OBIT: Rachel Arilla (ARMSTRONG) ECKENROTH, 1923, Pleasant Gap, Centre County, PA

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Democratic Watchman
Friday, 12 October 1923

ECKENROTH - Mrs. Rella Eckenroth, wife of James Eckenroth, died very suddenly on 
Sunday evening at her home at Pleasant Gap. She had been a sufferer for some 
time with heart trouble and asthma but was able to be up and around and was 
sitting in a chair talking to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Herman, of Bellefonte when she 
suddenly collapsed and died before assistance could be obtained.
  She was sixty-seven years old, was born at the Gap and spent her entire life 
there. In addition to he husband she is survived by the following children: 
Dorsey, Joshua, Harry, Mrs. Calvin Lontz, Mrs. Harvey Hoy, Mrs. Walter Houtz 
and Mrs. Harry Confer, all of Pleasant Gap. She also leaves three brothers, 
Joshua Armstrong, of Pleasant Gap, Frank and Daniel, in Missouri. Burial was 
made in the Lutheran Cemetery at Pleasant Gap on Wednesday afternoon.

Additional Comments:
Rachel Arilla was a daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Stover) Armstrong.

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