Oldest Resident of County, PRR Veteran, Dies
Conrad R. Powell, 102, died at 11:35 a.m. yesterday, March 3, 1970, in Mercy Hospital, where he was admitted Saturday from his home on the Lower Brush Mountain Road, where he resided with a son, Brice.
Mr. Powell was the oldest resident of the county, a veteran of 53 years of employment by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Altoona Works, and with Mrs. Powell had celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary prior to her death on Feb. 21, 1966.
He was born Sept. 23, 1867, in New Bloomfield, a son of Jesse and Catherine (Roth) Powell, and accompanied his parents to Altoona when he was 3 years old. On Jan. 1, 1890, he was married by the Rev. John Fluke to Gloria Sell and they resided in Altoona for the ensuing 53 years.
Surviving are the son, Brice, and a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Sipes of Newry, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mr. Powell was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Altoona.
He entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1883 as a hammerboy in the Fourteenth Street blacksmith shop and retired in July 1937 as a furnace operator in that shop.
Interested in all sports, Mr. Powell also took pride in his voting record, begun on reaching 21 and continued throughout all subsequent elections.
Friends will be received in the Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow.
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Carson Valley Cemetery, Allegheny Twp. Blair Co. PA:
Conrad R. Powell, 102, died at 11:35 a.m. yesterday, March 3, 1970, in Mercy Hospital, where he was admitted Saturday from his home on the Lower Brush Mountain Road, where he resided with a son, Brice.
Mr. Powell was the oldest resident of the county, a veteran of 53 years of employment by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Altoona Works, and with Mrs. Powell had celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary prior to her death on Feb. 21, 1966.
He was born Sept. 23, 1867, in New Bloomfield, a son of Jesse and Catherine (Roth) Powell, and accompanied his parents to Altoona when he was 3 years old. On Jan. 1, 1890, he was married by the Rev. John Fluke to Gloria Sell and they resided in Altoona for the ensuing 53 years.
Surviving are the son, Brice, and a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Sipes of Newry, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mr. Powell was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Altoona.
He entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1883 as a hammerboy in the Fourteenth Street blacksmith shop and retired in July 1937 as a furnace operator in that shop.
Interested in all sports, Mr. Powell also took pride in his voting record, begun on reaching 21 and continued throughout all subsequent elections.
Friends will be received in the Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow.
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Carson Valley Cemetery, Allegheny Twp. Blair Co. PA:
Oldest Resident of County, PRR Veteran, Dies
Conrad R. Powell, 102, died at 11:35 a.m. yesterday, March 3, 1970, in Mercy Hospital, where he was admitted Saturday from his home on the Lower Brush Mountain Road, where he resided with a son, Brice.
Mr. Powell was the oldest resident of the county, a veteran of 53 years of employment by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Altoona Works, and with Mrs. Powell had celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary prior to her death on Feb. 21, 1966.
He was born Sept. 23, 1867, in New Bloomfield, a son of Jesse and Catherine (Roth) Powell, and accompanied his parents to Altoona when he was 3 years old. On Jan. 1, 1890, he was married by the Rev. John Fluke to Gloria Sell and they resided in Altoona for the ensuing 53 years.
Surviving are the son, Brice, and a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Sipes of Newry, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mr. Powell was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Altoona.
He entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1883 as a hammerboy in the Fourteenth Street blacksmith shop and retired in July 1937 as a furnace operator in that shop.
Interested in all sports, Mr. Powell also took pride in his voting record, begun on reaching 21 and continued throughout all subsequent elections.
Friends will be received in the Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow.
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Carson Valley Cemetery, Allegheny Twp. Blair Co. PA:
Conrad R. Powell, 102, died at 11:35 a.m. yesterday, March 3, 1970, in Mercy Hospital, where he was admitted Saturday from his home on the Lower Brush Mountain Road, where he resided with a son, Brice.
Mr. Powell was the oldest resident of the county, a veteran of 53 years of employment by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the Altoona Works, and with Mrs. Powell had celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary prior to her death on Feb. 21, 1966.
He was born Sept. 23, 1867, in New Bloomfield, a son of Jesse and Catherine (Roth) Powell, and accompanied his parents to Altoona when he was 3 years old. On Jan. 1, 1890, he was married by the Rev. John Fluke to Gloria Sell and they resided in Altoona for the ensuing 53 years.
Surviving are the son, Brice, and a daughter, Mrs. Naomi Sipes of Newry, and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Mr. Powell was a member of the Grace United Church of Christ, Altoona.
He entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1883 as a hammerboy in the Fourteenth Street blacksmith shop and retired in July 1937 as a furnace operator in that shop.
Interested in all sports, Mr. Powell also took pride in his voting record, begun on reaching 21 and continued throughout all subsequent elections.
Friends will be received in the Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow.
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Carson Valley Cemetery, Allegheny Twp. Blair Co. PA:
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