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Emma Jane <I>Brubaker</I> Selwitz

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Emma Jane Brubaker Selwitz

Birth
Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Feb 1940 (aged 74)
Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Duncansville, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot
KOON 1, Row B, lot 14, 2. ~~ wife of Christian Selwitz
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Mrs. Emma J. Selwitz, widow of Christian Selwitz, died this morning at 3 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Biser, along the Sixth avenue road one mile north of Duncansville. She had been in failing health for the past five weeks. Mrs. Selwitz was the youngest of a family of fourteen children of Ephraim and Lydia Brubaker and was born in Carson valley on Nov. 14, 1865, and resided in that vicinity all her life. She was united in marriage with Christian Selwitz on Jan 10, 1884. He preceded her in death on June 7, 1939.

Surviving are one son and three daughters, Albert Selwitz of Duncansville, Mrs. Flora Davis of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Grace Keckler of Cleveland, O., and Mrs. Rhoda Biser of Duncansville, R. D., and ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her only surviving brother is Jacob Brubaker of Carson valley.

She was a member of the Duncansville Lutheran church.

The body will be taken to her home along Sixth avenue road where friends may call after noon tomorrow.Interment in Carson Valley Cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, PA, Monday Evening, February 2, 1940, page 13, column 2.
Mrs. Emma J. Selwitz, widow of Christian Selwitz, died this morning at 3 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Biser, along the Sixth avenue road one mile north of Duncansville. She had been in failing health for the past five weeks. Mrs. Selwitz was the youngest of a family of fourteen children of Ephraim and Lydia Brubaker and was born in Carson valley on Nov. 14, 1865, and resided in that vicinity all her life. She was united in marriage with Christian Selwitz on Jan 10, 1884. He preceded her in death on June 7, 1939.

Surviving are one son and three daughters, Albert Selwitz of Duncansville, Mrs. Flora Davis of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Grace Keckler of Cleveland, O., and Mrs. Rhoda Biser of Duncansville, R. D., and ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her only surviving brother is Jacob Brubaker of Carson valley.

She was a member of the Duncansville Lutheran church.

The body will be taken to her home along Sixth avenue road where friends may call after noon tomorrow.Interment in Carson Valley Cemetery.

Altoona Mirror, Altoona, PA, Monday Evening, February 2, 1940, page 13, column 2.

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  • Maintained by: Sky
  • Originally Created by: jbowers
  • Added: Jul 27, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28558146/emma_jane-selwitz: accessed ), memorial page for Emma Jane Brubaker Selwitz (14 Nov 1865–5 Feb 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28558146, citing Carson Valley Cemetery, Duncansville, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Sky (contributor 47004249).