OBIT: William Luther REEL, 1956, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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WILLIAM LUTHER REEL

Of 415 West Seventeenth street, Tyrone, died at his home at 12.15 
o'clock yesterday noon after a lengthy illness.  He was born June 27, 
1871, at Tyrone, the son of Samuel and Mary Etta Reel.  He was twice 
married, first to Florence May Simons, who died March 26, 1902, and 
then to Grace Edna Lewis Sept. 20, 1905, in Altoona.  Surviving are his 
wife, one daughter, Mrs. Esther Stansbury and one son, Samuel, both of 
Detroit; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and two sisters, 
Mrs. Margaret Goheen of Cornwall and Mrs. Effie Koren of Irvington, 
N.J.  One son, Harry C. Reel, preceded him in death.  He was a member 
of the Columbia Avenue Methodist church, the Odd Fellows lodge of 
Tyrone, the Junior Order United American Mechanics and the Blazing 
Arrow Hook and Ladder company.  He retired as a janitor from the Adams 
avenue school.  Friends will be received at the Johnson funeral home, 
Tyrone, after 7 o'clock this evening.

Altoona Mirror, August 14, 1956.