OBIT: Anton STEURER, 1942, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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RESTAURATEUR IS CALLED BY DEATH

  Anton Steurer, aged 73, of 1808 Fourth avenue, for many years proprietor of a 
meat market in the city and then co-proprietor of the Dutch kitchen, died at 
8.35 o'clock this morning of a heart attack at the Altoona hospital where he had 
been a patient since June 16.
  He was born in Hohenzollern, Germany, on June 9, 1869, but came to this 
country and Altoona fifty-five years ago. For a time he was employed as a boiler 
fireman in the Altoona railroad. shops and then established a meat market which 
he conducted for thirty-four years.
  Retiring from the meat business, he and a son-in-law, Charles W. Filer, 
established the Dutch Kitchen. His wife, Mrs. Mary (Albrecht) Steuer, died 
twenty-two years ago.
  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Charles W. Filer and Mrs. Lester C. Hurley; 
two grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mary DeTemple of Altoona and Mrs. 
Caroline Huebschlie, in Germany.	
  Mr. Steurer was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Altoona lodge of 
Elks and the Frohsinn society. Friends will be received at the N. A. Stevens 
mortuary after 7 o'clock this evening.

Altoona Mirror, June 20, 1942

STEUER - Funeral services for Anton Steurer, of 1808 Fourth avenue, will be held 
with solemn requiem mass at St. Mary's Catholic church, Tuesday morning at 9 
o'clock. Interment at St. Mary's Catholic cemetery. Friends are being received 
at the N. A. Stevens mortuary, 1421 Eighth avenue.

Altoona Mirror, June 20, 1942