OBIT: Julia Ann (BURNS) RITCHEY, 1920, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ MRS. JULIA ANN RITCHEY Wife of Roy R. Ritchey of 2221 Beale avenue, died at 1.40 o'clock this morning at the family home, of peritonitis, after an illness of about a month. She was born Jan. 1, 1888, the daughter of C. W. and Sarah E. (Powell) Burns and was a member of the Simpson Methodist church. Surviving are the husband and four children: Esther, James, Monroe and Sheldon, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. W. B. Ritchey, Mrs. Mary Heinbaugh, both of Altoona, Mrs. Sarah Milton of Georgia, and Jesse, Westley and Sheldon, all of this city. The funeral will be held from the family home on Monday, with interment in Fairview cemetery. Altoona Mirror, August 14, 1920, p. 14, col. 1 MRS. JULIA ANN RITCHEY Mrs. Julia Ann Ritchey, wife of Roy R. Ritchey of 2221 Beale avenue, brief mention of whose death appeared in these columns Saturday morning, was born January 1, 1888, the daughter of C. W. and Sarah E. (Powell) Burns, and was a member of the Simpson Methodist church. Surviving are the husband and four children: Esther, James, Monroe and Sheldon, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. W. B. Ritchey, Mrs. Mary Heinbaugh, both of Altoona; Mrs. Sarah Milton, of Georgia, and Jesse, Westley and Sheldon, all of this city. The funeral will be held at the family home today, with interment in Fairview cemetery. Altoona Tribune, August 16, 1920, p. 14, col. 1