OBIT: George B. DUTROW, 1918, South Lakemont, Blair County, PA

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DUTROW.

  George B. Dutrow died yesterday morning at the home of his son 
William A. Dutrow, South Lakemont, at the advanced age of 92 years.  
Death was caused by a complication of diseases incident to old age.  
Mrs. [sic] Dutrow was born in Middletown Valley, Md., and came to 
Altoona in 1872 and has been a resident of this vicinity ever since.  
He was a carpenter and in following his trade helped to construct some 
of the oldest dwellings and other buildings in this city.  His wife 
died in 1900 and two sons survive, William at whose home he died, and 
Jonah C. Dutrow of Altoona.  Eleven grandchildren and eighteen great-
grandchildren also survive.  The deceased saw service in the Civil war.  
He was a member of Company F, First regiment of the Potomac Home 
brigade, a Maryland military organization.  He was one of the charter 
members of the Fourth Lutheran church and belonged to the Knights of 
the Mystic Chair.  The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon, the 
cortege leaving the house at 2 o'clock.  Services will be held at the 
Fourth Lutheran church at 2.30 and interment will be made in Fairview 
cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, April 18, 1918