OBIT: Catharine (COWAN) SHIFFLER, 1916, Martinsburg, Blair County, PA

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Martinsburg
Mrs. G. R. Shiffler.

  The funeral of Mrs. Catharine Shiffler, widow of the late George R. 
Shiffler, took place here Sunday morning at 10.30 when services were 
held in the Church of God of which she was a member.  Interment was 
made in Fairview cemetery.  Mrs. Shiffler was a daughter of John and 
Barbara Hoover Cowan, and was born September 14, 1838, being aged at 
time of death, November 16, 78 years, two months and two days.  Ten 
years ago Mrs. Shiffler was stricken with paralysis, and since that 
time had been an invalid.  Four daughters and one son are living: Annie 
Louisa, Henry and Minnie, all at home, and Mollie, who is employed in 
Brett's store, Altoona.  She is also survived by one sister and two 
brothers: Mrs. Henry D. Smith, of Martinsburg; Edward Cowan, of Roaring 
Spring, and Harry Cowan, of Earling, Iowa.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday Morning, November 24, 1916