OBIT: William Foster SMITH, 1950, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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WILLIAM FOSTER SMITH DIES IN ALTOONA CITY HOSPITAL

  William Foster Smith, 425 West Seventeenth street, died this morning 
at 1 o'clock in the Altoona City Hospital.  He was born Aug. 4, 1880, 
at Huntingdon Furnace, the son of Mills M. and Nancy Wike Smith.  On 
June 21, 1917, at Tyrone, he married Mary Neff.
  Surviving are the widow, a brother, P. W. Smith, Tyrone and three 
sisters: Mrs. Carrie Sprankle, Tyrone; Miss Sarah Smith, Philadelphia 
and Mrs. Lulu Berry, Williamsport.
  He was a member of the Columbia Avenue Methodist Church, of the 
official board of that church, Men's Bible Class, I.O.O.F., Brotherhood 
of Railroad Clerks, and of the P.R.R. Retired Men's Association. He was 
a retired P.R.R. clerk.
  Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the 
Columbia Avenue Methodist Church.  The Rev. Dennis Smith will 
officiate.  Burial will be in Eastlawn cemetery.  Friends will be 
received at the Glass funeral home Friday evening 7 to 9 o'clock; 
Saturday afternoon 2 to 4 o'clock and Saturday evening 7 to 9 o'clock.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 12, 1950