OBIT: Rebecca (AMOS) AKERS, 1911, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Mrs. Rebecca Akers

  Mrs. Rebecca Akers, one of the oldest residents of Altoona, died at 
the home of her son, A. E. Akers, in that city, Saturday morning, 
December 2, of pneumonia.  She was born in Bedford on March 13, 1831, 
and was a resident of Altoona since 1869.  Besides her son, she is 
survived by two brothers and one sister, Samuel B. and Frank M. Amos 
and Mrs. Sarah J. Bagley, all of Bedford.
  The funeral services were held Monday afternoon, December 4, at her 
late residence, conducted by Rev. Simpson B. Evans.  Interment was made 
in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Altoona.

Bedford Gazette, Bedford, Pa., December 8, 1911