OBIT: Warren F. McDOWELL, 1963, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Illness Fatal [photo]
W. F. McDowell Dies Following Brief Illness

  Warren F. McDowell of 818 Rosehill Drive, retired gang foreman of the 
Juniata E. and M. shop, died at 7:10 a.m. today in Mercy Hospital after 
a brief illness.  He was born in Altoona Dec. 16, 1879, a son of Barr 
and Sarah (Runyeon) McDowell, and was married to Dessa Robeson Aug. 14, 
1902, in the First United Brethren Church. The couple celebrated their 
60th wedding anniversary in 1962.  Mr. McDowell was a member of Bethany 
Lutheran Church and the Junior Order United American Mechanics.  He 
retired from the P.R.R. in 1939 after 41 years of service.  Surviving 
are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. William Stroup of Corning, N.Y. and 
Mrs. W. Paul Buchanan of Altoona; three grandchildren, five great-
grandchildren....

Additional Comments:
The rest of the obituary is cut off on the photocopy I have.  A full 
copy of the obituary can be ordered from the Altoona Library or Blair 
County Genealogical Society.  

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., January 19, 1963

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