OBIT: Rebecca J. SAGER, 1900, formerly of Blair County, PA

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Death of Mrs. R. J. Sager.

  The following communication has been received from Allegheny, Pa., 
for our publication.
  It is our sad duty to chronicle the sudden and unexpected death of 
one of Altoona's former well known ladies, whose many acts of kindness 
and watchful care in sickness will be lovingly remembered by many of 
the older citizens of Altoona.  We refer to the death of Mrs. Sager, 
relict of John Sager, who formerly resided in Logantown.  Mrs. Sager 
was suddenly, without a moment's warning, summoned from life to death 
by a fatal attack of heart failure.  Although she had been in rather 
delicate health still she attended to her household duties, being 
housekeeper for her son, John, jr., who has always provided a 
comfortable home for his mother since the death of his father, over 
twenty years ago, and while with her through life, was also with her 
when death came, provided a very creditable, Christian burial for her 
remains in "Uniondale," Allegheny City cemetery.
  Mrs. Sager was a trained nurse and she never seemed more happy than 
when she was administering comfort and care for the sick, or 
alleviating the keen pangs of sorrow in the homes of the bereaved.  She 
sacrificed every comfort of her own to do good to others; in her later 
years she evidently felt she was not long for this world, and fixed her 
faith on Him, who is strong to deliver, and powerful to save.  She thus 
leaves to her children a rich legacy by the uprightness of her 
character, and by her example of generosity and kindliness she cannot 
fail to leave an impress worthy of imitation.
  The world is better for her having lived, and many persons who recall 
her ministrations of kindliness in sickness and death will drop a 
silent tear of affection and rise up to bless her name.
  She leaves besides John, with whom she made her home, George, of 
Altoona; Amelia, married to Mr. Shoemaker, of Pittsburg; Josephine, of 
Allegheny, and William, of Parsons, W.Va.  - A Former Neighbor.

Morning Tribune, Thursday, February 8, 1900

1870 Altoona Ward 2, Blair County census -
John W. Sager, 49
Rebecca J. Sager, 34
George J. Sager, 16
Joseph Sager, 12
John S. Sager, 10
Amelia Sager, 8
William B. Sager, 2