OBIT: Ellen SWANGER, 1919, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ MRS. ELLEN SWANGER Mrs. Ellen Swanger died at the residence of her grandson, 2011 Fourteenth avenue, of paralysis, after an illness of several months. She was born in Rebecca furnace, August 28, 1843, and was a member of the Methodist church. She was twice married, and is survived by two sons and one daughter: Thomas Gunnett, and Christ Swanger, and Mrs. Catherine Bowman, of this city, and by 15 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. The funeral will take place at the Stevens mortuary chapel this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Interment will be made in Rose Hill cemetery. The remains may be viewed at the Stevens mortuary, Room 3, at any time. Altoona Tribune, Monday, January 6, 1919, page 5