OBIT: Emory SHADE, 1918, Ore Hill, Blair County, PA

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Roaring Spring Items

"FLU" FATAL TO THREE.

  The Spanish influenza, followed by attacks of pneumonia, has resulted 
in the deaths of three well known Ore Hill young people since Tuesday.  
The little hamlet, where possibly 200 people reside and the male 
population is employed in the mines, is in the grip of the worst 
epidemic that has struck the village in many years.  Families of eight 
persons have been confined to their beds at the same time and more than 
forty cases are reported from that vicinity.  Several new cases 
demanded the attention of physicians yesterday.
  The disease resulted fatal for Arthur C. McGee, Emory Shade and Irene 
Dick.  Mrs. Ezra Dick, mother of the dead girl, has also developed 
pneumonia and her condition is serious.
  Emory Shade, aged 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shade, of Ore Hill, 
died at the home of his parents at 4 o'clock yesterday morning.  He had 
been very serious since Monday, when pneumonia developed.  The boy was 
born at Ore Hill and was employed as a clerk in the Duncan store at 
that point.  He is survived by his parents and five brothers and 
sisters, all at home.  The funeral will likely be held on Sunday.

Altoona Times, Saturday Morning, October 12, 1918