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Jonas Savidge¹

• Last Edited: 12 Feb 2005

• Jonas Savidge married Lottie Hoffman.
• Jonas Savidge died before 1991.¹

Lottie Hoffman¹

• Last Edited: 12 Feb 2005

• Lottie Hoffman married Jonas Savidge.
• Lottie Hoffman died before 1991.¹

Eugene W. Erdman^1,2

• Last Edited: 26 Sep 2023

• Eugene W. Erdman was born on 29 January 1921, Klingerstown RD, Schuylkill County, PA.^4,5
• He was the son of William W. Erdman and Mabel Minnie Wolfgang.^1,3
• Eugene W. Erdman married Bertha I. Lenig, daughter of Roy C. Lenig and Laura A. Derck, on 11 May 1942.^1,6
• Eugene W. Erdman died on 27 June 1971, Danville State Hospital, Danville, Montour County, PA, at age 50; Eugene committed suicide while a patient at Danville State Hospital .^7,4,2,6
• Newspaper obituary:
  Eugene Erdman
  Eugene W. Erdman, 50, of Herndon RD, died Sunday in Danville Hospital, where he had been a patient two years.
  Born in Klingerstown RD, he was 50 son of Mrs. .Mabel (Wolfgang) Erdman of Spring Glen and the late William Erdman.
  He was a member of the Klingerstown Fire Company, was a farmer and also had been employed as a miner.
  Surviving with his mother are his wife, the former Bertha Lenig; seven sons, Jay, Herdon, RD; Dennis, Dornsife RD; and Charles, Barry , Glenn, Dale and Eugene Jr., all at home; one daughter, Mrs. William Wolfe, of Lansdale; two grandchildren.
  Also surviving are five brothers and three sisters: Guy Erdman, Klingerstown RD; Jay and Kenneth Erdman, Valley View; Leo Erdman, Spring Glen; Clair Erdman, Gratz; Mrs. Marlin Rockwell, Ashland; Mrs. Merlin Derck, Herndon RD; Mrs. Elmer Reinoehl, Klingerstown RD.
  Funeral 10:30a.m. Wednesday from the Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingertown RD. Rev. Myron Lindow, pastor of Grace Community Church, Herndon, will officiate. Interment will be in Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington. Visitation at the funeral home Tuesday evening.
  Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 28 Jun 1971, Mon, Page 2.⁴
  
• He was buried on 30 June 1971, at Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, Northumberland County, PA.^8,4

• Father*: William W. Erdman^1,3 b. 15 Nov 1889, d. 17 Feb 1964
• Mother*: Mabel Minnie Wolfgang¹ b. 7 Dec 1895, d. 11 Mar 1989

Bertha I. Lenig^1,2

• Last Edited: 26 Sep 2023

• Bertha I. Lenig was born on 23 April 1925, West Cameron, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• She was the daughter of Roy C. Lenig and Laura A. Derck.²
• Bertha I. Lenig married Eugene W. Erdman, son of William W. Erdman and Mabel Minnie Wolfgang, on 11 May 1942.^1,2
• Bertha I. Lenig died on 22 June 2009, Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, at age 84.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  June 22, 2009
  Bertha I. Erdman, 84, of 281 Erdmans Farm Road, Herndon, died Monday at the Sunbury Community Hospital, where she had been a patient since June 4, 2009.
  Born in West Cameron on April 23, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Laura Derck Lenig.
  On May 11, 1942, she married Eugene W. Erdman, who preceded her in death June 27, 1971.
  She was educated in West Cameron Township schools.
  Bertha was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing, crocheting and cooking. She loved her family and grandchildren and especially enjoyed their visits.
  She attended Christ Community Church at Dornsife.
  Surviving are a daughter, Patsy Wolfe, Dornsife; five sons and daughters-in-law, Charles and Jean Erdman, Barry and Dorothy Erdman, Dennis and Wanda Erdman, Glenn and Connie Erdman and Dale and Dee Erdman, all of Herndon, and daughter-in-law, Shirley Erdman Morgan, wife of Fayne Morgan, Dornsife; 19 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Betty, wife of Charles Paul, and Madeline, wife of James Wiest, all of West Cameron; a brother, James, husband of Mildred Lenig, West Cameron; nieces and nephews.
  She was preceded in death by two sons, Eugene Erdman Jr., in 1980, and Jay Erdman, in 1998.
  A viewing will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Friday in Christ Community Church, 1329 Schwaben Creek Road, Dornsife, followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. The Rev. Larry Baney will officiate. Interment will be in Northumberland Memorial Park at Stonington. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Christ Community Church Memorial Fund, 1329 Schwaben Creek Road, Dornsife, PA 17823. Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, 1133 Ridge Road, Klingerstown, has charge.
  Published in Republican & Herald on 6/24/2009.²
  
• She was buried on 26 June 2009, at Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, Northumberland County, PA.²

• Father*: Roy C. Lenig² b. 23 Mar 1903, d. 19 Mar 1974
• Mother*: Laura A. Derck² d. 31 May 1993