OBIT: Catherine Alice (MONSELL) THOMPSON, 1918, Thomastown, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ CATHERINE ALICE THOMPSON Mrs. Catherine Alice Thompson, wife of Joshua C. Thomapson, died at 12:10 o'clock yesterday noon at her home in Thomastown, a suburb of Tyrone, her death culminating from complications extending over a period of several years. She had been bedfast since Friday last. She was born July 22, 1852 at Howard, Pa., Centre County, and was united in marriage at Alexandria, Huntingdon County, on August 8, 1880 with Joshua Thompson, who survives, with the following children: Mrs. Minnie Weierick and Mrs. Clara Rhodes of Tyrone, Mrs. Fannie Gates and Mrs. Lillian Daughenbaugh of Thomastown. A son John preceded her in death in 1916. She also leaves one brother, William Monsell of Bellefonte, Pa. She was a consistent member of the Methodist church. Funeral services will be conducted at the home at Thomastown at 2 p.m., Tuesday, in charge of Rev. Ulrich. Internment will be in Grandview cemetery. Tyrone Daily Herald, December 30, 1918