OBIT: George W. SWARTZ, 1954, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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GEORGE W. SWARTZ DIES  AT HIS HOME HERE

  George W. Swartz, 1459 North avenue, died at 12:10 o'clock yesterday 
afternoon at the home.  He was born Dec. 17, 1866 in Clay Township, 
Huntingdon County, the son of Daniel and Charlotte Madden Swartz.  In 
Aug. 1890 at Dublin Mills, he married Alfaretta Anderson, who is 
deceased.
  Surviving are these children: Mrs. Edith James and Earl Swartz, 
Tyrone; Mrs. Myrtle Starr, East McKeesport; Walter Swartz, Cleveland, 
Ohio; 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; also a sister, Mrs. 
Mae Abbott, Broad Top City; and a brother, Jack Swartz, Pittsburgh.  He 
was a member of the Cherry Grove Church of God, and a retired farmer.  
  Funeral service will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in 
the Cherry Grove Church, in charge of the Rev. William Emert.  Burial 
will be in the Cherry Grove cemetery.  Friends will be received at the 
Graham and Getz funeral home after seven o'clock this evening.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., September 7, 1954