OBIT: William B. REESE, 1913, Collinsville, Blair County, PA

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WILLIAM B. REESE

A civil war veteran, died yesterday afternoon of cholera morbus at his home in 
Collinsville.  He was born Sept. 28, 1845, at Columbia, Pa., and came to this 
vicinity fifty years ago.  He was for a long time engaged in the tinning 
business but for a number of years up to the time of his death was employed in 
the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad company.  He was a member of the 
Lutheran church, of the Altoona Conclave, Improved Order of Heptasophs, and of 
William Thaw council, Junior Order United American Mechanics, Pittsburgh, a 
council named after the father of Harry K. Thaw.  Besides his widow, the 
deceased is survived by one son, E. B. Reese, of Chicago, and three sisters. 
The funeral services will be held at the home at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.  
Interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

clipping dated September 2, 1913