OBIT: Annie (SMITH) SEARDEL, aka STORM, 1900, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. ANNIE SEARDEL

  At 1.15 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Annie Seardel, also known as Mrs. 
Storm, was found dead in the kitchen of her home.  Epilepsy was the cause of 
her death.  Joseph Greiner made the discovery.  He called at the house to 
deliver a pair of shoes he had promised Mrs. Seardel's son.  On entering the 
kitchen he found Mrs. Seardel lying face downward near the door.  He summoned 
several neighbors to his assistance and an examination showed she was dead.  
She had been dead but a short time, as she had been seen in the yard by 
neighbors about an hour before.  She was subject to epilepsy, and it is 
supposed she was seized with a spasm, fell to the floor, and being helpless, 
was unable to raise her face from the floor and smothered to death.  Her face 
was cut and bruised by the fall.  Coroner McCartney made and investigation and 
decided an inquiry unnecessary.
  The deceased was born August 20, 1851, and had been a resident of Altoona for 
a number of years.  She was a member of the Sacred Heart church.  She is 
survived by these children: Mrs. Harmon Schindler, of Millville, and Andrew, 
Philip and Annie, at home.  Also by one sister, Mrs. Mary Black, and one 
brother, Mr. Andrew Smith, both of Pittsburg. The funeral will take place at 9 
o'clock Thursday morning.  Interment in St. Mary's cemetery.

Altoona Morning Tribune, 19 September 1900