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 was the son of Alvin C. Sitlinger and Mary Etta Daniels.2
  • Emory Isaiah Sitlinger 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

Children of Emory Isaiah Sitlinger and Henrietta Weiss

  • Hilda Marie Sitlinger2 b. 11 Jun 1924, d. 29 Oct 1998
  • Arlene Eleanor Sitlinger2 b. 3 Sep 1925, d. b 24 Sep 2023
  • Robert Arland Sitlinger2 b. 5 Apr 1927, d. b 24 Sep 2023
  • Russell Benjamin Sitlinger+2 b. 14 Jun 1929, d. b 15 Nov 2010
  • Carl Richard Sitlinger2 b. 16 Aug 1931, d. 4 Apr 1991
  • Margaret Kathryn Sitlinger2
  • Phyllis Marian Sitlinger2 b. 31 Mar 1934, d. b 24 Sep 2023
  • Evelyn Paulinie Sittlinger4 b. 12 Jul 1937, d. 15 Nov 2010
  • Wayne LeMar Sitlinger+2 b. 7 Jan 1941, d. 24 Sep 2023
  • Alvin Clayton Sitlinger2
  • Bonita Carolyn Sitlinger2 b. 8 Jan 1945, d. b 24 Sep 2023

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Emery I. Sitlinger, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 05 Feb 1991, Tue, Page 11.
  4. [S107] Newspaper Article, (20 Aug 1986).

William R. Shaffer1

M, #15428, b. 17 September 1936, d. 1 May 1977
  • Last Edited: 24 Feb 2007
  • Graduated from Coal Township High School. -- Elaine (Wynn)Shaffer/Donnely.
    Buried in All Saints Cemetery, Ralpho Twp., Northumberland Co., PA. --M2-474.1
  • William R. Shaffer was born on 17 September 1936, Coal Township, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • He died on 1 May 1977, Maryland at age 40.1

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.

Nellie A. Tasker1

F, #15429, b. 1885, d. 1978
  • Last Edited: 24 Feb 2007
  • Born in Europe, came to America at age 4. -- Source: Elaine (Wynn) Shaffer-Donnelly. Thisa is not consistent with the 1910 Census.
    Buried in Shamokin IOOF Cemetery, Trevorton Road, Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA. -- Source: M4-332.1
  • Nellie A. Tasker was born in 1885. According to the 1910 Census, Nellie was born in Pennsylvania to parents who were English. According to the 1920 Census, Nellie as born in Russia, to parents who were Russian but whose native language was Polish.2,3,4
  • Her married name was Wiest.1
  • She married Isaac Timber Wiest, son of Felix Klinger Wiest and Sara Williamson, circa 1905, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1,2
  • Nellie A. Tasker died in 1978, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1

Children of Nellie A. Tasker and Isaac Timber Wiest

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S199] 1910 Census , Shamokin Ward 9, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1384; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 108; Image: 599.
  3. [S172] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume IV (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 2nd edition, 1998), p. 322. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials- IV.
  4. [S192] 1920 US Census, Shamokin Ward 9, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1611; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 127; Image: 537.

Harry George Wiest1

M, #15432, b. circa 1906, d. 1962
  • Last Edited: 3 Jan 2008
  • Source: Elaine (Wynn) Shaffer-Donnelly.1
  • Harry George Wiest was born circa 1906, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • He was the son of Isaac Timber Wiest and Nellie A. Tasker.
  • Name: Harry Wiest
    SSN: 151-07-1448
    Born: 12 May 1906
    Died: Aug 1962
    State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951.2 )
  • Harry George Wiest died in 1962, Paterson, NJ.1

Child of Harry George Wiest

  • Child Wiest

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S200] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index. Hereinafter cited as SSDI.

Isaac Timber Wiest1

M, #15433, b. 27 January 1875, d. 19 August 1946
  • Last Edited: 31 Jul 2009
  • Name incorrectly listed as Timothy I. Wiest in Farrow Funeral Home and Shamokin IOOF Cemetery records. --BTH.1
  • Isaac Timber Wiest also went by the name of Tim or Timothy.
  • He was born on 27 January 1875, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.1,2
  • He was the son of Felix Klinger Wiest and Sara Williamson.
  • Isaac Timber Wiest married Nellie A. Tasker circa 1905, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1,3
  • At the time of the 1910 Census, "Timothy" and Nellie were living on East Commerce Street, Shamokin, Northumberland County, in the following household: Timothy Weist, head, 32, married 4 years, baker; Nellie, wife, 23, married 4 years, mother of 2 children, both surviving; Harry, son, 3; and Violet, 1 year 11 months old.3
  • In 1920, Timothy was working as a laborer in the mines, while living in Shamokin with his wife Nellie and 2 children, Harry and Violet.4
  • Isaac Timber Wiest died on 19 August 1946, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA, at age 71.1
  • He was buried at IOOF Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.5

Children of Isaac Timber Wiest and Nellie A. Tasker

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), pp. 393-94. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  3. [S199] 1910 Census , Shamokin Ward 9, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1384; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 108; Image: 599.
  4. [S192] 1920 US Census, Shamokin Ward 9, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1611; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 127; Image: 537.
  5. [S172] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume IV (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 2nd edition, 1998), p. 331. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials- IV.

Violet May Wiest1

F, #15434, b. 1908
  • Last Edited: 1 Jul 2005
  • Graduate of Shamokin High School in 1927. -- SHSAA records.
    Buried in Shamokin IOOF Cemetery, Treverton Road, Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA. -- Sourc e: M4-332.1
  • Violet May Wiest was born in 1908, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of Isaac Timber Wiest and Nellie A. Tasker.
  • Violet May Wiest married David Wynn circa 1934.1
  • Violet May Wiest died Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • She was buried at IOOF Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.2

Children of Violet May Wiest and David Wynn

  • Gayle J. Wynn
  • Elaine L. Wynn

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S172] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume IV (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 2nd edition, 1998), p. 332. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials- IV.

David Wynn1

M, #15435, b. 6 April 1906, d. 15 February 1947
  • Last Edited: 8 Jan 2004
  • Son of CARRIS D. and SUSANNA (MOMLEY) WYNN. Buried in Shamokin IOOFCemetery, Treverton Road , Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA. -- Source:M4-338.1
  • David Wynn was born on 6 April 1906.1
  • He married Violet May Wiest, daughter of Isaac Timber Wiest and Nellie A. Tasker, circa 1934.1
  • David Wynn died on 15 February 1947, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA, at age 40.1

Children of David Wynn and Violet May Wiest

  • Gayle J. Wynn
  • Elaine L. Wynn

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.

William Lanxner1

M, #15440, b. 8 October 1926, d. 4 May 1986
  • Last Edited: 8 Jan 2004
  • William Lanxner married an unknown person.1
  • Buried in the B'nai Israel Cemetery.1
  • He was born on 8 October 1926.1
  • He died on 4 May 1986, Maryland at age 59.1

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.

Grace Iona Schleif1

F, #15443, b. 8 November 1901, d. 1990
  • Last Edited: 17 Jan 2004
  • Grace Iona Schleif was buried at Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • GRACE IONA SCHLEIF, daughter of DANIEL and CATHERINE (HEIM) SCHLEIF, was born in Shamokin, PA , on November 8, 1901.

    Education: Graduated from Shamokin High School in 1919, and from the New England School of Music, Boston, MA, in 1923.

    On July 30, 1930, she married WILLIAM IRVINE WIEST, son of WILLIAM JAMES and ROSANNA CHRISTINA (SIMMENDINGER) WIEST, of Shamokin. Irvine and Grace had two daughters: GRACE IONA (b. 5/3/ 1932) and BARBARA CAROLYN (b. 12/1/1937, d. 10/8/1971)

    Grace Wiest was a member of St. John's Church of Christ, Shamokin, where she was a member of and soloist in the church choir. She also taught voice in Shamokin for a number of years.

    Mrs. Wiest was a past worthy matron of the Iris Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of the Shamokin Women's Club, the Elysburg Garden Club, and the Cecelian Club.

    Wm. Irvine and Grace lived at 35 E. Sunbury Street, Shamokin, for many years. Immediately prior to her death, Grace was a resident at the Masonic Home, Elizabethtown, PA.

    Grace Wiest died in St. Joseph's Hospital Lancaster, PA, in 1990. She was buried alongside her husband Irvine, who preceded her in death on October, 1, 1968, in the Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, PA.

    Source: Obituary: The News-Item, Shamokin, PA, 1990.1
  • She was born on 8 November 1901, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • She was graduated in 1919 Shamokin High School, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • She was graduated in 1923 New England School of Music, Boston, MA.1
  • She married William Irvine Wiest, son of William James Wiest and Rosanna Christina Simmendinger, on 30 July 1930, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • Grace Iona Schleif died in 1990, St. Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA.1

Children of Grace Iona Schleif and William Irvine Wiest

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.

Richard Atwood Trea1

M, #15444, b. circa 1930
  • Last Edited: 12 Nov 2004
  • Education: Graduated from Dickenson College about 1954.

    Occupation: Advertising agency executive.1
  • Richard Atwood Trea was born circa 1930.1

Child of Richard Atwood Trea and Grace Iona Wiest

  • Richard Edward Trea

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.

Barbara Carolyn Wiest1

F, #15446, b. 1 December 1937, d. 8 October 1971
  • Last Edited: 17 Jan 2004
  • BARBARA CAROLYN WIEST, younger daughter of WILLIAM IRVINE and GRACE IONE (SCHLEIF) WIEST, was born on December 1, 1937, in Shamokin, PA.

    Graduated from Shamokin High School in 1955 and from Syracuse University, where she majored in journalism, in 1959.

    After she graduated from college, Barbara worked for a time in New York City, where she met JOHN THOMAS McCARTHY, Jr., a native of Long Island, NY, where he was in training for the US Diplomatic Corps. John and Barbara were married on July 4, 1962.

    John McCarthy has served in US Embassies throughout the world. Barbara accompanied him to posts in Africa and Thailand, before her health caused them to take a posting in Washington, DC . Barbara had contracted a rare and incurable form of leukemia. She died from the side effects from the experimental treatment she volunteered for at Walter Reed Hospital, on October 8, 1971.

    Comments: Life was not "fair" to Barbara Wiest. When she told her parents that she intende d to marry John McCarthy, her father banished her from his home. Irvine Wiest was a "lord-high-mucky-muck" in the Masons and took her marriage to a Roman Catholic as a personal affront. Whenever John and Barbara visited Shamokin, she stayed at the home of her Uncle Joe and Aunt Sara Hall. She never set foot in the house she grew up in until after her father's death when her mother attempted a reconciliation.

    Sources: Personal knowledge.

    Buried in the Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, Northumberland Co., PA. -- Source : NM-555.1
  • Barbara Carolyn Wiest was born on 1 December 1937, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of William Irvine Wiest and Grace Iona Schleif.
  • Barbara Carolyn Wiest died on 8 October 1971, Washington, DC, at age 33.1

Children of Barbara Carolyn Wiest and John Thomas McCarthy Jr.

  • John Thomas III McCarthy
  • Elizabeth Carolyn McCarthy

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.

William Irvine Wiest1

M, #15448, b. 25 July 1903, d. 11 October 1968
  • Last Edited: 21 Oct 2006
  • WILLIAM IRVINE WIEST, son of WILLIAM JAMES and ROSANNA CHRISTINA (SIMMENDINGER) WEIST, was born in Shamokin, PA, on July 25, 1903. He graduated from Shamokin High School in 1921 and from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, in 1925. He was conferred a degree in law from DickInson in 1927.
    Irvine Wiest entered the law practice as a member of the firm of Knight and Taggart, Sunbury , PA, with whom he was associated for about two years prior to opening private practice in Shamokin, where he practiced law for almost 40 years. Attorney Wiest was a member of the Northumberland County , Pennsylvania State, and American Bar Associations.
    Irvine was an active member of the Shamokin High School Alumni Association from the time of his graduation, and served a term as president of the association. He was also a member and past president ofthe Shamokin Valley Country Club. His fraternal affiliations included membership in the Shamokin Elks Lodge, the Shamokin Odd Fellows Lodge,the Shamokin Rotary Club, and numerous other groups throughout the area. He was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ and was active in many of its programs.
    On July 30, 1930, Irvine Wiest married GRACE IONE SCHLEIF, daughter of DANIEL and CATHERINE (HEIM) SCHLEIF of Shamokin. Irvine and Grace had two daughters: GRACE IONA (b. 5/3/1932) and BARBARA CAROLYN (b.12/1/1937, d. 10/8/1971)
    Irvine Wiest has been characterized as a man who devoted his life to FreeMasonry. He served as most excellent high priest of the Royal Arch Chapter in 1965-66, and at the time of his death was the Intendant General of Eastern Pennsylvania, Red Cross, for the United States,Mexico, and the Phillippine Islands. He was the only member of the Shamokin Champer to hold both state and national offices in the Masonic organization. He also authored a book on Masonry entitled "Free Masonry in the American Courts." His interest and activity in Masonry was rewarded in 1960 when he was named an honorary member of the Supreme Council, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, 33rd degree.
    Stricken acutely ill while attending a meeting at St. John's Church on the evening of October 1, 1968, Irvine was admitted to the Shamokin State General Hospital where he died less than two hours later. His death was attributed to a heart seizure. He was buried in the Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, PA.
    Source: Obituary, Shamokin News-Item.1
  • William Irvine Wiest was born on 25 July 1903, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • He was the son of William James Wiest and Rosanna Christina Simmendinger.1
  • William Irvine Wiest married Grace Iona Schleif on 30 July 1930, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • William Irvine Wiest died on 11 October 1968, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA, at age 65.1
  • He was buried at Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, PA.2,1

Children of William Irvine Wiest and Grace Iona Schleif

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S59] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume II (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 3rd edition 1998), p. 555. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials II.