OBIT: Benjamin WALTER, 1921, Greenfield Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ BENJAMIN WALTER, One of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Greenfield township, died at his home, one mile west of Sproul, on Monday evening at 9.20 o'clock, of dropsy, from which he had been a patient sufferer during an illness of sixteen weeks. Mr. Walter was a son of George and Catharine Walter and was born near Queen, Bedford county, Dec. 8, 1860. He lived all his life in the community in which he was born, following the occupation of collier and farmer. Mr. Walter was a consistent member of the Greenfield Reformed church for a number of years and was a good citizen. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Walter, and two daughters, Mrs. Harry Weyant and Miss Lydia, at home, his aged mother, Mrs. Catharine Walter, and the following brothers and sisters: James of Weyant, Shannon of Alexandria, Raymond and Frances and Mrs. Calvin H. Feather, all of Queen. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, January 19, 1921 [His father's name was actually Martin J. Walter, not George - ed.]