Orpha Orvena Ressler1,2

F, #21599, b. 15 August 1917, d. 29 February 2000
  • Last Edited: 4 May 2023
  • Orpha Orvena Ressler was born on 15 August 1917, Leck Kill, Northumberland County, PA.3
  • She was the daughter of Morris E. Ressler and Edna Belle Mauser.3
  • Orpha Orvena Ressler married Melvin R. Knorr, son of Cyrus Milton Knorr and Amanda Diane Troutman, after 1930, Salem Church, Rough & Ready, Schuylkill County, PA.1
  • Orpha Orvena Ressler died on 29 February 2000, Rough and Ready, Upper Mahantango Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 82.4,1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Knorr rites
    Services for Orpha O. Knorr, 82, of RR1 Klingerstown, who died Tuesday evening at home, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday from Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, RR1 Klingerstown. The Revs. Joel Petruschke and Mark Rothermel will officiate. Interment will be in Zion Cemetery, Erdman. She had been in ill health for four years.
    Born in Leck Kill, Aug. 15, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Morris E. and Edna B. Mauser Ressler. She was educated in Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, schools.
    She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Erdman, and Mahantongo Valley Senior Citizens of Pitman.
    Her husband, Melvin R., died Dec. 5, 1973, and a daughter, Joan Marie Knorr, died March 27, 1947.
    Surviving are five daughters, Gloria C. Phillips, Halifax, Romaine D. Deitrich and Shirley M. Kline, both of RR1 Klingerstown, Judith A. Knorr, Philadelphia, and Sandra L. Shaver, North Wales; two sisters, Cloma Duttry, Mechanicsburg, and Geraldine Wiest, Halifax; four brothers, Stervin Ressler, Baltimore, Md., Lamar Ressler, Halifax, Delmar Ressler, RR1 Herndon, and Glenn Ressler, Mechanicsburg; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
    Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 02 Mar 2000, Thu, Page 3.3

Children of Orpha Orvena Ressler and Melvin R. Knorr

  • Sandra L Knorr
  • Shirley M. Knorr
  • Gloria C. Ressler3,5
  • Romaine Diane Knorr
  • Joan Marie Knorr b. 10 Jun 1946, d. 27 Mar 1947
  • Judith A Knorr

Citations

  1. [S304] Lawrence Berger-Knorr, "Alexander Klinger Database" (Carlisle, PA), downloaded November 15, 2005.
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230452510/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Orpha O. Knorr, Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 02 Mar 2000, Thu, Page 3.
  4. [S1140] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online www.ancestry.com, , SSN:     205128646; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…
  5. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Morris E. Ressler, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 30 Apr 1965, Fri, Page 16.