OBIT: Harry HARPSTER, 1919, Petersburg, Huntingdon County, PA

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HARRY HARPSTER DROWNED

  Harry Harpster, a boy 16 to 18 years met death by drowning at Petersburg on 
Sunday forenoon.  He was crossing the river opposite the depot in a leaky boat, 
when someone saw him waving his arms for help.  When help arrived he had gone 
down for the last time.  His body was found about 11 o'clock, within two hours 
after the accident.  The boy, it was said, was on an errand to the Wilson farm 
on the opposite side of the river.  He was a son of Frank Harpster, of the town 
of Petersburg, and was an excellent boy.  He was a member of the Lutheran 
church and of J. Elmer Young's class in the Sunday school.  He also belonged to 
the Boy Scouts.  The funeral will be held on Wednesday, services in the 
Lutheran church by the pastor, Rev. A. F. Richardson, with interment at 
Petersburg.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday, February 11, 1919, page 11