OBIT: Ella M. (SELL) PURCELL, 1972, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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ELLA M. PURCELL

Of 1201 Welton Ave., died at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 3, 1972, in 
Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, after a brief illness.  She was born 
Dec. 17, 1912, in Roaring Spring, a daughter of Stephen and Ellen 
(Metzker) Sell, and married Andrew J. Purcell on Aug. 11, 1933. 
Surviving are her husband, three children, Mrs. Joyce Lee Mengel of 
Reisterstown, Md., Paul R. of Margate, N.J., and R. Patrick of 
Blairsville; seven grandchildren and four brothers and sisters, Mrs. 
Elsie Replogle and Emory of Roaring Spring, Irvin of Leamersville and 
Mrs. Geneva Herbert of Norfolk, Va.  Mrs. Purcell was a buyer and 
saleslady for Fisher's Department Store in the Pleasant Valley Shopping 
Center.  She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Altoona, and 
the Blair County Women's Republican Club.  Friends will be received in 
Stevens Mortuary from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today and tomorrow.

Altoona Mirror, September 5, 1972