OBIT: Francis J. LEARY, 1918, native of Huntingdon County, PA

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LEARY

  Francis J. Leary died at the home of his father, Jerome Leary, at 
Duley, Pa., yesterday morning at 6 o'clock.  The young man had been 
located in Altoona for the past three years, being employed in the 
Pennsy blacksmith shop at Fourteenth street and boarding at 1427 
Twelfth avenue.  The young man went to Dudley Thursday night and the 
following day was taken seriously ill.  Pneumonia developed and it was 
this that caused his death.  He was aged 29 years.  Besides his father 
he is survived by a sister, Mary A. Leary, and a brother, Jerome, jr., 
both of Dudley, and two other brothers, John Leary of 2409 Fourth 
avenue and Edward Leary, who is in the United States aviation, being 
located at Vancouver, Wash.  The deceased was a member of the Knights 
of St. George, the Knights of Columbus and the Young Men's Institute 
and worshipped at St. John's church in this city.  For several seasons 
he played baseball with both the Y.M.I. and the General Office of the 
Pennsy league teams.  He was one of the city's best pitchers.  The 
funeral will be held at Dudley.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, April 2, 1918

FUNERAL NOTICE

  The funeral of Francis J. Leary will be held at Dudley, Pa., on 
Thursday morning at 9 o'clock.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday Morning, April 3, 1918