OBIT: Anne (SELLERS) HALEN, 1899, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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MRS. ANNE HALEN.

  At half-past 5 o'clock Sunday morning Mrs. Anne Halen died at her 
home, 1214 Seventeenth avenue, from a complication of diseases.  She 
had been a sufferer for several years past.  Her maiden name [was] 
Sellers and she was born in Newry in the year 1839.  After her marriage 
to William Halen she, with her husband, became a resident of Sinking 
Valley, living there until three years ago.  Her husband and one 
daughter, Genevieve, preceded her to the grave.  These children 
survive: Mrs. Emma Bailey, of 126 Sixth avenue; Austin, of 1410 Third 
street, and William, Gerald, Kate, Ella and Belle, at home.  Mrs. Halen 
was a sister of James and John Sellers, of Altoona, and a sister-in-law 
of James Cullen, of Spruce Creek.  She was a consistent member of St. 
John's Roman Catholic church, to which her body will be taken at 8.15 
o'clock to-morrow morning and services held.  The cortege will proceed 
to Sinking Valley cemetery, where the interment will be made.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Monday, August 14, 1899