OBIT: Joseph WILT, 1918, of Williamsburg, Blair County, PA

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JOSEPH WILT FOUND DEAD AT ALTAMONT

Williamsburg Hotel Man Expires After Brief Illness at City Hostelry

  Joseph Wilt, who conducted the Hotel Williamsburg in that town for the last 
decade, was found dead in his room at the Altamont hotel, last evening 
shortly after 9 o'clock.
  Deputy Coroner C. C. Rothrock, this city, decided that death was due to 
natural causes, after he made an investigation.  The body was removed by 
Funeral Director Stevens and will be taken to the Wilt home today.
  George Pine, night clerk at the Altamont, visited Mr. Wilt's room a few 
minutes after 9 o'clock.  The body was lying on the bed and the clerk 
futilely endeavored to rouse the man.  A physician was called and he stated 
death had occurred several hours previously.  The deputy coroner stated an 
inquest was unnecessary.
  At midnight, Sunday, Wilt was brought to the hotel by two young men in a 
taxicab.  He sat in the lobby a short time and complained of being ill.  He 
was assisted to bed and a physician summoned later.  His condition was not 
believed to be serious.  When he failed to appear last evening, the clerk 
became alarmed and visited the room.
  Joseph Wilt was one of the best known hotel men in Blair and Cambria 
counties.  Before locating at Williamsburg, he conducted a hostelry at 
Blandburg.  He was about 60 years old and is survived by his wife, a son, 
Private Lloyd Wilt, in France, and several other relatives.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, September 3, 1918, page 1

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT

  The funeral of the late Joseph Wilt will leave the Stevens mortuary Friday 
afternoon at 1 o'clock.  Interment at Glasgow, Pa.

Altoona Tribune, Wednesday, September 4, 1918, page 10