OBIT: Ambrose L. STEELE, 1953, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by SER Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ ________________________________________________ AMBROSE L. STEELE Of 5717 California avenue, died at 2.10 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Mercy hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Steele was born Feb. 28, 1879, at Hopewell, R. D., a son of Isaac and Margaret (McDowell) Steele. Surviving are his wife, the former Ella Bowser, whom he married in 1898; four children, Mrs. Edith Hoover and Mrs. Margaret Hoover of Martinsburg, Robert of Altoona and Glenn W. of Lorain, O.; 12 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one brother, Rufus of Chicago, Ill. A retired P.R.R. mechanic, Mr. Steele was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Reformed church, Millerstown. Friends will be received at the Miller funeral home, Martinsburg. after 7 o'clock this evening. Altoona Mirror, December 15, 1953