
her home, the coroner stated, Mrs. Porta had asked an older son, sleeping in 
another room to occupy the bed with the slumbering baby.  The elder brother 
failed to hear her and didn't comply.
  The body of the child was found on the bed, and was still warm.  It was 
prepared for burial by Funeral Director N. A. Stevens.  The parents and one 
brother survive.  The child was the son of James J. and Sarah Chirdon Porta, 
and was born November 8th, 1917.  Funeral services will be held tomorrow.  
Burial in Calvary cemetery at 10 o'clock.

Altoona Tribune, Monday, January 20, 1919, page 5