Emory Isaiah Sitlinger1,2
M, #15425, b. 19 February 1903, d. 4 February 1991
Last Edited=27 Jan 2021
Emory Isaiah Sitlinger was born on 19 February 1903, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1,2 He married Henrietta Weiss on 5 May 1923, Salem Lutheran Parsonage, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.1,2 Emory Isaiah Sitlinger died on 4 February 1991, Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 87.1,2
Newspaper obituary:
Emery I. Sitlinger, 88, Lykens RD
LYKENS -- Emery I. Sitlinger, 88, Lykens RD, died Monday, Feb. 4, 1991, at Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg.
Born in Lykens Township, Jan. 19, 1903, he was the son of the late Alvin and Mary (Daniels) Sitlinger.
He was a member of Simeon's Lutheran Church, Gratz.
He is survived by five sons, Robert and Russell, both of Lykens RD, Carl of Mechanicsburg, Wayne of Gratz and Alvin of Hegins; six daughters, Hilda Bobroski of Lykens, Arlene and Phyllis, both of Lykens RD, Margaret Reitz of Mechanicsburg, Evelyn Schaffner of Gratz and Bonnie Bowman of Tower City; one sister, Verna Ferree of Lykens RD; 39 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Simeon's Lutheran Church Gratz, by , the Rev. Barry Ridge. Burial will be in Gratz Union Cemetery.
Visitors may call from 7 to 9 pvm. Wednesday at the church.
Funeral arrangements were made by the James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow.
The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 05 Feb 1991, Tue, Page 11.3
He was buried on 7 February 1991, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.2
Newspaper obituary:
Emery I. Sitlinger, 88, Lykens RD
LYKENS -- Emery I. Sitlinger, 88, Lykens RD, died Monday, Feb. 4, 1991, at Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg.
Born in Lykens Township, Jan. 19, 1903, he was the son of the late Alvin and Mary (Daniels) Sitlinger.
He was a member of Simeon's Lutheran Church, Gratz.
He is survived by five sons, Robert and Russell, both of Lykens RD, Carl of Mechanicsburg, Wayne of Gratz and Alvin of Hegins; six daughters, Hilda Bobroski of Lykens, Arlene and Phyllis, both of Lykens RD, Margaret Reitz of Mechanicsburg, Evelyn Schaffner of Gratz and Bonnie Bowman of Tower City; one sister, Verna Ferree of Lykens RD; 39 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Simeon's Lutheran Church Gratz, by , the Rev. Barry Ridge. Burial will be in Gratz Union Cemetery.
Visitors may call from 7 to 9 pvm. Wednesday at the church.
Funeral arrangements were made by the James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow.
The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 05 Feb 1991, Tue, Page 11.3
He was buried on 7 February 1991, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.2
Children of Emory Isaiah Sitlinger and Henrietta Weiss
- Margaret Kathryn Sitlinger2
- Wayne LeMar Sitlinger+2 b. 7 Jan 1941, d. 24 Sep 2023
- Alvin Clayton Sitlinger2
Citations
- [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 459. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
- [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Emery I. Sitlinger, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 05 Feb 1991, Tue, Page 11.