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| Johnstown Weekly Tribune, 20 Sep 1907, Page 5, Contributed by Kerry L. Miller |
| EBENSBURG YOUTH DEAD. Herman Burkey Expires After Intense Suffering from Quinsy. Ebensburg, Sept. 19. - Herman Burkey, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Burkey, of Center Ward, Ebensburg, died at the home of his parents Sunday evening at about 6 o'clock, in the eighteenth year of his age. Mr. Burkey contracted a severe attack of quinsy on Sunday, September 2d, and suffered terribly with the disease all week. Several days ago his tonsils became almost closed. The disease affected both sides of his throat. Death is said to have resulted from the dissemination of poison through his system, caused by the breaking of the abscesses inside the throat. Sunday afternoon he recognized his parents and sister, but about 3 or 4 o'clock became unconscious and died. The deceased young man was popular among his friends, inoffensive in manners, and his untimely death will be a matter of regret. Herman Burkey is survived by his parents, two brothers, and two sisters, as follows: William Burkey, of Altoona; Frank Burkey, who is now in one of the Dakotas; Annie, married and living in Altoona, and Miss Cornelia, at home. The funeral took place Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock from the Church of the Holy Name, of which the deceased had been a lifelong member. A requiem high mass was celebrated by Father H. M. O'Neil, the pastor, and interment was made in the adjoining cemetery. |
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