OBIT: Emma J. (KERLIN) WESTLEY, 1895, Blair County, PA

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Mrs. Emma J. Westley.

Mrs. Emma J., wife of John H. Westley, died at her home, 1200 Third
avenue, at 2.30 o'clock yesterday morning Her death was the result of
a complication of diseases, from which she had suffered for several
months.  Mrs. Westley was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kerlin,
deceased, and was born in Mifflintown, this state, January 1, 1853.
Her parents moved to this city April 1, 1873.  She was married to Mr.
Westley on March 5, 1878.  Besides her husband she is survived by one
brother, Cloyd W. Kerlin, of this city, and one sister, Miss Lizzie M.
Kerlin, who made her home with the deceased.  She was highly respected
by all who knew her, and the announcement of her untimely death will
be received with sorrow by all her acquaintances.  She bore her long
illness with Christian fortitude and resignation, and her last moments
were peaceful and happy.  She has been a member of the Eighth Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church ever since she has been a resident of this
city, a most devoted wife and a kind neighbor.  The funeral services
on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her late residence will be
conducted by Rev. J. Ellie Bell.  Interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, February 13, 1895, page 1