OBIT: William B. WERTZ, 1947, Blair County, PA

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WILLIAM B. WERTZ

Well-known Antis township citizen, died last evening at his home in
Gospel hollow, near Bellwood. He was a son of William and Catherine
(Mountain) Wertz and was born in the Loop Feb. 10, 1860. He moved to
Bellwood when a young man and he and a brother, Jacob Alley Wertz,
engaged in the sawmill business. He was married to Mary Irvin of
Gospel hollow, who died May 16, 1900. Surviving are two sons and one
daughter, Irvin B. Wertz of Bellwood, Herman Wertz of Warren, Pa., and
Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, at the Wertz home; seven grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren and one brother, Luther Wertz of Lisbon, Pa. Mr.
Wertz was a member of the Logan Valley Baptist church, Bellwood.
Friends will be received at the Fuoss mortuary, Bellwood, after noon
Wednesday.

WERTZ - Funeral services for William B. Wertz of Gospel hollow will be
conducted Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Fuoss mortuary
chapel in charge of Rev. G. W. Meadows. Interment in the Bellwood
cemetery. Friends will be received at the Fuoss mortuary after noon
Wednesday.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, February 18, 1947