OBIT:  NELSON, Emma (Leap); 1907; Portage, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 2 Aug 1907
Volume 41, Number 31

Mrs. Paul Nelson Dead 
Wife of Portage Hotelkeeper Expired Sunday

Mrs. Nelson, wife of Paul Nelson, proprietor of the 
American House at Portage, died Sunday evening at 7 o'clock 
of a complication of ailments.  She was twenty-seven years 
of age last January.  Mrs. Nelson's maiden name was Emma 
Leap and she was a daughter of Martin Leap of Cassandra.  
Besides her father and husband, she is survived by four 
children: Ralph, Paul, Arnold and a seven-month old baby.  
Three brothers and five sisters also survive.

Funeral services were held over her remains at 9 o'clock 
Wednesday morning in St. Joseph's Catholic Church, the Rev. 
Father Egan officiating and burial followed in the cemetery 
at Lilly.