OBIT: Samuel M. SWANGER, 1928, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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SAMUEL M. SWANGER

Died at his home, 863 Seventeenth street, at 6.05 o'clock last evening 
of a complication of asthma and heart trouble after an illness of 
several years. He was born at Allegheny Furnace March 9, 1867, a son of 
Calvin and Catherine (Madera) Swanger. He had been employed as a 
blacksmith by the Pennsylvania Railroad company for the past forty-six 
years. He was united in marriage with Miss Mollie Waite of Tyrone in 
1905. Surviving are his wife, and two brothers, David and William, both 
of this city. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the 
blacksmith shop floral association. Funeral services will be held at 
the late home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with Rev. W.T. Fisher, 
pastor of the First Church of Christ, officiating. Interment will be 
made in Rose Hill cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, May 1, 1928, p. 26