OBIT: Monticello (DAUGHERTY) SHOWERS, 1951, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Husband Finds Wife Dead In Bed at Home

  Mrs. Monticello Showers, aged 46, of 602 Fifth avenue was found dead in bed 
at her home about 7:15 o'clock this morning by her husband, Fred, when he 
returned home from work. Death resulted from natural causes, Deputy Coroner 
Edgar G. Walls reported.
  Mr. Showers left for his work in the Fourth street shops of the Altoona works 
about 10:20 o'clock last night. Mrs. Showers then appeared as usual. She had 
been ill for the past several years, her condition requiring surgical 
attention.
  Mrs. Showers was born Dec. 25, 1904, a daughter of Lewis and Serella 
(Griffith) Daugherty. She was a member of the Second Presbyterian church.
  Surviving are her husband, one son, Wayne Mills of Norfolk, Va.; a daughter, 
Mrs. Serella Mae Boon of Arlington, Va.; two grandchildren, her mother, of the 
city, one sister and one brother, Mrs. Helen G. Pross and Byron Daugherty of 
the city.
  Friends will be received at the Myers funeral home after 7 o'clock this 
evening.

Altoona Mirror, Monday, 12 November 1951, p. 24, col. 2

SHOWERS - Funeral services for Mrs. Monticello Showers of 902 5th avenue will 
beheld Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Myers funeral home, in charge of 
the Rev. George K. Bowers. Interment in Pleasant Gap cemetery, Centre county. 
Friends are being received at the Myers funeral home after 1 o'clock Tuesday. 

Altoona Mirror, Tuesday, 13 November 1951