OBIT: Robert Irwin ROBESON, 1919, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ ROBERT IRWIN ROBESON. Robert Irwin Robeson died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leo L. Graff, of 324 East Walton avenue, at 1 o'clock yesterday morning, of heart disease. He was born in Hollidaysburg November 4, 1852, and had been located in the west for the last twenty years, having just returned to Altoona two weeks ago. He is survived by the following children: James L. and William S., of Altoona; Walter B., of Joliet, Ill.; Mrs. Paul F. Magenheimer, of Tuscon [sic], Arizona; Mrs. J. L. Shindoler, of Chicago; and Mrs. Lee L. Graff at whose home he died. He is also survived by a brother, Horace Robeson, of Altoona, and a half-brother, Samuel Robeson, of Hollidaysburg, and a half- sister, Mrs. Juniata Loudon, of Portland, Oregon. Funeral announcement will be made later. Altoona Tribune, Wednesday February 19, 1919, page 10