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Ellen Hepner

• Last Edited: 21 Jan 2007

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Ellen Hepner is also referred to as Anna in some sources.¹
• Buried in the Pillow Grandview Cemetery, Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., PA.-- Source: S-138.²
• She was born on 14 January 1859, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.²
• She was the daughter of Samuel S. Hepner and Angeline Keppler.
• Her married name was Wiest.
• Ellen Hepner married Samuel Trautman Wiest, son of Jacob Klinger Wiest and Elizabeth Troutman, circa 1880.³
• Ellen Hepner died in 1943, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.²
• She was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Pillow, Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, PA.⁴

• Father*: Samuel S. Hepner b. 26 Aug 1828, d. 21 Jan 1894
• Mother*: Angeline Keppler b. 9 Jan 1829, d. 20 Apr 1897

Samuel S. Hepner¹

• Last Edited: 8 Jan 2004

• Samuel and Angeline made their home in Lower Mahanoy Twp., NorthumberlandCo., PA. In 1860, S amuel's brother Michael and wife Emma were livingwith them, as was Nathaniel Koppenhaver, ag e 10. Samuel died of Bright'sdisease. -- Source: Lois Green Schoffstall.
  
  Samuel is buried in the Zion (Stone Valley) Church Cemetery, LowerMahanoy Twp., Northumberlan d Co., PA. -- Source: M3-298.¹
• Samuel S. Hepner married Angeline Keppler, daughter of Abraham Keppler and Catherine (?).¹
• Samuel S. Hepner was born on 26 August 1828.¹
• He died on 21 January 1894, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 65.¹

Angeline Keppler¹

• Last Edited: 8 Jan 2004

• Buried in the Zion (Stone Valley) Church Cemetery, Lower Mahanoy Twp.,Northumberland Co., PA . -- Source: M3-300.¹
• Angeline Keppler married Samuel S. Hepner.¹
• Angeline Keppler was born on 9 January 1829.¹
• She was the daughter of Abraham Keppler and Catherine (?)¹
• Angeline Keppler died on 20 April 1897, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 68.¹

• Father*: Abraham Keppler¹
• Mother*: Catherine (?)¹

Edna M. Whistler¹

• Last Edited: 8 Jan 2004

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Edna M. Whistler died PA.¹
• Edna M. (Whistler) Wiest is buried in the Pillow Grandview Cemetery,Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co. , PA. -- Source: S-139.¹
• She was born in 1915.¹
• Her married name was Wiest.¹
• She married Milton Monroe Wiest, son of William Oscar Wiest and Oliva A. Snyder.¹

Milton Monroe Wiest

• Last Edited: 28 Jun 2005

• Relationship: 3rd great-grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Milton Monroe Wiest was born on 20 July 1911, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• He was the son of William Oscar Wiest and Oliva A. Snyder.
• Milton Monroe Wiest married Edna M. Whistler.¹
• Milton Monroe Wiest died on 27 June 2001, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA, at age 89.¹
• He was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.²
• Obituary -- Milton M. Wiest Sr.
  Pillow -- Milton Monroe Wiest Sr., 89 of Pine Street, Pliiow, died Wednesday, June 27, 2001.
  He had been a co-owner of the former Wiest Brothers Meat Market. He was a graduate of th e former Pillow High School and attended Susquehanna University; and a member of Zion Lutheran Church, the Pillow Fire Company, and F&AM Lodge 570, Lykens.
  He was the widower of Edna M. (Whistler) Wiest. Surviving are a daughter, Dawn E. Keough of Waterford, Mich; a son, Milton M. Jr, of Lady Lake, Florida; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
  Services will be hald at 11 a.m., Saturday, in the Salem United Church of Christ. Burial will be in the Pillow Grandview Cemetery.Viewing will be from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday in the church, where Masonic rites will begin at 9 a.m. Reed Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.¹

• Father*: William Oscar Wiest b. 29 May 1882
• Mother*: Oliva A. Snyder b. 21 Feb 1882

Carrie Boyer¹

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Relationship: 2nd great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Carrie Boyer is also referred to as Caroline Leitzel in some sources.²
• She was born on 12 December 1876, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.^1,2
• She was the daughter of John D. Boyer and Mary Schartel.
• Her married name was Leitzel.¹
• Carrie Boyer married Cyrus T. Leitzel, son of Benjamin Byerly Leitzel and Eve Elizabeth Tobias.¹
• Carrie Boyer died on 11 July 1959, Dauphin County Nursing Home, Swatara Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 82.^2,1
• She was buried on 14 July 1959, at Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,2
• Newspaper obituary:
  MRS. CAROLINE LEITZEL
  Mrs. Caroline Leitzel, age 82 years of Harrisburg, widow of Cyrus Leitzel, died in a Harrisburg hospital on Saturday.
  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. B. Jean Erb of Lawnton; one sister, Mrs. F. W. Wetzel of Sunbury, and several nieces and nephews.
  Services were held in St. Michael's Lutheran and Reformed Church, Klingerstown, at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. J. C. Glessner officiated, and interment was made in the church cemetery.
  Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 17 Jul 1959, Fri, Page 1.⁴
  

• Father*: John D. Boyer b. c 1847, d. 9 Mar 1901
• Mother*: Mary Schartel b. c 1854, d. b 1900

Elura Boyer¹

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Relationship: 2nd great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Eluria died at the age of 55 of chronic nephritis and diabetes mellitis. She is buried in th e Rose City Cemetery, Portland, OR. -- Source: MaryStapleton.¹
• Her married name was Wiest.¹
• Elura Boyer was born on 14 October 1883, PA.¹
• She was the daughter of John D. Boyer and Mary Schartel.
• Elura Boyer married David Richard Wiest, son of Sylvester Schadel Wiest and Isabella S. Lesher, circa 1898.^1,2
• Elura Boyer died on 11 August 1935, of chronic nephritis and diabetes mellitus, Portland, Multnomah County, OR, at age 51.¹
• She was buried at Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.

• Father*: John D. Boyer b. c 1847, d. 9 Mar 1901
• Mother*: Mary Schartel b. c 1854, d. b 1900

Bessie Jean Leitzel¹

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Relationship: 3rd great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Source: Floyd-920.¹
• Her married name was Erb.²
• Bessie Jean Leitzel was born on 22 March 1895, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Cyrus T. Leitzel and Carrie Boyer.
• Bessie Jean Leitzel married Elmer Ellsworth Erb, son of Will C. Erb and Lavina Hocker, on 7 June 1922, Washington, D.C..^2,3,4
• Bessie Jean Leitzel died on 17 August 1968, Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 73.²
• She was buried on 20 August 1968, at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA.^2,5

• Father*: Cyrus T. Leitzel b. 15 Sep 1870, d. 1944
• Mother*: Carrie Boyer b. 12 Dec 1876, d. 11 Jul 1959

Cyrus T. Leitzel¹

• Last Edited: 18 May 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• CYRUS T. LEITZEL, the fourth child of BENJAMIN B. and EVE (TOBIAS)LEITZEL, was born Septembe r 15, 1871, at Klingerstown, where he wasreared and educated, and where he worked for his fat her until he reachedthe age of sixteen. Then, for six years, he was employed in thelumberin g districts of the State of Washington.. In 1896, he returned toPennsylvania, settling at Kl ingerstown where he was engaged in horsedealing and the wholesale whiskey business, selling w hiskey for Detweiler& Co., of Lebanon, PA.. He remained at Klingerstown for a number ofyears , before relocating to Mandata, where he became the proprietor ofthe "Franklin House." He al so had a farm of 100 acres in Jackson Twp.which he farms with the aid of hired help.
  
  Mr. Leitzel and his family were members of the Lutheran congregation ofSt. Michael's Church , Klingerstown, PA. Mr. Leitzel was also a member ofthe Klingerstown Lodge of the Odd Fellow s. -- Source: Floyd-920.
  
  In March 1895, he married CARRIE E. BOYER, daughter of JOHN and POLLY(SHARTEL) BOYER and ha d one daughter, BESSIE J. (b. unk., d. unk.) whomarried Elmer Erb of Harrisburg. Cyrus T. Le itzel died in 1944. Hisremains are buried in St. Michael's Cemetery, Klingerstown, UpperMaha ntango Twp., Schuylkill Co., PA. -- Source: S-88.¹
• Cyrus T. Leitzel was born on 15 September 1870, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Benjamin Byerly Leitzel and Eve Elizabeth Tobias.²
• Cyrus T. Leitzel married Carrie Boyer, daughter of John D. Boyer and Mary Schartel.¹
• Cyrus T. Leitzel died in 1944, Dauphin County, PA.^2,1
• He was buried at Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.²

• Father*: Benjamin Byerly Leitzel² b. 26 Feb 1840, d. 23 Sep 1916
• Mother*: Eve Elizabeth Tobias² b. 6 Mar 1842, d. 27 Sep 1890

Mary Schartel¹

• Last Edited: 18 May 2022

• Relationship: Great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Mary Schartel also went by the name of Polly.
• She was born circa 1854, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.^2,1,3,4
• She was the daughter of William W. Schartel and Jestina Wiest.
• Mary Schartel married John D. Boyer, son of Isaac Boyer and Caroline Deppen.⁵
• Her married name was Boyer.
• Mary Schartel died before 1900.⁶

• Father*: William W. Schartel b. 30 Jul 1835, d. 17 Aug 1874
• Mother*: Jestina Wiest b. 9 Aug 1828, d. 6 Feb 1872

Gertrude Isensee^1,2

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Source: Mary Stapleton.¹
• Gertrude Isensee was born on 7 June 1908.³
• Her married name was Wiest.¹
• She married Almon L. Wiest, son of David Richard Wiest and Elura Boyer, on 3 February 1934, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.^2,1
• Gertrude Isensee died on 29 November 2000, Portland, Multnomah County, OR, at age 92.³

Margaret Alice Roper^1,2

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Margaret Alice Roper was born on 5 February 1912, Duluth, St. Louis County, MN.³
• Her married name was Wiest.²
• She married Clarence Austin Wiest, son of David Richard Wiest and Elura Boyer, on 26 June 1928, Clark County, WA.^2,1
• Margaret Alice Roper died on 3 March 1974, Santa Clara County, CA, at age 62.^3,4
• Newspaper obituary:
  Mrs. Weist’s services held
  Memorial services were htil Una afternoon at Chapel of the Hills for Margaret Alice Wiest, 62, of 19185 Bolwood Dr., Saratoga, who died Sunday at a local hospital after a long illness.
  Inurement will be in River View Abbey, Portland, ore.
  Mrs. Wiest was born Feb 5, 1912 in Duluth, Minn., came to California 14 years ago and resided in Santa Clara County for the past four years.
  She was the mother of Shirley R. Whipple of Saratoga; sister of John William and Haven Roper all of Portalnd and the grandmother of Peter and Peggy Whipple of Saratoga.
  Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer (Los Gatos, California), 05 Mar 1974, Tue, Page 2.³
  
• She was buried at Riveriew Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.⁵

John C. Whipple^1,2

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Source: Mary Stapleton.²
• John C. Whipple was born in 1928.³
• He married Shirley Rae Wiest, daughter of Clarence Austin Wiest and Margaret Alice Roper, on 23 December 1950, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.^1,2
• John C. Whipple died in 2017.³
• He was buried at Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, San Joaquin County, CA.³

Almon L. Wiest¹

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Relationship: 3rd great-grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Source: Mary Stapleton.¹
• Almon L. Wiest was born on 20 June 1901, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2
• He was the son of David Richard Wiest and Elura Boyer.
• Almon L. Wiest married Gertrude Isensee on 3 February 1934, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.^3,1
• Almon was an executive for Shell Oil Co. and was convicted of federal tax evasion.⁴
• Almon L. Wiest died on 13 November 1980, Portland, Multnomah County, OR, at age 79.^1,2,5

• Father*: David Richard Wiest b. 5 Mar 1879, d. 22 Mar 1953
• Mother*: Elura Boyer b. 14 Oct 1883, d. 11 Aug 1935

Clarence Austin Wiest¹

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Relationship: 3rd great-grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Drowned at Klingerstown. -- Source: BBW
  
  Obit states: Clarence Austin Wiest, husband of Margaret, father of Shirley Whipple of San Jose, brother of A. L. Wiest and Evelyn Callahan, and grandfather of Peter Whipple. Interred at Riverview Cemetery, Portland, OR. -- provided by Mary Stapleton.¹
• Clarence Austin Wiest was born in 1904, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• He was the son of David Richard Wiest and Elura Boyer.
• Clarence Austin Wiest married Margaret Alice Roper on 26 June 1928, Clark County, WA.^1,2
• Clarence Austin Wiest died on 21 January 1960, Clackamas, Clackamas County, OR.¹
• He was buried at Riveriew Abbey Mausoleum and Crematory, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.³

• Father*: David Richard Wiest b. 5 Mar 1879, d. 22 Mar 1953
• Mother*: Elura Boyer b. 14 Oct 1883, d. 11 Aug 1935

David Richard Wiest¹

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• DAVID RICHARD WIESR, son of SYLVESTER SCHADEL and ISABELLA S. (LESHER) WIEST, was baptized i n the Zion (Klinger's) Church on June 29, 1879. Sponsors: Samuel and Jonna Clark. - Source : K-164.
  Migrated to the Pacific Northwest with other members of the family; made his home in Portland , Multnomah Co., OR. -- Source: Mary Stapleton.¹
• David Richard Wiest was born on 5 March 1879, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Sylvester Schadel Wiest and Isabella S. Lesher.
• David Richard Wiest married Elura Boyer, daughter of John D. Boyer and Mary Schartel, circa 1898.^1,2
• David Richard Wiest married Leona E. (?)³
• David Richard Wiest died on 22 March 1953, Providence Hospital, Portland, Multnomah County, OR, at age 74.^1,4
• Newspaper obituary:
  David R. Wiest
  Funeral service for David R. Wiest, 74, retired employee of the Portland General Electric Company, will be Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Colonial Morturary. Interment will be at the Rose City Cemetery. Mr. Wiest who retired in 1941, died at a local hospital Sunday. His home was at 14229 S.E. Ellis Street. Born in Klingerstown, Pa., March 5, 1879, he had lived in Portland 47 years.
  Survivors include his widow, Leona, and a daughter, Evelyn M. Callahan, both of Portland; two sons, Clarence of Portland and Almon of San Francisco.
  Published in the Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) on Wednesday, March 25, 1953.⁵
  
• He was buried on 25 March 1953, at Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.⁴

• Father*: Sylvester Schadel Wiest b. 2 Mar 1858, d. 2 Mar 1941
• Mother*: Isabella S. Lesher b. 1854, d. 1934

Evelyn Wiest¹

• Last Edited: 21 May 2022

• Relationship: 3rd great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Her married name was Callahan.²
• Source: Mary Stapleton.¹
• Evelyn Wiest was born in 1907, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.¹
• She was the daughter of David Richard Wiest and Elura Boyer.
• As of 18 June 1932,her married name was Lewis.^1,3

• Father*: David Richard Wiest b. 5 Mar 1879, d. 22 Mar 1953
• Mother*: Elura Boyer b. 14 Oct 1883, d. 11 Aug 1935