Although her name is spelled "Frostie" on her death certificate and obituary, she spelled her own name "Frosty" on the inner cover of her bible.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
Place of Death: Blair Co. Borough of Roaring Spring
Full Name: FROSTIE BURNS REFFNER
Sex: F
Color: W
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov. 1, 1889
Age: 33 yrs, 9 mos, 27 days
Occupation: House Wife
Birthplace: Penna.
Name of Father: Do not know
Birthplace of Father: [blank]
Maiden Name of Mother: Nancy Burns
Birthplace of Mother: Penna.
Informant: Mrs. Nancy Helsel, Roaring Spring, Pa.
Date of Death: August 29, 1923
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Place of Burial: Roaring Spring, Pa., Sept. 1, 1923
Undertaker: Grant Hite, Roaring Spring, Pa.
[Note: Frosty's own mother, Nancy Ellen (Burns) Helsel, was the informant for her daughter's death certificate. She did not want to publicize the name of Frosty's father, even on her death certificate.]
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Altoona, PA: Altoona Mirror, issue of 30 August 1923, p. 20, column 1
MRS. FROSTIE IRENE REFFNER,
Wife of Michael Emory Reffner of 430 East Main street, Roaring Spring, died at the Nason hospital last evening at 5.55 o'clock. Death was caused by typhoid fever and followed a serious illness of less than a week. Mrs. Reffner complained of feeling ill for two weeks but did not become serious until last week following her return from Everett, where she attended a funeral of a relative. On Sunday evening she became unconscious and delirious and remained in this state until death ensued last evening. She was removed to the Nason hospital on Tuesday afternoon and while everything possible was done for her, she was beyond human aid. The sudden death of Mrs. Reffner was a distinct shock to her many friends in the borough, many of these not knowing of her serious illness. She was born on Nov. 1, 1889, at Roaring Spring and is a daughter of Mrs. Nancy Helsel of 901 Roosevelt avenue. She resided in the borough her entire life and eight years ago was married to Mr. Reffner, a Taylor township young man. They began housekeeping in the borough, Mr. Reffner being employed in the Pennsy shops at Altoona. She is survived by her husband and mother and four small children, Remis, Otha, Eugene and Elloise, all at home. Three sisters also survive, as follows: Mrs. Katie Marsden and Mrs. Vallerree Claar, both of Roaring Spring; and Mrs. Etta McGee of Hollidaysburg. She was a member of the Methodist church of Roaring Spring for many years and was also affiliated with the Winona Lodge of Rebekahs and Patriotic Order of America Camp No. 236.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
Place of Death: Blair Co. Borough of Roaring Spring
Full Name: FROSTIE BURNS REFFNER
Sex: F
Color: W
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov. 1, 1889
Age: 33 yrs, 9 mos, 27 days
Occupation: House Wife
Birthplace: Penna.
Name of Father: Do not know
Birthplace of Father: [blank]
Maiden Name of Mother: Nancy Burns
Birthplace of Mother: Penna.
Informant: Mrs. Nancy Helsel, Roaring Spring, Pa.
Date of Death: August 29, 1923
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Place of Burial: Roaring Spring, Pa., Sept. 1, 1923
Undertaker: Grant Hite, Roaring Spring, Pa.
[Note: Frosty's own mother, Nancy Ellen (Burns) Helsel, was the informant for her daughter's death certificate. She did not want to publicize the name of Frosty's father, even on her death certificate.]
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Altoona, PA: Altoona Mirror, issue of 30 August 1923, p. 20, column 1
MRS. FROSTIE IRENE REFFNER,
Wife of Michael Emory Reffner of 430 East Main street, Roaring Spring, died at the Nason hospital last evening at 5.55 o'clock. Death was caused by typhoid fever and followed a serious illness of less than a week. Mrs. Reffner complained of feeling ill for two weeks but did not become serious until last week following her return from Everett, where she attended a funeral of a relative. On Sunday evening she became unconscious and delirious and remained in this state until death ensued last evening. She was removed to the Nason hospital on Tuesday afternoon and while everything possible was done for her, she was beyond human aid. The sudden death of Mrs. Reffner was a distinct shock to her many friends in the borough, many of these not knowing of her serious illness. She was born on Nov. 1, 1889, at Roaring Spring and is a daughter of Mrs. Nancy Helsel of 901 Roosevelt avenue. She resided in the borough her entire life and eight years ago was married to Mr. Reffner, a Taylor township young man. They began housekeeping in the borough, Mr. Reffner being employed in the Pennsy shops at Altoona. She is survived by her husband and mother and four small children, Remis, Otha, Eugene and Elloise, all at home. Three sisters also survive, as follows: Mrs. Katie Marsden and Mrs. Vallerree Claar, both of Roaring Spring; and Mrs. Etta McGee of Hollidaysburg. She was a member of the Methodist church of Roaring Spring for many years and was also affiliated with the Winona Lodge of Rebekahs and Patriotic Order of America Camp No. 236.
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Although her name is spelled "Frostie" on her death certificate and obituary, she spelled her own name "Frosty" on the inner cover of her bible.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
Place of Death: Blair Co. Borough of Roaring Spring
Full Name: FROSTIE BURNS REFFNER
Sex: F
Color: W
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov. 1, 1889
Age: 33 yrs, 9 mos, 27 days
Occupation: House Wife
Birthplace: Penna.
Name of Father: Do not know
Birthplace of Father: [blank]
Maiden Name of Mother: Nancy Burns
Birthplace of Mother: Penna.
Informant: Mrs. Nancy Helsel, Roaring Spring, Pa.
Date of Death: August 29, 1923
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Place of Burial: Roaring Spring, Pa., Sept. 1, 1923
Undertaker: Grant Hite, Roaring Spring, Pa.
[Note: Frosty's own mother, Nancy Ellen (Burns) Helsel, was the informant for her daughter's death certificate. She did not want to publicize the name of Frosty's father, even on her death certificate.]
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Altoona, PA: Altoona Mirror, issue of 30 August 1923, p. 20, column 1
MRS. FROSTIE IRENE REFFNER,
Wife of Michael Emory Reffner of 430 East Main street, Roaring Spring, died at the Nason hospital last evening at 5.55 o'clock. Death was caused by typhoid fever and followed a serious illness of less than a week. Mrs. Reffner complained of feeling ill for two weeks but did not become serious until last week following her return from Everett, where she attended a funeral of a relative. On Sunday evening she became unconscious and delirious and remained in this state until death ensued last evening. She was removed to the Nason hospital on Tuesday afternoon and while everything possible was done for her, she was beyond human aid. The sudden death of Mrs. Reffner was a distinct shock to her many friends in the borough, many of these not knowing of her serious illness. She was born on Nov. 1, 1889, at Roaring Spring and is a daughter of Mrs. Nancy Helsel of 901 Roosevelt avenue. She resided in the borough her entire life and eight years ago was married to Mr. Reffner, a Taylor township young man. They began housekeeping in the borough, Mr. Reffner being employed in the Pennsy shops at Altoona. She is survived by her husband and mother and four small children, Remis, Otha, Eugene and Elloise, all at home. Three sisters also survive, as follows: Mrs. Katie Marsden and Mrs. Vallerree Claar, both of Roaring Spring; and Mrs. Etta McGee of Hollidaysburg. She was a member of the Methodist church of Roaring Spring for many years and was also affiliated with the Winona Lodge of Rebekahs and Patriotic Order of America Camp No. 236.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death
Place of Death: Blair Co. Borough of Roaring Spring
Full Name: FROSTIE BURNS REFFNER
Sex: F
Color: W
Marital Status: Married
Date of Birth: Nov. 1, 1889
Age: 33 yrs, 9 mos, 27 days
Occupation: House Wife
Birthplace: Penna.
Name of Father: Do not know
Birthplace of Father: [blank]
Maiden Name of Mother: Nancy Burns
Birthplace of Mother: Penna.
Informant: Mrs. Nancy Helsel, Roaring Spring, Pa.
Date of Death: August 29, 1923
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
Place of Burial: Roaring Spring, Pa., Sept. 1, 1923
Undertaker: Grant Hite, Roaring Spring, Pa.
[Note: Frosty's own mother, Nancy Ellen (Burns) Helsel, was the informant for her daughter's death certificate. She did not want to publicize the name of Frosty's father, even on her death certificate.]
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Altoona, PA: Altoona Mirror, issue of 30 August 1923, p. 20, column 1
MRS. FROSTIE IRENE REFFNER,
Wife of Michael Emory Reffner of 430 East Main street, Roaring Spring, died at the Nason hospital last evening at 5.55 o'clock. Death was caused by typhoid fever and followed a serious illness of less than a week. Mrs. Reffner complained of feeling ill for two weeks but did not become serious until last week following her return from Everett, where she attended a funeral of a relative. On Sunday evening she became unconscious and delirious and remained in this state until death ensued last evening. She was removed to the Nason hospital on Tuesday afternoon and while everything possible was done for her, she was beyond human aid. The sudden death of Mrs. Reffner was a distinct shock to her many friends in the borough, many of these not knowing of her serious illness. She was born on Nov. 1, 1889, at Roaring Spring and is a daughter of Mrs. Nancy Helsel of 901 Roosevelt avenue. She resided in the borough her entire life and eight years ago was married to Mr. Reffner, a Taylor township young man. They began housekeeping in the borough, Mr. Reffner being employed in the Pennsy shops at Altoona. She is survived by her husband and mother and four small children, Remis, Otha, Eugene and Elloise, all at home. Three sisters also survive, as follows: Mrs. Katie Marsden and Mrs. Vallerree Claar, both of Roaring Spring; and Mrs. Etta McGee of Hollidaysburg. She was a member of the Methodist church of Roaring Spring for many years and was also affiliated with the Winona Lodge of Rebekahs and Patriotic Order of America Camp No. 236.
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