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Birthplace: Allensville, PA, USA
Death: Died in Duncansville, PA, USA
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About Irwin W. Focht

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From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelscaldwell&id=I38119 :

Long Illness Proves Fatal

Irvin W. Focht, 83, of 1223 4th Ave., Duncansville, a retired car inspector for the Pennsylvania Railroad and for 37 years treasurer of Duncansville Borough, died at 11.55 a.m. Saturday at his home after a lengthy illness.

He was born in Allensville on June 22, 1882, a son of Lee and Eliza (Daughenbaugh) Focht, and married Elva Langham in the Duncansville Presbyterian Church on Nov. 17, 1908.

Surviving are his wife, three children, Wendell of Chicago, Mrs. Emily Yeckley of Clearfield and Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Cashen of Baltimore, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

He was a member of the Duncansville Lutheran Church, Portage Lodge, F&AM, Altoona Scottish Rite bodies, Jaffa Shrine and Shrine Club, retired Jan. 1, 1954, from the railroad company service after 49 years and in 1963 as borough treasurer.

Friends will be received in the Liebegott Funeral Home, Duncansville, until 10 p.m. today. ----- FOCHT -- Services for Irvin W. Focht of 1223 4th Ave., Duncansville, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Liebegott Funeral Home, Duncansville by the Rev. Carl Warrick. Interment in Carson Valley Cemetery. Friends are being received in the Liebegott Funeral Home where Masonic services will be held at 8 p.m. today. Friends are requested to omit flowers.

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Irwin Focht's Timeline

1908
November 17, 1908
Age 26
Duncansville, PA, USA
1882
June 22, 1882
Allensville, PA, USA
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Allegheny Township, Blair County, PA, USA
1965
October 10, 1965
Age 83
Duncansville, PA, USA
1910
July 3, 1910
Age 28
1912
September 5, 1912
Age 30
Duncansville, PA, USA
1917
1917
Age 34
1911
1911
Age 28