OBIT: Catharine FICK TROTTER, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. CATHARINE TROTTER

Died at her home, 1011 Eighth avenue, at 12:05 this afternoon, (October 2) 
after a short illness caused by the weight of years and a gradual 
dissolution of her earthly tabernacle.  Mrs. Trotter was born in Lancaster, 
Pa., Jun 12, 1812.  In 1829 she married Mr. Frederick Fick, of Lancaster, 
and soon after moved to Plane No. 2, now known as Portage, Cambria county, 
Pa.  Mr. Fick died in 1847.  The deceased was married to Mr. Robert Trotter 
at Portage in 1853.  He died in 1877.  Thirty-six years ago they moved to 
this city, Mr. Trotter procuring a situation in the shops, where he remained 
until his death.  Mrs. Trotter was the mother of fourteen children, only 
four of whom survive her, as follows: Mrs. Henry C. Fick, Elizabeth C. Fick, 
Mrs. Harry Slep and Mrs. Robert F. Bankert.  She was also the grandmother of 
forty-four children and the great-grandmother of thirty-three children, and 
the great-great-grandmother of a little girl.  Her circle of relatives and 
friends in this city and Lancaster county was very large.  Funeral on 
Wednesday at 2 p.m., services to be conducted at the house by Rev. Henry 
Howard Stiles, her pastor; interment in Fairview cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Monday, October 2, 1899, page 8