OBIT: Edgar Ross SMITH, 1942, Canan Station, Blair County, PA

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EDGAR ROSS SMITH

Of Canan Station, died at his home Saturday night at 11.14 o'clock. He 
had been employed for a number of years as a mechanic by the Altoona & 
Logan Valley Electric Railway company. He was born in Freedom township 
on Jan. 6, 1881, the son of William and Jane (Shaw) Smith. Surviving 
are his wife, Mrs. Emma (Wysong) Smith; two daughters, Mrs. Ray 
Sollenberger of Canan Station and Mrs. Roy Feathers of Broad avenue 
extension; four sons, Ross of Roaring Spring, Homer of Carson valley 
and Dean and Boyd, at home; these sisters, Miss Blanch Smith of 
Hollidaysburg, Mrs. Clara Shaw of East Freedom, and Mrs. Daisy Bowers 
of McKee, and two brothers, John Smith and David Smith of East Freedom. 
Mr. Smith was a Mennonite by faith. Friends are being received at the 
home.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday, January 26, 1942

SMITH - Funeral services for Edgar Ross Smith, of Canan Station, 
Altoona, R.D. 2, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the 
Brethren church of Carson Valley in charge of Rev. Hoover and Lewis 
Shaw. Interment in Carson Valley cemetery. Friends are being received 
at the home.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, January 27, 1942