OBIT: Altha FISHER, 1932, Acosta, Somerset County, PA

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ALTHA FISHER

  Altha Fisher, aged 45, a well-known farmer residing at Acosta, died in 
Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, at 12:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, following a 
short illness of typhoid fever.  He had been a patient in the hospital about a 
week and was the second member of the family to succumb to typhoid fever 
recently, a child having died of the same disease about a month ago.
  He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Benjamin Fisher of Acosta, and his wife, 
Mrs. Mary Ogline Fisher, and the following children:  Mrs. Ray Putman of Acosta; 
and Clyde, Earl and Luther Fisher, all at home.  His father, the late Benjamin 
Fisher, died about a year and a half ago.
  Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Sipesville 
Church of the Brethren in charge of Rev. Dr. A. W. Hayes, pastor of the Somerset 
Presbyterian Church, assisted by Rev. Newton Cosner, pastor of the Sipesville 
Church of the Brethren.  Interment in the church cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, January 14, 1932