OBIT: Goldie M. (WERTZ) PORTER, 1971, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Terry Griffith February 4, 2008, 10:00 pm Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ GOLDIE M. PORTER Of 2520 5th Ave., died at 1 a.m. today, July 30, 1971, in Mercy Hospital, where she was admitted yesterday, after a lengthy illness. She was born in Altoona on Jan. 28, 1903, a daughter of John E. Wertz and Sadie (McKnight) Wertz, and married Lester Porter. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Gayle Orberg of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. Joanne Jones of Hollidaysburg; six grandchildren, and three sisters, Mrs. Thelma Irons of Hollidaysburg, Mrs. Gladys Newcomer of Gary, Ind., and Mrs. Estelle Truby of Harrisburg. Mrs. Porter was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Hollidaysburg. Friends will be received in the Mauk & Yates Funeral Home, Juniata, from noon to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Altoona Mirror, July 30, 1971 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/