Mrs. Bertha Jacka Alter, 78, of 84 Chestnut Terrace, Mount Union, died
Wednesday, April 12, 1967, at 3 p.m. in the Lewistown Hospital, where
she had been a patient for the past three weeks. Born in Cromwell
Township, Huntingdon County, on May 7, 1888, she was a daughter of
Christopher and Lucinda (Booher) Shingler. She was twice married, first
to Benjamin Jacka of Cromwell Township in 1905. He preceded her in death
in 1928. She married Samuel Alter of Waynesboro in March, 1938. He
preceded her in death in 1965. Surviving are the following children to
the first marriage: Mrs. Mabel Chilcoat, Chestnut Terrace, Mount Union;
Mrs. Helen Wible, Mount Union; Howard Jacka, Elizabethtown; Mrs. Thressa
Reading, Altoona; Herman Jacka, Mount Union; Mrs. Reba Pennington,
Lewistown; Mrs. Mildred Moore, Mount Union. There are 29 grandchildren,
7 great-grandchildren and two sisters; Mrs. Pearl Kephart, Orbisonia and
Mrs. Nellie Alter, Hagerstown, Md. surviving. The deceased was a member
of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of Mount Union. During
her lifetime she had been an employe of the Waynesboro Knitting Mills.
Interment will be made int the IOOF Memorial Cemetery, Rockhill Furnace.