OBIT: David D. VAN VALZAH, 1919, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JRB Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ _________________________________________ DEATH AT LEWISTOWN. Colonel David D. Van Valzah of Lewistown, aged 80, a veteran of the Civil war, was buried there yesterday, solemn requiem high mass being celebrated by the Rev. Father J. H. Melchoir of Centralia. Colonel Van Valzah was also a veteran of the Spanish-American war. While in the Civil war his only injury was that of the left thumb in the battle of Gettysburg. Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, April 26, 1919