OBIT: Madaline VAN DERAU, 1918, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA

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VAN DERAU

  Miss Madaline Van Derau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Van 
Derau, died at her home in Roaring Spring on Tuesday morning from 
pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.  She was born in Roaring 
Spring on Jan. 19, 1902.  She was a member of the Methodist church and 
Sunday school and was a faithful attendant at all meetings.  A student 
of the borough High school, she was a member of the freshman class.  
She is survived by her parents, one sister, Mrs. Leotto Longenecker of 
Highlandtown, Sparrow's Point, Md., and two brothers, Vol at home at 
Stanley, now serving with the field artillery of the American army in 
France.  The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2.15 o'clock.  
Private services at her late home in charge of Rev. A. S. Williams of 
the Methodist church, interment will be made in Greelawn cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, October 31, 1918