OBIT: John WITMER, 1892, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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John Witmer.

  At 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, John Witmer died at his home, 
718 Eleventh avenue, from a complication of diseases.  Deceased was 
born at Shippensburg, Cumberland county, 55 years ago.  He was twice 
married, his second wife and four children surviving.  The children are 
William, of Pittsburg; Grace, George and Wilkes, of this city.  One 
brother, Harry, of Nebraska, and a sister living in Shippensburg, also 
survive.  Deceased was a soldier in the late war, having been a member 
of company K, One Hundred and First regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers; 
was a member of Post 468, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the 
Chestnut Avenue M. E. church.  Services will be held at the late 
residence on Sunday evening.  The funeral will take place on Monday 
morning, to leave the house in time for the 7:15 train for 
Shippensburg, where the interment will be made.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, March 12, 1892