Mary Jane Schwalm1
F, #17668, b. 11 August 1926, d. 2 July 1997
Last Edited=16 Apr 2020
Mary Jane Schwalm was born on 11 August 1926, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.2,3,4 She married James L. Runkle on 9 February 1945.5,6 Mary Jane Schwalm died on 2 July 1997, at her home on School Street Spring Glen, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 70.7,5
Newspaper obituary:
Mary Jane Runkle
Mary Jane Runkle, 70, of School Street, Spring Glen, died Wednesday at her home. She had been in in health since August 1996.
Born in Valley View, Aug. 11, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Gurney and Mary Schadel Schwalm. She was a 1944 graduate of Hubley Township High School.
She had worked for a short time at a Gratz factory.
She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ Church, Sacramento, where she sang on the choir for more than 50 years and was a member of its Women's Guild.
A daughter, Sharon Sue Runkle, died in 1964, and a brother Wilson Schwalm, died Feb. 14, 1993.
Surviving are her husband, James L., whom she married on Feb. 9, 1945; two sons, Gary L., Fairport, N.Y., and Robert D., Spring Glen; three daughters, Gail P. Dallen, Woolrich, Cindy A. Gross, Ellicott City, Md., and Linda C. Brosius, RR1 Dornsife; two sisters, Catherine Warfield, Tower City, and Emma Stokes, Valley View; three brothers, Mark Schwalm, Lykens, and George and Frank Schwalm, both of Valley View; 10 grand- children; 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Paul's UCC, Sacramento. The Rev. Ruth Mary Summy will officiate.
Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, RR1 Klingerstown, is in charge of arrangements.
Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 03 Jul 1997, Thu, Page 2.8
She was buried on 5 July 1997, at St. Paul's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Sacramento, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, PA.7,5,8
Newspaper obituary:
Mary Jane Runkle
Mary Jane Runkle, 70, of School Street, Spring Glen, died Wednesday at her home. She had been in in health since August 1996.
Born in Valley View, Aug. 11, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Gurney and Mary Schadel Schwalm. She was a 1944 graduate of Hubley Township High School.
She had worked for a short time at a Gratz factory.
She was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ Church, Sacramento, where she sang on the choir for more than 50 years and was a member of its Women's Guild.
A daughter, Sharon Sue Runkle, died in 1964, and a brother Wilson Schwalm, died Feb. 14, 1993.
Surviving are her husband, James L., whom she married on Feb. 9, 1945; two sons, Gary L., Fairport, N.Y., and Robert D., Spring Glen; three daughters, Gail P. Dallen, Woolrich, Cindy A. Gross, Ellicott City, Md., and Linda C. Brosius, RR1 Dornsife; two sisters, Catherine Warfield, Tower City, and Emma Stokes, Valley View; three brothers, Mark Schwalm, Lykens, and George and Frank Schwalm, both of Valley View; 10 grand- children; 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Paul's UCC, Sacramento. The Rev. Ruth Mary Summy will officiate.
Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, RR1 Klingerstown, is in charge of arrangements.
Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 03 Jul 1997, Thu, Page 2.8
She was buried on 5 July 1997, at St. Paul's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Sacramento, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, PA.7,5,8
Children of Mary Jane Schwalm and James L. Runkle
Citations
- [S74] Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Johannes Schwalm The Hessian (Millville, PA 1976: Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, 1976), p. 161. Hereinafter cited as Johannes Schwalm The Hessian.
- [S249] George H. Schwalm and N. Daniel Schwalm, "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 6, no. 2 (1998).
- [S200] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index. Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
- [S1189] Donald C. Reed, Descendants of Johannes Schwalm and Allied Families., CD-ROM (Lancaster, PA: Donald C. Reed, 2011), Descendants of Johannes Schwalm, p. 269. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Johannes Schwalm vol 2.
- [S715] Runkle, James L., Obituary, Republican & Herald, Pottsville, PA, July 30, 2009. Hereinafter cited as James L. Runkle Obituary.
- [S74] Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Johannes Schwalm The Hessian, pp. 132, 161.
- [S249] "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 71.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Mary Jane Runkle, Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 03 Jul 1997, Thu, Page 2.