William Harvey Semerod1,2
M, #19579, b. 3 April 1903, d. 11 August 1975
Last Edited=1 Nov 2022
William Harvey Semerod was born on 3 April 1903, Aristes, Columbial County, PA.3 He married Verna Mary Rebecca Dietz.1 William Harvey Semerod died on 11 August 1975, Ashland State General Hospital, Butler Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 72.4,3
Newspaper obituary:
William H. Semerod
ASHLAND -- William H. Semerod, 72, of 119 S. Second St., Frackville, died Monday at 2:50 a.m. in Ashland State General Hospital. He had been hospitalized 11 days and in failing health two years.
Born in Aristes, April 3, 1903, Mr. Semerod was a son of the late Lewis and Ada (Lindenmouth) Semerod. He was employed by Maurer's Dairy, Mount Carmel. He was a member of Salem United Church of Christ, Klingerstown R.D. On April 19, 1924, Mr. Semerod was married to the former Berna Dietz, Klingerstown.
Survivors include the widow, five children, Mrs. Edward (June) Olson, Emaus; William Semerod, Pottsville; Mrs. John (Verna) Hutton, Pottstown; Mrs. Robert (Lillie) Deitrich, Aurora, Colo; Jack Semerod, Wilburton No. 2; 14 grandchildren, four great-granchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Swade, Frackville, and Mrs. William Raudenbush, Sebastian, Fla.
Lawrence E. Rothermel Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
The News-Item (Shamokin, Pennsylvania), 12 Aug 1975, Tue, Page 7.3
Newspaper obituary:
William H. Semerod
ASHLAND -- William H. Semerod, 72, of 119 S. Second St., Frackville, died Monday at 2:50 a.m. in Ashland State General Hospital. He had been hospitalized 11 days and in failing health two years.
Born in Aristes, April 3, 1903, Mr. Semerod was a son of the late Lewis and Ada (Lindenmouth) Semerod. He was employed by Maurer's Dairy, Mount Carmel. He was a member of Salem United Church of Christ, Klingerstown R.D. On April 19, 1924, Mr. Semerod was married to the former Berna Dietz, Klingerstown.
Survivors include the widow, five children, Mrs. Edward (June) Olson, Emaus; William Semerod, Pottsville; Mrs. John (Verna) Hutton, Pottstown; Mrs. Robert (Lillie) Deitrich, Aurora, Colo; Jack Semerod, Wilburton No. 2; 14 grandchildren, four great-granchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Swade, Frackville, and Mrs. William Raudenbush, Sebastian, Fla.
Lawrence E. Rothermel Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
The News-Item (Shamokin, Pennsylvania), 12 Aug 1975, Tue, Page 7.3
Children of William Harvey Semerod and Verna Mary Rebecca Dietz
- Florence June Semerod4
- Verna K. Semerod+4 b. c 1928, d. 29 Jun 2006
- Lillie Semerod4
Citations
- [S251] George H. Schwalm and N. Daniel Schwalm, "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 6, no. 4 (2000): p. 99.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Edna T. Maurer, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 16 Nov 1967, Thu, Page 27.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for William H. Semerod, The News-Item (Shamokin, Pennsylvania), 12 Aug 1975, Tue, Page 7.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Verna M. Semerod, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 14 May 1982, Fri, Page 8.