OBIT: David S. SCHIRM, 1974, Blair County, PA

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DAVID S. SCHIRM

David S. Schirm, Reservoir Drive, Tyrone, died Saturday at 12:40 p.m.
at the Tyrone Hospital, where he had been a patient for three weeks.
He had been in failing health for three months.

He was born in Tyrone, May 15, 1901, the son of David S. and Regina
Zeilinger Schirm.  On July 25, 1946, at West Pittston, he was married
to Genevieve Youngkin.

He is survived by his wife; one son, David C. Schirm, of State
College; one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Mary Jane) Phillips, Lindenwald,
N. J.; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Files, Louisville, Ky., and Miss Bertha
Schirm, Tyrone, and several nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in
death by four sisters.

He was a member of the First English Lutheran Church; F. and A.M.
Lodge 494, Tyrone; Jaffa Shrine Club; and the International
Association of Machinists, Lodge 1639.

He retired in 1966 from the Pennsylvania Railroad as a machinist at
the East Altoona Shops after 47 years service.

Funeral service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First English
Lutheran Church, Tyrone, with Pastor Paul J. Kane officiating.  Burial
will be in Eastlawn cemetery.  Friends will be received at the Feller
Memorial Home, Tyrone today from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m. and on Tuesday
from 9 - 11 a.m.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., June 17, 1974, page 2