OBIT: Abraham WERTZ, 1915, Blair County, PA

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ABRAHAM WERTZ

Of Greenwood, Blair county, died on Saturday night at 10:30 o'clock at
the Blair County hospital of vascular heart trouble, having been a
sufferer with heart disease for some years. He was born in Frankstown
township on May 28, 18**, and was a son of William and Catherine
Wertz, deceased. He was a laborer. He was a member of the Mennonite
church. He was unmarried and is survived by these brothers and
sisters: Jacob A., Guy and John A., of Frankstown township; William B,
of Bellwood; Luther of Juniata; Andre of Mt. Union; Mrs. Harriet
Webber of East Altoona and Mrs. Geneva Wolf at Mt. Union. The funeral
services will be held at the Methodist church of Frankstown on Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in the Geeseytown cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Monday, October 18, 1915

Additional Comments:

Year of birth was unreadable on Abraham's obituary. Since he was
listed as being four years old in the 1860 United States Census, a
good assumption is that he was born in 1856.