OBIT: Catharine R. (McFARLANE) WEST, 1873, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ WEST - On Saturday morning, 4th inst., Mrs. Catharine R., wife of John West, of this place - aged nearly 40 years. Mrs. West was born in Philadelphia, and when quite young, came with her father, the late Hon. Geo. R. McFarlane, to this place, where she has lived and been well known. For nearly two years disease has been preying upon her constitution. With remarkable tenacity she clung to life, and only after much suffering did she yield to death's call. For many years before her death she was a member of the Hollidaysburg Baptist Church. A christian, a true wife and an affectionate mother, she has fallen asleep, but leaves a home desolated of a wife's and mother's influence. The Register, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, January 8, 1873