OBIT: Mary Jane (HOLLIDAY) KEAN, 1887, Blair County, PA

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Sudden Death of an Estimable Lady.

At half past 4 o'clock on Saturday morning Mrs. Mary Jane Kean, wife
of Charles Kean, died suddenly of heart disease at the residence of
her husband, No. 704 Eleventh avenue.  She was aged 54 years.  Mrs.
Kean had not been in good health for some time but on Friday appeared
much better, did her usual house-work and retired at a comparatively
early hour hoping to get a night's rest, having lost sleep lately
owing to the illness of a daughter whom she had been tending.  About
the hour mentioned she awoke feeling very ill, got up, passed into
another room in the hope of receiving relief but fell prone to the
floor, and before her husband could get to her side, he having been
called by his daughter, the vital spark had fled.

Mrs. Kean, whose maiden name was Holliday, was born near
Hollidaysburg.  She was married November 3, 1853, and for eleven years
past had resided in this city, her husband being an employe of the
glue room of the lower shops.  The deceased was a member of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, a devoted wife and loving mother and a
lady who, by her excellent qualities of heart and mind, had endeared
herself to a large circle of acquaintances.  Besides her husband, the
deceased leaves four daughters, viz: Anna D., wife of F. H. Russ, and
Mary H., wife of Andrew F. Stone, of Hollidaysburg; Miss Jennie, who
is teaching school in Tyrone, and Miss Ella, who resides at home.  One
brother, William Holliday, resides in this city, and a sister in Iowa.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., March 24, 1887