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Alta Mary <I>Clay</I> Mentzer

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Alta Mary Clay Mentzer

Birth
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
15 Jan 1928 (aged 60)
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Old Mausoleum, Niche 262
Memorial ID
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A.G. Mentzer, 24, son of B.F. & Maria Mentzer, and Alta M. Clay, 22, daughter of Levi & Mary Ann Clay, were married January 28, 1890 at Newville, PA. (Source: Cumberland County, PA Marriage Records)
Contributor: Peggy Bargen Duey (46873059)

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The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), Monday, January 16, 1928; pg. 7

Mrs. Alta May Mentzer, wife of Anson Mentzer, well-known farmer, West Pennsboro township, Carlisle, R.D. 9, died in Carlisle Hospital at 10:10 o'clock Sunday night. She underwent an operation for hernia Sunday morning. She had been ill since Thursday. Mrs. Mentzer was 60 years old. She was a loving wife and mother and her death comes as a great shock to the family.
She was a member of the Mennonite church of Newville.

In addition to her husband she Is survived by these children: Lester, at home; Mrs. Herman Myers, of Boiling Springs, and Mrs. George Brownawell, Floyd and Herman, all of Carlisle,; R. D. 9. William Clay, of Delaware, is her brother.

Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:30. Further services at the Lutheran church at 2 o'clock. The body will be placed in the mausoleum in Westminster cemetery (sic).
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The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), Tuesday, January 17, 1928; pg. 2

Funeral services for Mrs. Anson Mentzer, West Pennsboro township, will be held tomorrow. At 1:30 there will be a brief service at the residence, to be followed by a service at 2 o'clock in the Plainfield Lutheran church (sic). The remains will be placed in the mausoleum in Westminster cemetery (sic).
Contributor: Peggy Bargen Duey (46873059)
A.G. Mentzer, 24, son of B.F. & Maria Mentzer, and Alta M. Clay, 22, daughter of Levi & Mary Ann Clay, were married January 28, 1890 at Newville, PA. (Source: Cumberland County, PA Marriage Records)
Contributor: Peggy Bargen Duey (46873059)

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The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), Monday, January 16, 1928; pg. 7

Mrs. Alta May Mentzer, wife of Anson Mentzer, well-known farmer, West Pennsboro township, Carlisle, R.D. 9, died in Carlisle Hospital at 10:10 o'clock Sunday night. She underwent an operation for hernia Sunday morning. She had been ill since Thursday. Mrs. Mentzer was 60 years old. She was a loving wife and mother and her death comes as a great shock to the family.
She was a member of the Mennonite church of Newville.

In addition to her husband she Is survived by these children: Lester, at home; Mrs. Herman Myers, of Boiling Springs, and Mrs. George Brownawell, Floyd and Herman, all of Carlisle,; R. D. 9. William Clay, of Delaware, is her brother.

Funeral services will be held at the home at 1:30. Further services at the Lutheran church at 2 o'clock. The body will be placed in the mausoleum in Westminster cemetery (sic).
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The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), Tuesday, January 17, 1928; pg. 2

Funeral services for Mrs. Anson Mentzer, West Pennsboro township, will be held tomorrow. At 1:30 there will be a brief service at the residence, to be followed by a service at 2 o'clock in the Plainfield Lutheran church (sic). The remains will be placed in the mausoleum in Westminster cemetery (sic).
Contributor: Peggy Bargen Duey (46873059)

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Wife of Anson G. Mentzer



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