OBIT: Leroy W. RICHARDSON, 1944, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by SER Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ ________________________________________________ LEROY W. RICHARDSON Of 2005 Fifteenth avenue, died last night at the Altoona hospital at 10.10 o'clock after a brief illness. He was born March 1, 1897, in Darby, Pa., the son of Joshua and Ellen (Jeffry) Richardson. He was employed as a sheet metal worker for the Pennsylvania Railroad company. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Catherine (Hammers) Richardson, and one son, Paul, at home, his father and the following brothers and sisters: Chester, Mrs. Nellie Essenmacher, Mrs. Martha Le Tissler and Mrs. Margaret Moore, all of Detroit; and Mrs. Florence De Bois of Cleveland, O. He was a member of St. Leo's Catholic church. Friends will be received at the Jones funeral home after 7 o'clock this evening. RICHARDSON - The funeral of Leroy W. Richardson of 2005 Fifteenth avenue, will be held Saturday morning with requiem mass at 9 o'clock in St. Leo's church. Interment in Calvary cemetery. Friends are being received at the E. W. Jones funeral home. Altoona Mirror, February 9, 1944