Adeline Bruella Wiest
F, #11788, b. 30 January 1897, d. 12 May 2000
Last Edited=26 Sep 2020
Adeline Bruella Wiest was born on 30 January 1897, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1,2 She was the daughter of William Wiest and Eva Elizabeth Strohecker. The 1900 Census shows Adaline as living in the household of Emma Reed, with her mother, Lizzie Strohecker, Emma's servant.3 Adeline Bruella Wiest married Joel Orlando Klinger, son of Robert Edward Klinger and Mary Ann Mausser, on 25 October 1913, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.4
Obituary published in Pottsville Repubican & Herald:
Adeline B. Wiest Klinger, 103, of Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, formerly of Sacramento, died Friday at the village.
Born in Lykens, she was a daughter of the late William and Eva E. Strohecker Wiest.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Lykens, its Sunday school and the Rainbow Class.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joel O; two sons, Leon E. and Elwood R; a daughter, Eva F. Shade; four stepbrothers, Paul Artz, Francis Paul, Howard Paul and Harvey Paul; a stepsister, Katie Artz.
Surviving is a stepbrother, John Paul, Elizabethville; five grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 22 great-greatgrandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Lykens. Interment will be in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lykens. Kreamer Funeral Home, Jonestown, is in charge of arrangements.2
Adeline Bruella Wiest died on 12 May 2000, Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 103.2 She was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Lutheran Church Cemetery, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.5
Obituary published in Pottsville Repubican & Herald:
Adeline B. Wiest Klinger, 103, of Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, formerly of Sacramento, died Friday at the village.
Born in Lykens, she was a daughter of the late William and Eva E. Strohecker Wiest.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Lykens, its Sunday school and the Rainbow Class.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joel O; two sons, Leon E. and Elwood R; a daughter, Eva F. Shade; four stepbrothers, Paul Artz, Francis Paul, Howard Paul and Harvey Paul; a stepsister, Katie Artz.
Surviving is a stepbrother, John Paul, Elizabethville; five grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; 22 great-greatgrandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Lykens. Interment will be in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lykens. Kreamer Funeral Home, Jonestown, is in charge of arrangements.2
Adeline Bruella Wiest died on 12 May 2000, Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 103.2 She was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Lutheran Church Cemetery, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.5
| Father* | William Wiest |
| Mother* | Eva Elizabeth Strohecker b. 9 May 1874, d. 26 Sep 1943 |
Children of Adeline Bruella Wiest and Joel Orlando Klinger
- Leon Edward Klinger+ b. 3 Jan 1914, d. 19 Jul 1999
- Elwood R. Klinger b. 2 Mar 1921, d. 30 Jul 1984
- Eva Florence Klinger+ b. 21 Aug 1926, d. 21 Apr 1992
Citations
- [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 351. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
- [S342] Klinger, Adeline B. Wiest, Obituary, Republican & Herald, Pottsville, PA, May 8, 2000. Hereinafter cited as Adeline B. Wiest Klinger Obituary.
- [S285] 1900 U.S. Census, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0040; FHL microfilm: 1241401; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll
- [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), pt. II, p. 226 (marriage records), p. 295 (cemetery records). Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.
- [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.