OBIT: Mary A. (MYERS) WIRTNER, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ WIRTNER. Mary M., wife of James Wirtner, died at the family home, 1331 Seventeenth avenue, yesterday afternoon at 2.45 o'clock, death being due to a complication of diseases. She was born at St. Augustine, Cambria county, May 14, 1852, and is survived by her husband and two children, Harry in the American expeditionary force in France, and Julia at home; one brother, Bernard Myers, of this city, and a sister, Mrs. John Gibbons, of Minnesota, also survive. She was a member of St. John's Catholic church. The remains will be taken to Carrolltown, where the funeral will be conducted Thursday morning at 9 o'clock; interment will be made at Carrolltown. (Cambria county papers please copy.) Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, December 24, 1918 WIRTNER. Mrs. Mary A. Wirtner died on Monday afternoon at 2.45 o'clock at the home, 1331 Seventeenth avenue, of a complication of diseases. She had been ill for some time, suffering with a complication of diseases. She was born in St. Augustine, Cambria county, May 14, 1852, and during her residence in this city was a member of St. John's Catholic church. She is survived by her husband and two children, Harry, with A.E.F., France, and Julia, at home. One brother, Bernard Myers of the city, and one sister, Mrs. John Gibbons of Minnesota, also survive. The body was taken to Carrolltown yesterday afternoon where the funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, December 26, 1918