OBIT: Rachel A. (HAZLETT) YON, 1918, Altoona, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ YON Mrs. Rachel A. Yon, died on Friday evening at 7 o'clock at her home, 2309 Seventh avenue, death being caused by pneumonia. She was the widow of Crawford Yon and was born in Indiana county, April 19, 1856, and was a member of the First Lutheran church, Independence council, No. 8, D. of A., and Isabel council, No. 302, Daughters of Rebekah. The following children survive: J. William Yon of Massillon, O., Samuel H., Mrs. Nettie Ebersole and Mrs. Veda Pollard, all of Altoona. Eight grandchildren and one great grandchild also survive with one brother, Samuel Hazlett, and one sister, Mrs. Jane Wissinger, both of this city. Private funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2.30, followed by interment in Oak Ridge cemetery. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Monday Morning, October 21, 1918