OBIT: Joseph Rudolph SPANG, 1938, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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JOSEPH RUDOLPH SPANG

Retired employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, died at the home of a 
daughter, Mrs. Laura Dodson, 811 Twenty-third street, at 6.45 o'clock last 
evening after an extended illness.  He was born in Claysburg on Jan. 29, 
1863, a son of David and Margaret (Weyandt) Spang, and married Miss Mary 
Adeline Conrad, who died in 1924.  Mr. Spang retired in 1936 as a car 
repairman on the eastbound repair tracks with a service record of thirty-one 
years.  Surviving are three daughters and one son, Mrs. Della Claar of 
Reservoir, Mrs. Dodson of the city, Mrs. Catherine Mentzer of Hollidaysburg 
and William Spang of Cleveland, O., a number [sic] of the East Freedom United 
Brethren church.  The body may be viewed at the home.

SPANG - Funeral services for Joseph Rudolph Spang of 811 Twenty-third street 
will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the East Freedom United 
Brethren church by Rev. M. L. Wilt of the East Freedom United Brethren 
church, assisted by Rev. R. S. Oyler of Simpson Methodist church.  Interment in 
Riverview cemetery, Leamersville.  The body may be viewed at the home.

Altoona Mirror, July 20, 1938