OBIT: Martin Luther WERTZ, 1953, Blair County, PA

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Aged veteran of PRR Shops Dies At Home

Martin Luther Wertz, 83, of 2902 Union avenue, a retired employe of
the Altoona works, died at 9:30 o'clock last night at this home. He
was retired in 1937 from the airbrake shop after 40 years' service.

He was born March 17, 1870, in the Loop section of Frankstown
township, the son of William and Catherine (Mountain) Wertz, and on
Jan. 13, 1898, married Lucy Brown, after which they resided in Juniata
and Altoona.

Mr. Wertz was a member of the First Church of Christ and the Rev.
Walter E. Brown Sunday school class.

Surviving are his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Ophie Juann Noss; one
grandson, Dr. Gilbert R. Selders, now on the faculty at the
Pennsylvania State college; and a great-grandson, Gilbert Roy Selders.

Friends will be received at the Laughlin funeral home after 7 o'clock
this evening.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., November 9, 1953