Huntingdon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Hutchison, Mary Ellen Piper October 27, 1911
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Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania. Saturday, October 28, 1911; p2.

Automobile Victim Dies.
Mrs. G. R. Hutchison, One of Three Injured When Machine Turns Turtle, Succumbs.


Death last evening claimed Mrs. Mary Ellen Hutchison, of Alexandria, one of the
 victims of the automobile that turned turtle about two miles from Claysburg on
 Sunday night, September 17. She passed away at the Altoona hospital last evening 
at 7 o'clock of basilar 
meningitis, following a fracture at the base of the skull, sustained when she
 was hurled out of the machine with three other occupants,
 one of whom, Mrs. W. E. Kenega, wife of the manager of the Federal Refractories
 Company of Alexandria, still lies in the Altoona hospital suffering from serious 
injuries as a result of the accident. Mrs. Kenega is slowly improving and, it is 
hoped, will recover.
The automobile that figured in the accident contained five persons – J. L. Reed,
of Huntingdon, the driver; Mrs. and Mrs. W. E. Kenega and Mrs. and Mrs. G. E.
[sic R.] Hutchison, all of Alexandria. The machine was owned by Mr. Kenega. The 
party had been out for an evening spin and everything went well until 9:30 o'clock, when the machine
 struck the sharp curve about two miles north of Claysburg
 and, after skidding, turned turtle, the accident being caused by some unknown
reason. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison were both seriously
 hurt, but it was not known at first how really serious Mrs. Hutchison's injuries 
were. Mrs. Kenega also was badly hurt, but Mr. Kenega and Mr. Reed escaped. It 
was several hours before the injured persons could be brought to the Altoona
 hospital.
 At first it was hoped to be able to save Mrs. Hutchison's life but in the course
 of time basilar meningitis set in as a result of the fractured skull and this
 disease killed her.
 
Mrs. Mary Ellen Hutchison was the wife of George R. Hutchison, a meat dealer of
Alexandria. She was the daughter of Joseph and Julia Piper and was born at
 Alexandria on September 10, 1864, and had lived in that town all her life with
 the exception of four
 years spent in Nebraska. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and 
was held in high esteem. Her husband 
and the following three children survive: Fred, a student in Columbia University; Julian and Mary, both at home. Four brothers –
Philip, of Altoona; Emery, of Tyrone, George and Edward, of Alexandria –
together with one sister, Miss Anna Piper, and
 the deceased's mother, Mrs. Julia Piper, both of Alexandria, also survive. The
 remains will be taken to the late home on the 
10:45 train this morning and funeral services will be held in the home on Monday 
afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made in the Presbyterian Cemetery.



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