John Romberger Clark1

M, #37523, b. 1890, d. 8 April 1958
  • Last Edited: 24 Dec 2023
  • John Romberger Clark was born in 1890, PA.1
  • He was the son of John S. Clark and Sophie Romberger.
  • John Romberger Clark married Viola Savilla Schreffler, daughter of Isaac Schreffler and Malinda Daniels, on 26 October 1912, Friedens Reformed Church, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Dornsife R.D.Man Dies in Hospital
    John R. Clark, 67, Dornsife R. D., died this morning at 2:30 in Sunbury Community Hospital, where he had been a patient for three days.
    Born October 23, 1890, in the Klingerstown R. D. area, John Clark was a son of the late John S. and Sophia (Romberger) Clark. He was a teacher of grades five and six in Mahanoy Joint School District, and was a member of Salem Reformed Church, Klingerstown R. D.
    Survivors include his wife, Viola Schreffler Clark, and the following children: Mrs. Gurney Harner, Sacramento: Mrs. Clinton Oxenrider, Millersburg; Mrs. Henry Reiner, Pitman; Victor Clark, Spring Glen; Earl Clark, of Dalmatia; Lyle Clark, Leck Kill; Mrs. Harry Keifer, Klingerstown R.D; Mrs. Charles Bryan and Lester Clark, Sunbury; Mrs. Joseph Still, Metuchen. N. J; Chester Clark, Lykens R. D. 1; Mrs. Donald Luce, Helfenstein and Lee and Leonard Clark, at home. Thirty-seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren survive, also, along with a sister, Mrs. Bertha Wolfgang, Klingerstown R. D.
    Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 in Salem Reformed Church. Klingerstown R. D. 1. Burial will be in Howerter Cemetery, Pitman. Friends and relatives may call Thursday night at the Rothermel Funeral Home.
    Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Pennsylvania), 08 Apr 1958, Tue, Page 3.2
  • John Romberger Clark died on 8 April 1958, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • He was buried at St. Jacob's (Howerter's) Lutheran Church Cemetery in Upper Mahantongo Twp., Northumberland County, PA.1
  • Father*: John S. Clark b. 10 Feb 1846, d. 13 May 1934
  • Mother*: Sophie Romberger

Children of John Romberger Clark and Viola Savilla Schreffler

  • Edna Jane Clark+1 b. 14 Nov 1912, d. 28 Jan 2000
  • Victor Samuel Clark3 b. 17 Jan 1917, d. 22 May 1986
  • Lyle Norman Clark4 b. 10 Aug 1919, d. 26 Jun 2005
  • Emma Viola Clark+5 b. 23 Aug 1920, d. 1 Jun 2022
  • Nelma Clark6 b. 12 May 1934, d. 4 Dec 2022
  • Leonard Ralph Clark7 b. 1936, d. 22 Jan 2009

Citations

  1. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  2. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for John R. Clark, Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Pennsylvania), 08 Apr 1958, Tue, Page 3.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140165346/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S1140] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online www.ancestry.com, , SSN: 190181554; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…
  5. [S1147] Online Obituary for Emma V. Kieffer, Hoover-Boyer Funeral Home, Ltd., Elizabethville, PA; https://www.minnichfuneral.com/obituaries/…
  6. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Nelma Lute, The News Item (Shamokin, PA), Dec. 6, 2022; online: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsitem/name/…
  7. [S649] Clark, Leonard R., Obituary, Daily Item, Sunbury, PA, January 24, 2009. Hereinafter cited as Leonard R. Clark Obituary.