DEATH: 1934 Deaths, Tyrone, Snyder & Tyrone Townships, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 1, 1935 TYRONE HAS LARGEST DEATH LIST SINCE THE YEAR OF 1918 33 More Than in 1933; Eight Persons Met Accidental Deaths; Cancer Takes Largest Toll 136 DIED IN PAST 12 MONTHS "Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day, Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass away; Change and decay in all around I see: O Thou Who changest not abide with me! Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine thro' the gloom, and point me to the skies, Heav'n's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee, In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!" The year 1934 closed with one of the highest death records since 1918 when many lives were taken due to the epidemic of influenza that prevailed at that time and lives that were sacrificed at the battle front in France and in foreign hospitals. In the year 1918, one hundred and sixty-two persons died and in 1934 only 26 less or a total of one hundred and thirty-four [sic]. In 1933 the death toll was 103 and in 1932, 119. The year 1931 had the lowest death list in ten years. The months February, March, April May, June, August and November the death rates mounted into big figures, particularly March, April and May, when in those three months forty-nine lives became silent. Sixteen persons died of carcinoma or cancer during the past twelve months. This is a large increase of this dreaded disease over past years. In 1933 only five persons died of this infectious ailment. Heart disease, much of it of the angina pectoris nature, claimed seventeen. This is also an increase over past years. The year 1934 witnessed an unusual large number of accidental deaths or deaths resulting from accidents. Eight persons died in this manner. Thirty-five very sudden deaths occurred. In some instances, people were only ill a few minutes when the summons came and their lives slipped away. In the twelve months, a husband and wife, a mother and daughter, sisters, a mother and son passed into the great beyond. These homes were doubly affected and the sorrow hard to bear. Nine children under the age of one year were taken away. The call reached from the cradle to the golden age of ninety-five years. From the span of seventy to eighty-five years, 42 were called way while from eighty-five to ninety-five, eleven answered the summons. No deaths occurred between the ages of fifteen and twenty years, and only one between one and five years. The following is the list of deaths in the year 1934, with the causes of demise and the ages of those who passed away. January, 1934 January 2. - Louise, daughter of Clyde and Helen Wolford Keith, inanition, aged 3 months. January 9. - Benjamin R. Merritts, arteriosclerosis, aged 80 years. January 17. - Fred Robinson, myocarditis, aged 65 years, 4 months. Sudden. January 17. - Thomas F. Lukehart, carcinoma, aged 78 years, 5 months. January 20. Thomas L. Heberling, carcinoma, aged 71 years, 11 months. January 26. - William T. Young, paralysis, aged 93 years, 4 months. January 27. - Miss Lillie Blanche Bodley Hancock, complications, aged 53 years, 4 months. January 28. - Edward Alvin Ayers, complications, aged 32 years, 10 months. Sudden. January 30. - Mrs. Maggie M. Stewart, paralysis, aged 94 years, 8 months. February, 1934 February 1, Clara Louise, infant daughter of Robert and Bessie May Snyder, complications, aged 7 months. February 5. - Mrs. Elizabeth Templeton Wooden, nervous breakdown, aged 52 years. February 5. - Ralph Kenneth Carson, rheumatic fever, aged 6 years, 10 months. February 7. - Mrs. Sarah Lewis, heart disease, aged 84 years, 4 months. February 7. - Mrs. Nancy A. Woodring, paralysis, aged 85 years, 5 months. February 12. - Mrs. William J. Harris, heart disease, aged 67 years, 11 months. Sudden. February 16. - Mrs. Mary Schell McNelis, arteriosclerosis, aged 77 years, 2 months. February 16. - Angelo Colitto, heart disease, aged 63 years, 6 months. February 22. - John A. Nevling, apoplexy, aged 88 years, 9 months. Sudden. February 25. - Mrs. Mary C. Lane, heart disease, aged 58 years. Sudden. February 28. - Edgar Clayton Poorman, angina pectoris, aged 77 years, 9 months. Sudden. March, 1934 March 2. - Mrs. Marietta Williams, paralysis, aged 67 years, 8 months. March 2. - John B. Watters, heart attack, aged 47 years, 6 months. Sudden. March 4. - Miss Enid T. Diflo, carcinoma, aged 40 years, 2 months. March 4. - Frederick Buck, Jr., tuberculosis, aged 32 years, 11 months. March 6. - S. Newton Sayford, old age, aged 72 years, 7 months. March 7. - Herman G. McElwain, lymphaticus, aged 3 days. March 12. - Thomas Shelton Cisney, angina pectoris, aged 61 years, 7 months. Sudden. March 15. - Mrs. Ada Patterson Aults, carcinoma, aged 74 years, 4 months. March 16. - Joseph Schell, uremic poisoning, aged 73 years, 4 months. March 19. - James Branch, heart disease, aged 58 years. March 20. - John McKinney, old age, aged 79 years. March 23. - Howard Barber, myocarditis, aged 51 years. Sudden. March 23. - Harrison Henry, angina pectoris, aged 73 years, 2 months. Sudden. March 25. - James Allen Calderwood, dysentery, aged 7 days. March 26. - Thomas W. Graffius, heart disease, aged 51 years, 8 months. Sudden. March 27. - Harold Frederick Isenberg, son of Jesse and Mildred Isenberg, pneumonia, aged 5 years, 1 month. Sudden. March 28. - Abe Block, pneumonia, aged 48 years. Sudden. April, 1934. April 1. - Mrs. Effie Irene Peace, complications, aged 38 years. Sudden. April 4. - Mrs. Henry H. Bryan, old age, aged 83 years, 10 months. April 5. - James Harold Lucas, sinus disease, aged 39 years. Sudden. April 10. - Ezra Z. Sullivan, guest at M. E. Home, old age, aged 83 years, 3 months. April 14. - Lawrence W. Ammerman, gastro enteritis, aged 83 years. April 16. - Mrs. Harry Lego, complications, aged 54 years, 9 months. April 17. - Jacob W. Etters, gall stones, aged 52 years, 11 months. April 17. - Mrs. Emma E. Fleck, wife of Rev. L. N. Fleck, complications, aged 70 years, 10 months. April 18. - Charles Brewster Snyder, gall stones, aged 58 years, 7 months. April 19. - Harry Lee Camp, carcinoma, aged 61 years, 6 months. April 26. - Harry S. Bollinger, gall stones, aged 37 years, 10 months. April 27. - Charles B. Richards, cancer, aged 77 years, 2 months. April 29. - Mrs. Edwin Wesner, nephritis, aged 55 years, 7 months. April 29. - Samuel S. Brenner, myocarditis, aged 84 years. April 29. - Mrs. William G. Westley, diabetes, aged 61 years, 8 months. April 30. - Mrs. Laura K. Wooden, diabetes, aged 75 years, 9 months. May, 1934 May 8. - Samuel Clarence Templeton, cancer, aged 59 years, 6 months. May 8. - Anna Belle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Van Allman, pneumonia, aged 12 years. May 12. - Mrs. Milton Updike, carcinoma, aged 37 years, 11 months. May 13. - Mrs. Annie E. Reader, old age, aged 73 years, 4 months. May 13. - Charles H. Sanson, heart disease, aged 69 years, 5 months. Sudden. May 13. - Mrs. William O. Bowser, cerebral hemorrhages, aged 45 years, 5 months. May 15. - Mrs. Harry R. White, heart disease, aged 59 years, 8 months. May 15. - Randolph Ken McDonald, apoplexy, aged 75 years, 7 months. Sudden. May 18. - Mrs. Catherine Hand, old age, aged 86 years. May 18. - Mrs. Charles E. Philips, peritonitis, aged 53 years, 9 months. May 19. - Hubert G. Schneider, uremic poisoning, aged 53 years. Sudden. May 22. - Miss Kathleen McLanahan, carcinoma, aged 25 years, 11 months. May 23. - Richard Allen infant son of Boyd and Inez Woomer Reeder, intestinal trouble, aged 11 months. May 25. - Clifford O. Spotts, Bright's disease, aged 51 years, 2 months. May 26. - Charles Wilson, apoplexy, aged 50 years, 4 months. Sudden. May 29. - Mrs. Annie Beck Merryman, paralysis, aged 74 years, 7 months. June, 1934 June 5. - Miss Margaret Singler, complications following operations, aged 27 years. Sudden. June 6. - John Sickler Gillam, endo-carditis, aged 10 years, 6 months. June 8. - Mrs. Alice Virginia King, tuberculosis, aged 61 years, 9 months. June 10. - Miss Cleo Clemens, accident, aged 25 years. Sudden. June 14. - John Westley Hadden, cerebral hemorrhages, aged 64 years. June 16. - Walter Piper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Piper, accident, aged 9 years. Sudden. June 18. - Van Buren Henninger, accident, aged 27 years. Sudden. June 22. - Earl M. Carson, diabetes, aged 44 years. Sudden. June 22. - Thomas Potaris, asthma, aged 44 years. Sudden. June 24. - James C. Hardy, angina pectoris, aged 59 years, 6 months. June 29. - Martha Lee, infant daughter of Budd and Martha Sprankle Wills, inanition, aged 19 days. July, 1934 July 6. - Miss Sarah McCloskey, old age, aged 76 years, 2 months. July 8. - Mrs. Benjamin Walk, heart disease, aged 46 years, 11 months. Sudden. July 10. - Lewis Colobine, paralysis, aged 72 years. Sudden. July 14. - Thomas E. Brenner, pneumonia, aged 52 years, 8 months. Sudden. July 25. - Carl Gilbert Hand, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hand, lockjaw, aged 11 years, 9 months. Sudden. July 27. - Mrs. Rose Emma Cowher, carcinoma, aged 64 years, 5 months. July 28. - Mrs. Martha McClain White, apoplexy, aged 81 years, 9 months. July 29. - Mrs. John B. List, dropsy, aged 44 years, 3 months. August, 1934 August 2. - Mrs. Catherine Louise Johnston, arteriosclerosis, aged 86 years, 11 months. August 5. - Mrs. Albert F. Henry, heart disease, aged 35 years, 11 months. August 6. - Mrs. Mary Anna Albright, arteriosclerosis, aged 91 years. August 8. - Mrs. Eliza Jane Cupp, old age, aged 87 years. August 10. - Mrs. John C. Harris, heart disease, aged 54 years, 4 months. August 11. - Brooks W. Varner, apoplexy, aged 54 years, 4 months. Sudden. August 14. - Mrs. Mary Martha Stewart, arteriosclerosis, aged 74 years, 1 month. August 14. - Mrs. Mary Wike Courson, complication, aged 44 years. August 14. - Ella Capman Goss, anemia, aged 78 years. August 17. - William Cassidy Snyder, accident, aged 74 years, 3 months. Sudden. August 19. - John LeRoy Simler, accident, carbon monoxide gas, aged 29 years, 10 months. Sudden. August 21. - Mrs. George H. Ehrisman, heart disease, aged 66 years, 11 months. Sudden. August 24. - Edward J. Shirk, accident, aged 77 years, 11 months. Sudden. August 26. - Angeline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Scordo, inanition, aged 6 days. August 30. - Henry Bonsell, apoplexy, aged 74 years, 6 months. September, 1934 September 1. - David Porter, son of Jesse E. and F. Velma Troxell Williams, inanition, aged 11 days. September 1. - William Andrew Lytle, coronary thrombosis, aged 43 years, 11 months. September 3. - Cyrus Daniel Grove, arteriosclerosis, aged 63 years. September 9. - Mrs. Isabelle Dewey, epilepsy, aged 76 years, 8 months. September 12. - Mrs. Ida M. Goheen, Bright's disease, aged 74 years. September 15. - Wilson W. "Peg" Snyder, cancer, aged 75 years. September 17. - Bobbie Miller, son of Dallas and Meldie Miller, accident, aged 3 years. September 20. - Jennie Daugherty, influenza, aged 87 years. September 23. - Harvey Harmon, Bright's disease, aged 25 years. October, 1934 October 6. - Mrs. Harry C. Harris, apoplexy, aged 61 years. October 13. - Mrs. Clara Righter Seibert, cancer, aged 73 years, 8 months. October 16. - Ira F. Nearhoof, carcinoma, aged 54 years. October 27. - Mrs. Sarah Ream, rheumatism, aged 93 years. November, 1934 November 3, Lemuel Hand, apoplexy, aged 66 years, 4 months. Sudden. November 6. - George H. Ehrisman, hemorrhages, aged 75 years. Sudden. November 10. - Edwin N. Blackburn, carcinoma, aged 75 years. November 10. - Mrs. Ida May Thompson, cerebral hemorrhages, aged 55 years. November 15. - Mrs. Sarah Hazzard, old age, 83 years. November 18. - Mrs. Bertha Lane, heart disease, aged 65 years. Sudden. November 23. - Miss Mary Jane Wise, accident, aged 83 years. November 24. - Henry Leonard, heart disease, aged 66 years. November 26. - Maurice Cox, heart disease, aged 75 years. November 28. - Mrs. Elizabeth Wade, myocarditis, aged 89 years. November 28. - Evelyn Louise, daughter of Daniel and Agnes Webb Thomas, heart disease, aged 6 months and 24 days. November 29. - Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Hull, heart disease, aged 76 years. December, 1934 December 4. - Miss Ini Rachel Smith, pneumonia, aged 67 years, 4 months. December 9. - George Reeder, coronary thrombosis, aged 74 years. Sudden. December 13. - John Andrew Lehner, angina pectoris, aged 61 years, 6 months. Sudden. December 13. - Miss Lenora May Copenhaver, Bright's disease, aged 64 years, 7 months. December 14. - Aaron Watson, arteriosclerosis, aged 83 years, 10 months. December 20. - John D. Delozier, carcinoma, aged 72 years, 11 months. December 24. - Mrs. John A. Copenhaver, coronary occlusion, aged 65 years, 6 months. December 25. - Mrs. Nevin Shaw, cancer, aged 58 years. Deaths in Snyder Township January 1. - Sally Ann McFarland, convulsions, aged 4 months. January 12. - Harriet J. Barrett, myocarditis, aged 50 years. January 21. - Dysart Powell Fagley, nephritis, aged 82 years. February 4. - Elizabeth H. VanCleve, uremia, aged 85 years. February 12. - Jeanette Cromer Rutherford, myocarditis, aged 52 years. February 20. - Paul Wilmer Nearhoof, heart disease, aged 37 years. March 16. - Margaret Weaver, tuberculosis, aged 23 years. March 21. - Robert S. Hildebrand, coronary occlusion, aged 71 years. March 21. - Henry Calvin Daugherty, myocarditis, aged 79 years. March 23. - Archibald Snyder, myocarditis, aged 77 years. March 25. - Mary Conaghan, nephritis, aged 77 years. March 26. - John Henry Kyle, pneumonia, aged 68 years. May 3. - Alice Jean Miller, ileo colitis, aged 8 months. May 16. - Susanna Dixon, heart disease, aged 72 years. July 6. - Margaret Shingler, heart failure, aged 69 years. August 12. - Cordelia Ann Thompson, gangrene, aged 86 years. October 20. - Laura Paul Etters, heart disease, aged 14 years. November 21. - Erastus Franklin Irvin, myocarditis, aged 68 years. November 25. - James McClellan, angina pectoris, aged 83 years. November 28. - William R. Dixon, cardiac dilation, aged 51 years. November 30. - Laura Jane Parks, heart disease, aged 76 years. December 9. - John P. Hagg, Sr., hernia, aged 67 years. December 27. - Mrs. Elizabeth Schaul, old age, aged 92 years. Tyrone Township February 25. - Annie Hostler Briggs, myocarditis, aged 71 years. May 4. - Charles Albert Robeson, myocarditis, aged 70 years. November 12. - Florence Ellen Curtis, nephritis, aged 39 years. December 11. - Annie R. Dickson, heart disease, aged 78 years. Deaths by Months January - 9 February - 11 March - 17 April - 16 May - 16 June - 11 July - 8 August - 15 September - 9 October - 4 November - 12 December - 8 Ranges of Ages Less than a year - 9 Between 1 and 5 - 1 Between 5 and 10 - 3 Between 10 and 15 - 3 Between 15 and 20 - 0 Between 20 and 25 - 2 Between 25 and 30 - 4 Between 30 and 35 - 2 Between 35 and 40 - 5 Between 40 and 45 - 5 Between 45 and 50 - 5 Between 50 and 55 - 12 Between 55 and 60 - 11 Between 60 and 65 - 12 Between 65 and 70 - 9 Between 70 and 75 - 16 Between 75 and 80 - 10 Between 80 and 85 - 10 Between 85 and 90 - 7 Between 90 and 95 - 4 Between 85 and 100 - 0 Total - 136 Causes of Death Inanition 4, arteriosclerosis 7, myocarditis 4, carcinoma 11, paralysis 6, complications 9, nervous breakdown 1, rheumatic fever 1, heart disease 17, apoplexy 8, angina pectoris 5, tuberculosis 2, old age 10, lymphaticus 1, uremic poisoning 2, dysentery 1, pneumonia 5, sinus 1, gall stones 3, cancer 5, nephritis 1, diabetes 3, cerebral hemorrhages 4, peritonitis 1, intestinal trouble 1, Bright's disease 4, endo- carditis 1; accident 8, asthma 1, lock-jaw 1, dropsy 1, anemia 1, coronary thrombosis 2, epilepsy 1, influenza 1, rheumatism 1, coronary occlusion 1. Total 136. Deaths in Last 25 Years Deaths in 1934 - 136 Deaths in 1933 - 103 Deaths in 1932 - 119 Deaths in 1931 - 98 Deaths in 1930 - 116 Deaths in 1929 - 121 Deaths in 1928 - 129 Deaths in 1927 - 133 Deaths in 1926 - 119 Deaths in 1925 - 104 Deaths in 1924 - 110 Deaths in 1923 - 106 Deaths in 1922 - 116 Deaths in 1921 - 98 Deaths in 1920 - 134 Deaths in 1919 - 116 Deaths in 1918 - 162 Deaths in 1917 - 108 Deaths in 1916 - 97 Deaths in 1915 - 97 Deaths in 1914 - 90 Deaths in 1913 - 101 Deaths in 1912 - 105 Deaths in 1911 - 81 Deaths in 1910 - 91 Deaths in 1909 - 81