OBIT: Elmer R. WOODRING, 1969, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, PA

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ELMER R. WOODRING 
 
  Elmer R. Woodring, formerly of Grazierville and for the past 15 years 
a resident of Hollidaysburg, died Tuesday at 8:45 p.m. at Mercy 
Hospital, Altoona.  
  He was born June 19, 1883, at Jersey Shore, a son of John and Etta 
Reeder Woodring. He was married to Sarah R. Goss, who is deceased.
  Surviving are a son, Robert, of Hoover's Lane, Tyrone; two foster 
children, Mrs. Tillie Ritchey, Tyrone, and Mrs. Adeline Woodring, of 
Buffalo, N.Y., and a grandson.  Also surviving is a brother, Robert, of 
Bellwood.  Two brothers preceded him in death.   
  He was of the Methodist faith, a member of the Citizens Fire Co. of 
Tyrone and was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. as a gang 
foreman, retiring in 1942, after 46 years and seven months of service.
  Funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral 
Home, Tyrone, in charge of the Rev. D. N. Thomas.  Burial will be in 
Grazierville Cemetery. Friends will be received at the funeral home 
this evening from 7 to 9 p.m.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 2, 1969, page 3