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Mary Elizabeth Kissinger

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2018

• Mary Elizabeth Kissinger was born on 11 April 1877, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• She was the daughter of Daniel Kissinger and Mary Klinger.
• Mary Elizabeth Kissinger married William Henry Reed, son of Charles Reed and Elizabeth Walborn.
• Mary Elizabeth Kissinger died on 26 August 1938, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA, at age 61.^2,1
• She was buried on 29 August 1938, at Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.¹

• Father*: Daniel Kissinger b. 1838, d. 1924
• Mother*: Mary Klinger b. 1853, d. 1937

Bertha Minerva Miller

• Last Edited: 13 Sep 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Bertha Minerva Miller was born on 21 December 1883, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• She was the daughter of Gabriel Miller and Maria Anna Klinger.¹
• Bertha Minerva Miller married Daniel Milton Kissinger, son of Daniel Kissinger and Mary Klinger, circa 1902.
• Bertha Minerva Miller married John Edwin Scheib, son of Henry Scheib and Catharine Wolfgang.¹
• Bertha Minerva Miller died on 12 May 1962, Pottsville Hospital, Pottsviille, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 78.¹
• She was buried on 16 May 1962, at Friedens Union Cemetery, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.²

• Father*: Gabriel Miller¹ b. 25 Mar 1853, d. 5 Apr 1913
• Mother*: Maria Anna Klinger¹ b. 4 May 1859, d. 10 Feb 1929

Elvirdia Irene Kissinger

• Last Edited: 13 Sep 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Elvirdia Irene Kissinger is also referred to as Elverda Kissinger in some sources.¹
• She was born on 21 August 1902.²
• She was the daughter of Daniel Milton Kissinger and Bertha Minerva Miller.
• Elvirdia Irene Kissinger married Harry Eston Welker, son of George A. Welker and Adeline Umholtz, on 28 June 1919, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.³
• Elvirdia Irene Kissinger died on 18 March 1976, Dauphin County Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 73.^4,5
• Newspaper obituary:
  Elvirdia Welker
  Mrs. Elvirdia Irene (Kissinger) Welker, 73, widow of Harry E. Welker of Gratz, died Thursday in Dauphin County Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born Aug. 21, 1902 in Lykens Township. Her mother was the late Bertha Scheib. She was a member of Simeon's Lutheran Church, Gratz. Her husband died in 1940.
  Surviving are three sons, Elwood of RD3 Halifax; Lester of RD Lykens; Clarence of Gratz; three daughters, Mrs. Michael Yergo, Elizabethville; Mrs. Francis Robel, Gratz; Mrs. Robert Klinger, Camp Hill; 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two half brothers, Harold Scheib of Hegins and Stanley Scheib of Valley View.
  Services will be held Sunday afternoon at Simeon's Lutheran Church, Gratz, with Rev. Robert Logan officiating. Interment will be in Gratz Community Center. Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 19 Mar 1976, Fri, Page 24.⁵
  
• She was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetry, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.⁴

• Father*: Daniel Milton Kissinger b. Aug 1879, d. 1945
• Mother*: Bertha Minerva Miller b. 21 Dec 1883, d. 12 May 1962

Harry Eston Welker

• Last Edited: 15 Apr 2021

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Harry Eston Welker was born on 29 April 1895, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• He was the son of George A. Welker and Adeline Umholtz.¹
• Harry Eston Welker married Elvirdia Irene Kissinger, daughter of Daniel Milton Kissinger and Bertha Minerva Miller, on 28 June 1919, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.²
• Harry Eston Welker died on 1 March 1940, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 44.¹
• He was buried on 5 March 1940, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetry, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.^1,3
• Newspaper obituary:
  HARRY E. WELKER
  Harry E. Welker, 45, a resident of Lykens Township, near Gratz, died at his home Friday of last week. Mr. Welker was a veteran of the World War, member of the Shade Post, American Legion, Gratz, and attended the Reformed Church.
  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elvirdia Kissinger Welker and three daughters, Helen, Arlayne, Hannah and three sons, Elweed, Lester and Clarence. Eight sisters and three brothers also survive.
  Military funeral services in charge of the Gratz American Legion, were held from his late home Tuesday afternoon with further services in the Gratz Lutheran and Reformed Church, with Rev. A. L. Zechman and Rev. Wesley Baer, pastor of the Williamstown Methodist Church, Chaplain of the 19th District American Legion, officiating. Burial was made in the Gratz Cemetery.
  Lykens Register (Lykens, Pennsylvania), 08 Mar 1940, Fri, Page 4.⁴
  

• Father*: George A. Welker¹
• Mother*: Adeline Umholtz¹