OBIT: Josephine (MORRISEY) STEEL, 1924, Warriors Mark, Huntingdon County, PA

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CONDITION IS SERIOUS

  Unconscious for five days following the automobile accident on the 
Tyrone highway on Saturday morning, Mrs. Josephine Steel, aged 58, of 
Warriors Mark, remains in a critical condition at the Altoona hospital, 
but little hopes being held for her recovery. Her condition today is 
reported as weaker. Members of the family have been at the bedside 
since her removal to the hospital. Mrs. Steel was injured in jumping 
from a runaway automobile.

CONDITION IS SERIOUS.

  Mrs. Josephine Steele, aged 58, of Warriors Mark, who suffered a 
fractured skull in an automobile accident last Saturday, still remains 
in an unconscious condition at the Altoona hospital. She is gradually 
growing weaker with little hopes held out for her recovery. The family 
is at the bedside.

JUMP FROM AUTO FATAL TO WOMAN

  Mrs. Josephine Steel, aged 58, residing near Warriors Mark, died at 
9.15 o'clock this morning at the Altoona hospital of a fractured skull 
suffered shortly before noon Saturday, Oct. 18, when she jumped from a 
runaway automobile.
  Mrs. Steel, rendered unconscious in the accident, failed to regain 
consciousness at the hospital, being in a state of come for six days. 
Relatives were at the bedside continuously.
  Mrs. Steel was returning to her home on Saturday morning accompanying 
her grandson, James McCoy, who drove the automobile. As the car was 
descending the Shoenberger hill, three miles below Tyrone, the rear 
axle of the machine broke and the car ran away down the grade.
  The grandson steered the machine to the side of the hill and into the 
bank, Mrs. Steel jumping from the machine. She suffered a skull 
fracture, fracture of several ribs and fracture of the left arm. Her 
skull was badly crushed.
  Mrs. Steel resided at the McCoy home at Warriors Mark. The remains 
were prepared for burial by Funeral Director S. P. Hickey and sent to 
Warriors Mark this afternoon.

Altoona Mirror, October 22-24, 1924

FUNERAL AT EDEN HILL.
Remains of Woman Killed in Auto Accident, Removed to Home.

  Mrs. Josephine Steel, who died at the Altoona hospital yesterday as 
a result of injuries suffered in the automobile accident last Saturday 
near Tyrone, will be buried from the McCoy home at Eden Hill, near 
Warriors Mark, at a time to be announced later.
  Mrs. Steel was aged 63 years, being a daughter of William and 
Rebecca Morrisey.  She was born in Ohio.  She was married 43 years ago 
to Samuel Steel.  The husband and the following sons and daughters 
survive: William, Warriors Mark valley; Mrs. Louis Myers, Tyrone; Mrs. 
A. L. Shoffe, Ellsworth; George and Lloyd of Warriors Mark valley.  One 
daughter, Sarah, preceded the mother to the grave.  Four grandchildren, 
James E. McCoy, Lillian M. Rhodes, Eva M. Steele of Warriors Mark 
valley and Mrs. Samuel Mo*zer of Altoona also survive.  The following 
brothers, sisters and half brothers and sisters survive: Ellsworth 
Morrisey, Mrs. Henry Wills, Mrs. W. M. Wills, Mark Miller, Mrs. Harry 
Miller and Wayne Miller, all of Tyrone.  Mrs. Steel was a Dunkard by 
faith.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., October 24, 1924

Additional Comments:
Transcriber's note: "Mo*zer" could be Moizer or Molzer. Poor photocopy 
quality.

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