OBIT: Albert SHEW, 1943, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ ALBERT SHEW Of 5703 Sixth avenue, a clerk at the Altoona postoffice for the past twenty-three years and earlier engaged in the grocery business in [cut off line] 9.30 o'clock this morning after having been ill for the past nine months. He was born in Chambersburg, a son of Jacob and Mary Shew, but had resided in Altoona from childhood. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary (Stiffler) Shew, and one brother, Edward of Pittsburgh. Mr. Shew attended the Methodist church and was a member of the U.N.A.P.O.C. branch, No. 159. Friends may call at the Lafferty funeral home after noon Friday. Altoona Mirror, Thursday, October 14, 1943, p. 20, cols. 1-2