OBIT: Joseph Milroy UPDIKE, 1918, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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UPDIKE

  Joseph M. Updike died at the Blair county hospital on Sunday evening 
of a complication of diseases.  He was the son of James and Jane Updike 
of Tyrone, and is survived by his wife and four children, James, 
Virginia, Robert and Elmer; by his parents, two brothers, Edward and 
Walter of Tyrone, and four sisters, Rose and Gertrude, at home, and 
Mrs. Charles Hiney of Tyrone and Mrs. B. J. Calderwood of Ironville.  
The funeral will take place on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the 
parental home at Tyrone and interment will be made at Franklinville.  
Friends may view the remains at any time at the home.  He was a member 
of the United Brethren church and was born at Spruce Creek April 18, 
1883.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, November 26, 1918

TYRONE
J. M. UPDYKE DEAD.

  Joseph Milroy Updyke died at the Blair county hospital Sunday night 
from locomotor ataxia.  He was a son of James and Jane Updyke and was 
born at Spruce Creek, Pa., April 17, 1883.  Practically all his life 
was spent in this vicinity.  On Jan. 21, 1893, he was united in 
marriage with Miss Mary Light who survives with four children, viz: 
James, Virginia, Robert and Eleanor.  He also leaves his parents and 
these brothers and sisters: Walter and Edward of Tyrone, Mrs. Mollie 
Calderwood of Ironsville, Mrs. Charles Hiney of Plummers Hollow and 
Misses Gertrude and Rose, at home.  Funeral will take place Thursday 
morning from the home of his mother at Plummers Hollow.  Interment will 
be made at Franklinville.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, November 26, 1918