OBIT: Mary Ann (KLOTZ) PRESSEL, 1918, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA

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Mary Ann Pressel

  The funeral of Mary Ann Pressel, widow of Jacob Pressel, was held in 
the Barley Lutheran church Thursday afternoon of last week at 2.30 
o'clock. Interment in the Barley cemetery. Services were conducted by 
Rev. H. E. Berkey, pastor of the Lutheran church of Roaring Spring. She 
was aged 76 years.
  Mrs. Pressel had been making her home the past year with her son 
William in Altoona, and was on a visit to relatives at Roaring Spring 
when death overtook her Tuesday morning of last week, at the home of 
her daughter, Mrs. Frank Ferry.
  Mrs. Ferry discovered the dead woman when she entered the room to 
awaken her. An examination was made by Dr. W. H. Robinson and showed 
that the aged woman had suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Pressel 
went to Roaring Spring from Altoona about ten days prior to be with her 
sister, Mrs. Leah Lamborn, of Lawrence, Neb., who was visiting in the 
East after eight years absence. She spent the time with her sister, 
Mrs. George Hengst, of East Main street, Roaring Spring, until Monday 
when she called on her niece, Mrs. William Ayers. Shortly before noon 
Monday she walked from the Ayers home to the Ferry home and on Monday 
night after a pleasant evening, retired about 10 o'clock, apparently 
feeling better than usual. At 2 o'clock Tuesday morning Mrs. Lamborn 
visited her bedroom and talked with her, Mrs. Pressel stating that she 
felt good. Mrs. Pressel suffered from a complication of diseases and 
although able to be about had been in poor health since May.
  Prior to her marriage Mrs. Pressel was Miss Klotz and she is the 
fourth member of the Klotz family to pass away in the past two months, 
two brothers and one sister preceding her this summer. She was a 
daughter of David and Mary Catharine Klotz, deceased, and was born near 
King, Bedford county, May 20, 1842. She resided at home until 1863 when 
she married Jacob Pressel, also of Bedford county. They began life 
together on Mr. Pressel's farm and resided there until 1897, when Mr. 
Pressel died. Following his death her parents resided with her on the 
farm for several years and then she disposed of the place and since 
then has made her home with her sons and daughters. She was a lifelong 
and the oldest member of Barley Lutheran church. She is survived by 
four sons, Lloyd H. Pressel and William K., of Altoona; Harry of 
Lakemont, Reuben of New Enterprise; one daughter, Mrs. Jennie Ferry, of 
Roaring Spring; one brother, John Klotz, of Fishertown; two sisters, 
Mrs. A. W. Lamborn, of Lawrence, Neb., Mrs. George Hengst, of Roaring 
Spring, and one half-sister, Mrs. Elmira Lamborn of New Enterprise.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Morrisons Cove Herald Obituary 
Collection, vol. 18, p. 34
Morrisons Cove Herald, Friday, October 4, 1918