OBIT: James SHIRLEY, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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SHIRLEY.

  James Shirley died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Robert Malone, 2108 
Seventh avenue, yesterday morning at 10.20 o'clock, death being caused 
by pneumonia, superinduced by an attack of influenza.  He was born in 
Lilly, Cambria county, on Oct. 3, 1839, and at the time of his death 
was in his 70th year.  He spent forty years of his life in California 
where he staked a gold mine claim and returned to Pennsylvania two 
years ago, making his home with his niece.  He is the last member of 
his family and is survived only by several nieces and nephews.  The 
body will be taken to Newry where a funeral mass will be said Sunday, 
followed by interment in the Newry cemetery.

Altoona Times, Saturday Morning, October 12, 1918