OBIT: Charlotte (COUPERTHWAITE) FORSYTHE, 1917, Portage, Cambria County, PA

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Altoona Tribune
Altoona, Pa.
Tuesday Morning, February 13, 1917

MRS. CHARLOTTE FORSYTHE.

  Mrs. Charlotte Forsythe, wife of Thomas Forsythe, of Portage, died at 
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert F. Monteith, of Cresson, Sunday 
morning, following an attack of heart trouble.  She was stricken while 
working at the kitchen sink and died before medical aid reached her.  
Mrs. Forsythe was born in Scotland, fifty-six years ago and was the 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Couperthwaite.  She located at Snow Shoe, 
Pa., with her parents.  She is survived by her husband, one of the best 
known coal operators in Cambria county; and these children: Mrs. George 
Crum, of Washington avenue, this city; Mrs. Edward Brown, Boardman; 
Mrs. Monteith, Cresson; Mrs. W. G. Plummer, Boardman; Attorney John C. 
Forsythe, Clearfield; Mrs. Edward Howe, Windber; Mrs. J. M. Morran, 
Annetta, Pa., and Fred and Alma Forsythe, both at home.  Funeral 
services will be held this evening at the Monteith home and tomorrow 
the body will be taken to Houtzdale, Clearfield county, where burial 
will follow at Brisbin cemetery tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.