OBIT: Orpha B. (NICEWONGER) SWEENEY, 1957, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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ORPHA BLANCHE SWEENEY

Of 106 South Ninth street, died at 11.45 o'clock last night. She was 
born at Roaring Spring Oct. 4, 1871, a daughter of Theophilus and Sarah 
(Hoover) Nicewonger. She was a member of the First Lutheran church. 
Surviving are her husband, Stewart S. Sweeney, and five sisters, Mrs. 
Maude C. Coombe of Trenton, N.J., Mrs. Ollie Stiles of Miami, Fla., 
Mrs. Cora V. Hiester, Mrs. Carrie Miller and Mrs. Elsie Brown, all of 
Altoona, and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends will be received 
at Hickey funeral home after 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Obituary Collection, vol. 
2, p. 44 (1957)
[pencil date "11-19-57", which was the date of publication in the 
Altoona Mirror; coupled with the phrase "died at 11.45 o'clock last 
night" we calculated the death date to have been 18 November 1957 - 
ed.]