OBIT: Samuel Walter CREE, 1918, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

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SAMUEL WALTER CREE

  Samuel Walter Cree, of 1310 Mifflin street, died in the Blair 
Memorial hospital on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 5:45 p.m., from the effects 
of Spanish influenza and pneumonia.  Deceased was the son of Jonathan 
Elliott and Mary Cree, (both deceased), and was born in Huntingdon on 
July 1, 1889; being aged at the time of death 29 years, 3 months and 18 
days.  He was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Rupert, a daughter of 
Harry Rupert, deceased, and Mrs. Maude Rupert.  They have resided in 
Huntingdon all their lives.  Mr. Cree was an industrious and highly 
respected young man.  He is survived by his wife, two daughters and one 
son, as follows: Hazel, aged 8 years; Clair, aged 6 years, and Ethel, 
aged about 18 months.  He is also survived by the following brothers 
and sisters: Mrs. Thomas Decker, of Huntingdon; Harry Cree, of South 
Huntingdon; Mrs. Annita, wife of Al Fetterhoff, of Harrisburg; Mrs. 
Rhola, wife of Carl Vanlerwell; Charles, Cloyd and Arthur Cree, of 
Kalamazoo, Mich., John and William Cree, both of Hollidaysburg, and 
Jesse Cree, of Tyrone.  The funeral service, which was private, was 
conducted on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 by the Rev. L. M. Brady, pastor 
of the Fifteenth Street Methodist Episcopal church, with interment in 
Riverview cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Thursday Morning, October 24, 1918