OBIT: Orlando E. REFFNER, 1959, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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ILLNESS IS FATAL
ORLANDO E. REFFNER [photo]
P.R.R. Veteran Called by Death

  Orlando E. Reffner of 307 23rd Ave., died at 10.15 p.m. yesterday in 
the Altoona Hospital where he was admitted April 5 after an extended 
illness.
  He was born in Altoona May 8, 1886, a son of Orlando E. and Lettie 
(Koons) Reffner, and married Maude Crider Nov. 28, 1906.
  Surviving are his wife, two children, Jack M. and Mrs. Calvin Treese 
of the city; four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and one 
brother, Hugh, of the city.
  Mr. Reffner was a member of the Fairview Methodist Church and retired 
from the Altoona Works in 1954 after 51 years of service.
  Friends will be received at the Axe Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., May 6, 1959
Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Collection of Obituaries, 
vol. 33, p. 17 (1959)