OBIT: Mary (GILLAM) WENTZEL, 1924, formerly of Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MARY G. WENTZEL Will Be Buried In Tyrone On Tuesday Afternoon The many friends of Mrs. Mary Gillam Wentzel will learn with much regret of this young woman's death which occurred in the Presbyterian Hospital, Allegheny, on Saturday evening at 6:20 o'clock, following an illness of three weeks. Mrs. Wentzel was a daughter of the late James S. Gillam and Mrs. Gertrude Gillam of 1026 Lincoln avenue, Tyrone. Deceased was born in Warriors Mark on September 16, 1883. When but two years of age, she came with her parents to Tyrone, where she resided until the time of her marriage with M. L. Wentzel, April 25, 1905, when they removed to Bellwood, where they resided until 1917, then taking up residence in Pittsburgh. Surviving are her husband and these children: Ira G., James Stewart, and Elizabeth, all at home. She is also survived by her mother, Gertrude Gillam, one sister, Mrs. Walter S. Study, both of Tyrone, and one brother, Roy, of Cuba, New York. Mrs. Wentzel was a member of the Trinity Episcopal church of Tyrone, and for a number of years, was the organist at that church. She attended the Tyrone High school and later studied music at the Mount Aloysius academy at Cresson. The body was brought to Tyrone Sunday evening and taken to the Gillam home on Lincoln avenue. Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. E. M. Morgan, assisted by the Rev. Horace E. Hoover, will be held at the home of her mother on Lincoln avenue Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. Interment will be made in Eastlawn cemetery. Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., September 15, 1924