OBIT: Theodore R. HIXSON, 1970, Mount Union, Huntingdon County, PA

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THEODORE R. HIXSON

Of 41 E. Shirley St., Mount Union, died at 9:15 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, 
1970, in Altoona Hospital, where he was admitted Thursday after a brief 
illness. He was born at Crystal Springs Nov. 21, 1901, a son of Frank 
and Alice (Bottomfield) Hixson, and was twice married; first Jan. 7, 
1920, to Audrey M. Kline, who died in 1958, then Oct. 28, 1959, to Emma 
Grace Campbell Shope. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Melvin 
Glaeser of Baltimore, Md.; two grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. 
Blanch Ramsey of Levittown, and Mrs. Floris Yundt of Lakemont. He was 
an active member of the First United Methodist Church in Mount Union, 
serving on the administration board, as secretary-treasurer of 
trustees, chairman of the pastoral relations committee and in the 
Methodist Men's Association. Mr. Hixson was a charter member and past 
president of the Huntingdon Lions Club, member of Mount Moriah Lodge, 
F&AM, Standing Stone Royal Arch Chapter, Huntingdon KT, and Harrisburg 
Consistory. He moved to Huntingdon in 1930 and conducted the Hixson 
stationary store there until retirement in 1960, moving to Mount Union 
in 1958. Friends will be received in the Clark Funeral Home, Mount 
Union, after 7 p.m. today.

Altoona Mirror, August 10, 1970