OBIT: Roxanna (DRAKE) BARGER FIGURELLI, 1974, native of Huntingdon County, PA

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ROXANNA FIGURELLI

  Mrs. Roxanna Drake Figurelli of the Valley View Home, Altoona, died 
at 1:55 a.m. this morning Thursday, May 9, 1974 at the Valley View 
Home. She had been in failing health since October, 1973.
  A daughter of Asher and Susan (Heffner) Drake, she was born September 
29, 1883 in Clay Township. Twice married, her first husband was the 
late Wilbur Barger. In 1934, she wed John Figurelli, who passed away in 
1967.
  Mrs. Figurelli was the last surviving member of her immediate family, 
having been preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters, one of 
whom will be remembered as the late Mrs. William (Dora) Shafer of 
Huntingdon. There is one niece, Mrs. Charles Varner of Huntingdon.
  Mrs. Figurelli was of the Protestant faith. For a number of years, 
she was employed as a sales representative for the Barclay Corset 
Company. She had resided in Altoona since 1968.
  Private funeral services will be held at the convenience of the 
family at Brown's funeral home in Huntingdon. Interment will be made in 
the White Chapel Cemetery, Ferndale, Mich. It was the request of the 
family that there be no public viewing or visitation.

The Daily News, Huntingdon and Mount Union, Pa., May 9, 1974, Page 2