Nov. 15, 1912 - May 24, 2006
Ruth C. (Young) Keffer, 93, Blair Christian Home, Duncansville, formerly of Puzzletown, died Wednesday at Altoona Center for Nursing Care. She was born in Duncansville, daughter of the late James and Mary C. (Smith) Young. She married Martin E. Keffer. He died in 1953. Mrs. Keffer was a Duncansville School graduate. She worked as a nurse at the Atlantic City Children's Hospital, then as a receptionist for a doctor's office in Riverdale, Md. She was a member of Newry Lutheran Church and the Duncansville Grange. She enjoyed sewing, doing needlework and church activities. Ruth is survived by a son, Robert C.; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Bonnie Evans; and all 14 of her brothers and sisters: Ethel Hainley, William I., Bertha J. Clapper, Cora Olive, Ralph, Beatrice M., Agnue, Helen Albright, Dorothy C., Hector, Maude, Luther, Paul C. and Margarie Walters.
Altoona Mirror: 5/28/2006 Sunday
Nov. 15, 1912 - May 24, 2006
Ruth C. (Young) Keffer, 93, Blair Christian Home, Duncansville, formerly of Puzzletown, died Wednesday at Altoona Center for Nursing Care. She was born in Duncansville, daughter of the late James and Mary C. (Smith) Young. She married Martin E. Keffer. He died in 1953. Mrs. Keffer was a Duncansville School graduate. She worked as a nurse at the Atlantic City Children's Hospital, then as a receptionist for a doctor's office in Riverdale, Md. She was a member of Newry Lutheran Church and the Duncansville Grange. She enjoyed sewing, doing needlework and church activities. Ruth is survived by a son, Robert C.; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Bonnie Evans; and all 14 of her brothers and sisters: Ethel Hainley, William I., Bertha J. Clapper, Cora Olive, Ralph, Beatrice M., Agnue, Helen Albright, Dorothy C., Hector, Maude, Luther, Paul C. and Margarie Walters.
Altoona Mirror: 5/28/2006 Sunday
Family Members
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Ethel Pearl Young Hanley
1888–1963
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William Ira Young
1890–1967
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Bertha Jane Young Clapper
1891–1920
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Cora Alice Young Olive
1893–1976
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Ralph E. Young
1895–1929
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Beatrice M. Young
1897–1955
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A Frank Young
1899–1986
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Helen C Young Albright
1900–1972
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Hector J. Young
1902–1980
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Dorothy Catherine Young
1905–1961
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Maude E Young
1907–1976
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Luther Ray Young
1908–1968
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Paul C Young
1911–1988
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Mary Marjorie Young Walters
1917–1992
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