OBIT: Catharine (DICK) REFFNER, 1935, Taylor Township, Blair County, PA

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MRS. CATHARINE REFFNER

Wife of Michael W. Reffner, residing one and [a] half miles south of 
Roaring Spring, died on Sunday morning at 10:50 o'clock. Mrs. Reffner 
had been in failing health for several years and death resulted from a 
heart attack. She was born in Taylor township on May 6, 1871, the 
daughter of Michael and Margaret Dick, both deceased. She was married 
to Mr. Reffner on August 2, 1891, at Bakers Summit. The couple have 
resided at the present home practically all of their married life. 
Surviving are the husband and a number of children, those in the cove 
section as follows: Elsie, wife of Paul Wisler and Dorothy, wife of 
Logan McNally, both of near Martinsburg; Clara, wife of Henry Clapper; 
Stella, wife of Gerald Delozier; Vera, wife of Clyde Delozier; Ethel, 
wife of Clair Keith and Emory Reffner, all of Roaring Spring. There are 
32 grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at 
the Albright Church of the Brethren in charge of Rev. S. P. Early of 
Roaring Spring and Rev. Jacob Kinsel of Altoona. Interment was made in 
the cemetery near the church.

[Altoona Mirror], June 24, 1935