OBIT: George W. LUTHER, 1956, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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GEORGE W. LUTHER

Of 1006 Eighth avenue, died at 4.30 o'clock this morning in the Altoona 
hospital where he was admitted last Sunday after an extended illness. 
He was born at Carrolltown April 13, 1891, a son of Thomas and Walburga 
(Eger) Luther, and retired as a carpenter in the Altoona works planing 
mill in March of last year after 30 years of service. Surviving are his 
wife, Mrs. Effie (Smith) Luther; the following children: Mrs. George 
Keen of Pleasant Hill, Calif., Mrs. William Reidy of Syracuse, N.Y., 
Miss Louise of Philadelphia, Mrs. Carl Ford and Joseph of 
Hollidaysburg, three step-children, Mrs. Helen Garner of Altoona, Mrs. 
Hazel Mallon of Elk Ridge, Md., and Kenneth Shaw of Roaring Spring; 10 
grandchildren, one great-grandchild and two sisters, Mrs. Stella Crock 
of Pittsburgh and Mrs. Catherine Freidhof of Cresson. Mr. Luther was of 
the Catholic faith. Friends will be received at the N. A. Stevens 
mortuary after 7 o'clock tomorrow evening.

Altoona Mirror, Saturday, 17 March 1956, p. 22, col. 1