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Carl Monroe Lenker¹

• Last Edited: 3 Mar 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Carl Monroe Lenker was born on 20 November 1915, Herndon, Northumberland County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Howard Lenker and Mary F. R. Carl.¹
• Carl Monroe Lenker married Mildred Renn, daughter of Joel Renn and Laura Eister.²
• Carl Monroe Lenker died on 19 March 2005, Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 89.^1,2
• Newspaper obituary:
  Carl M. Lenker, 89, Herndon
  HERNDON -- Carl Monroe Lenker, 89, went to be with his Lord at 9 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2005, in the Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg. He had' been in failing health since September 1999.
  He was born Nov. 20, 1915, in Northumberland County ( a son of the late Howard and Mary (Carl) Lenker.
  Carl was a quiet, generous and happy man who always had a smile on his face.
  He attended Wesleyan Emmanuel Church, Gratz.
  Carl enjoyed growing flowers, gardening, hunting and fishing. He also enjoyed traveling to Florida in the wintertime.
  He was a farmer and a welder. He was employed by Meckley's Limestone Quarry for 45 years.
  Surviving are his wife of 66 years, the former Mildred Renn; two sons and daughters-in-law, Raymond C. and Florence Lenker of RR2 Herndon and Allen C. and Joy Lenker of Thonotosassa, Fla; five grandchildren, Michael and Donna Lenker of RR2 Herndon, Corey and Tracy Lenker of Herndon, Robin : and D wight Bucharion, Samuel and Sherri Lenker, and Robert Lenker, all of Florida; eight great-grandchildren, Sam, Dillion, Dalton, Chloe and Michael of Florida and Garry, Jonathon and Aubrey of Herndon; one brother, Paul Lenker; and two sisters, Mary of California and Catherine of Florida.
  He was preceded in death by two brothers, George and John; and one sister, Martha.
  Friends will be reqeived from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, Gratz, where the funeral will follow at 11 with the Rev. Jonathan A. Heath officiating.
  Burial will be in Riverview Memorial Gardens, Halifax.
  Funeral arrangements were made by the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 395 State St., Sunbury.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 21 Mar 2005, Mon, Page 3.²
  
• He was buried on 23 March 2005, at Riverview Memorial Gardens, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA.²

• Father*: Howard Lenker¹ b. 18 Aug 1889, d. 17 Jun 1967
• Mother*: Mary F. R. Carl¹ b. May 1894, d. 21 Oct 1972