OBITUARIES: TEMPLE Family, Altoona, Blair County, PA

  TEMPLE, Paul H., 1984
  TEMPLE, William Morrison, 1910

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PAUL H. TEMPLE 

  Mr. Temple, 82, of 516 E. Park Ave., Wehnwood, died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 
Aug. 18, 1984, in his home, after an extended illness.  Mr. Temple retired as a 
supervisor from the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1963, after 46 1/2 years service.  
He was born Sept. 17, 1901, in Altoona, the son of Howard O. and Bertha B. 
(Barley) Temple, and Aug. 31, 1935, in Woodstock, Va., married Gloria 
Calderwood.  Surviving are his wife, a son, Donald H. of Newark, Calif., and 
three grandchildren.  Mr. Temple was a member of Trinity United Church of 
Christ.  He was a 50-year member of  Hiram Lodge, F&AM, and a member of  
Harrisburg Consistory.  He also served as director of the Reliance Savings 
Association.  Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in 
the Daniel Myers Funeral Home.

Altoona Mirror, August 20, 1884
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WILLIAM MORRISON TEMPLE 

  William Morrison Temple, one of the best known residents of the Eighth ward, a 
retired Pennsylvania Railroad company engineer, and a veteran of the Civil war, 
died at his home, 419 Sixth avenue, at 7.55 o'clock yesterday morning of 
apoplexy.  He had been in failing health for the past several months and while 
ailing, his family felt no alarm over his condition but at 2 o'clock Tuesday 
afternoon he was stricken with apoplexy.  He lingered until the hour named above 
when he crossed the silent river to the great beyond.  Deceased was born at 
Newton Hamilton on July 20, 1840, and passed his boyhood days there.  Still in 
his teens, at the age of 15 years he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad company as a track watchman and this position he held until the 
outbreak of the Civil war.  He answered the call for volunteers early in the 
bitter strife and on August 16, 1861, he enlisted in company K, forty-ninth 
Pennsylvania volunteers, for a period of three months but when that time expired 
he re-enlisted for three years.  He served with distinction and honor until 
February 14, 1863, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability.  
He returned to Newton Hamilton and after spending a few months in recuperating 
his health he again entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad company as 
a brakeman.  He held this position but a short time and then moved upwards on 
the ladder of promotion until he reached one of his aims in life, the position 
of engineer.  He was one of the best known and esteemed enginemen running over 
the middle division and during many years of service was regarded as one of the 
most efficient and careful engineers in the service.  He held the position until 
his retirement on February 1, 1906, and since that time had been living a 
retired life and enjoying the pleasures that came with a well earned rest.
  He was a member of post 468, Grand Army of the Republic, Mountain lodge No. 
281, Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 1059, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief association. He was most active in lodge 
circles and in each of the organizations in which he was connected he was highly 
esteemed.  He was one of the charter members of the Second United Brethren 
church and for a number of years served as one of the trustees of the 
congregation.  He took an active interest in the affairs of the church and by 
its members was held in respect.  He was married on February 13, 1872 to Miss 
Mary Elizabeth Sayers at Newton Hamilton and shortly afterwards came to Altoona 
and had since resided here.  His promotion to the position of enginemen came to 
him almost as a wedding gift.  He is survived by his wife and these children:  
Francis G., Howard O., Charles H., Edward C. and Mrs. Agnes Corbin, all of 
Altoona.  A brother, Oliver Temple, for half a century or more a watchman on the 
railroad at Newton Hamilton and a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, 
preceded him to the grave, January 26, 1902.  The funeral arrangements have not 
been definitely completed but it will take place Saturday afternoon with 
interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Thursday, January 27, 1910