OBIT: Gilbert C. STULTZ, 1957, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Injuries Suffered In Auto Collision Fatal to Altoonan

  Injuries suffered in an automobile accident at 10.30 o'clock last 
Friday morning near Brookville resulted in the death of Gilbert C. 
Stultz, 73, retired Juniata shop machinist of 2008 Fourth avenue, in 
Mercy hospital at 1.35 o'clock this morning.
  Also injured in the accident and a patient in the Altoona V.A. 
hospital is Paul J. Witherow, 33, of 2037 Broad avenue, driver of the 
car in which Mr. Stultz was a passenger. Mr. Witherow suffered a 
fracture of the left knee cap and possible chest injuries which are 
scheduled for X-ray examination.
  The other car involved in the accident was driven by Paul Silvis of 
Marienville. A woman in the Silvis car was injured but so far as is 
known did not require hospitalization.
  Both Altoona men were admitted to the Brookville hospital from where 
Mr. Witherow was removed to the V.A. hospital on Sunday and Mr. Stultz 
to Mercy hospital on Monday afternoon, by ambulance.
  Mr. Stultz was accompanying Mr. Witherow on a business trip to 
Brookville when the accident occurred on a narrow road between 
Marionville and their destination. Rounding a curve they came upon the 
Silvis car moving in the wrong traffic lane and the machines collided 
head on despite Mr. Witherow's attempts to get off the road. Both cars 
were demolished in the collision. Mr. Witherow is local distributor for 
the Filter Queen Sweeper.
  Mr. Stultz suffered severe head injuries and a fracture of the 
collarbone. He failed to respond to treatment at the hospital but did 
speak briefly with Mr. Witherow before the latter's departure from the 
hospital on Sunday. His condition at Mercy hospital had been regarded 
as critical from the time of his admission.
  Mr. Stultz was born at Puzzletown on Nov. 6, 1883, a son of Michael 
and Ellen (Shaw) Stultz and entered the service of the railroad company 
as a young man. He retired from the Juniata shops in 1942.
  He was twice married, his first wife, the former Grace E. Bowser, 
died in April 1933, and on Dec. **, 1934, he married Mrs. Elizabeth 
Bohn.
  Surviving are his wife, a son born to the first marriage, Walter of 
Detroit, Mich., two step-daughters, Miss Ruth M., at home, and Mrs. 
Eleanor E. Figard of St. Petersburg, Fla., seven grandchildren, one 
sister and one brother, Mrs. Anna Manlove of Pasadena, Calif., and 
Oliver R., of Altoona.
  Mr. Stultz was a member of Christ Evangelical & Reformed Church, 
serving as an elder of the consistory, and of the Sunday school, a 
member of Logan lodge, F. & A.M. and the Altoona consistory, and of the 
Odd Fellows.
  Friends may call at the Lafferty Funeral home after 7 o'clock 
tomorrow evening.

Altoona Mirror, Wednesday, 13 March 1957