OBIT: Ruth Emily (McCREARY) BLACKBURN, 1918, Fishertown, Bedford County, PA

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MRS. RUTH EMILY BLACKBURN

  At the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sherman Smith, near Fishertown, Mrs. Ruth 
Emily Blackburn died on Tuesday night, May 28, after a linger illness of cancer.  
She was a daughter of Amos and Margaret McCreary, and was aged 69 years.  Her 
mother, who is near a centenarian, survives, as also two sisters and one 
brother; also five children, as follows: O. L. Blackburn, of this city; Mrs. 
Howard Mock and Ira Blackburn, of Alum Bank; also Mrs. Mary Miller and Mrs. 
Sherman Smith, at whose home she died.  Mrs. Blackburn was a member of the 
United Evangelical church, and funeral services will be conducted from the home 
of her daughter, Mrs. Smith, and burial in the Fishertown cemetery.

Altoona Tribune, Thursday, May 30, 1918, page 8