OBIT: Emma TORRENS, 1917, of interest in Blair County, PA

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MISS EMMA TORRENS.

  Miss Emma Torrens, well known in this city and a sister of James 
Torrens, of 420 Fifth avenue, died at her home in Philadelphia, 
yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, after several days' illness from 
pleuro-pneumonia.  She is survived by two brothers, James of this city; 
William, of Washington, D.C., and these sisters: Mary Morgan, of 
Palmyra, N.Y., and Elizabeth, of Philadelphia.  She was a devout 
Christian woman, and a member of the Presbyterian church.  Mr. Torrens 
and his daughter, Miss Nellie, leave this morning for the east, where 
they will attend the funeral services to be held Saturday.

Altoona Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Friday morning, February 23, 1917