Viola Savilla Schreffler1,2

F, #37542, b. 11 September 1895, d. 29 June 1979
  • Last Edited: 24 Dec 2023
  • Viola Savilla Schreffler was born on 11 September 1895, Klingerstown RD, Schuylkill County, PA.3
  • She was the daughter of Isaac Schreffler and Malinda Daniels.2
  • Viola Savilla Schreffler married John Romberger Clark, son of John S. Clark and Sophie Romberger, on 26 October 1912, Friedens Reformed Church, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.2
  • Viola Savilla Schreffler died on 29 June 1979, Mountain View Manor, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA, at age 83.2
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Mrs. Viola S. Clark
    LECK KILL - A funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Christ United Church of Christ. Leck Kill, for Mrs. Viola Schreffler Clark, 83, a former resident of Leck Kill.
    Burial will be in Jacob's Cemetery. Pitman RD. The Rev. Elden Ehrhart of Klingerstown RD will officiate.
    Friends and relatives may call in the Lawrence E. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown RD, from 7 to 9 p.m. today and in the church Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.
    Mrs. Clark, who is survived by 116 descendents, had been a resident of the Mountain View Manor since January.
    Born in Klingerstown RD Sept. 11, 1895, she was a daughter of the late Isaac and Malinda Daniels Schreffler. Her husband, John R. Clark, died in 1958.
    She was a member of Christ United Church of Christ, Leck Kill, and had been a member of the Ladies Aid Society of the church.
    Mrs. Clark is survived by five daughters. Mrs. Edna Harner of Sacramento. Mrs. Anna Reiner of Pitman RD. Mrs. Emma Kieffer of Klingerstown RD, Mrs. Helen Bryan of Sunbury RD2 and Mrs. Nelma Lute of Hellenstein: seven sons, Victor of Millersburg, Earl of Dalmatia RD, Lyle of Spring Glen, Lester of Sunbury, Chester of Lebanon, Lee of Dornsife RD and Leonard of Sunbury RD2; 44 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandsons.
    Two daughters preceded her in death, Mrs. Daisy Oxenrider in 1969 and Mrs. Mae Still in 1963.
    The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 02 Jul 1979, Mon, Page 8.3
  • She was buried on 3 July 1979, at St. Jacob's (Howerter's) Lutheran Church Cemetery, Line Mountain, Northumberland County, PA.1,2
  • Father*: Isaac Schreffler2 b. 19 Dec 1847, d. 4 Feb 1907
  • Mother*: Malinda Daniels2 b. 3 Aug 1854, d. 24 Nov 1923

Children of Viola Savilla Schreffler and John Romberger Clark

  • Edna Jane Clark+2 b. 14 Nov 1912, d. 28 Jan 2000
  • Victor Samuel Clark4 b. 17 Jan 1917, d. 22 May 1986
  • Lyle Norman Clark5 b. 10 Aug 1919, d. 26 Jun 2005
  • Emma Viola Clark+6 b. 23 Aug 1920, d. 1 Jun 2022
  • Nelma Clark7 b. 12 May 1934, d. 4 Dec 2022
  • Leonard Ralph Clark8 b. 1936, d. 22 Jan 2009

Citations

  1. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Viola S. Clark, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 30 Jun 1979, Sat, Page 2.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Viola S. Clark, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 02 Jul 1979, Mon, Page 8.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140165346/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  5. [S1140] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online www.ancestry.com, , SSN: 190181554; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…
  6. [S1147] Online Obituary for Emma V. Kieffer, Hoover-Boyer Funeral Home, Ltd., Elizabethville, PA; https://www.minnichfuneral.com/obituaries/…
  7. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Nelma Lute, The News Item (Shamokin, PA), Dec. 6, 2022; online: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsitem/name/…
  8. [S649] Clark, Leonard R., Obituary, Daily Item, Sunbury, PA, January 24, 2009. Hereinafter cited as Leonard R. Clark Obituary.

Jacob Milton Phillips1,2,3

M, #37544, b. 4 October 1861, d. 25 July 1943
  • Last Edited: 2 May 2023
  • Jacob Milton Phillips is also referred to as John Jacob Phillips in some sources.4
  • He was born on 4 October 1861, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.2,4
  • He was the son of Issac Phillips and Catharine Frymoyer.4
  • Jacob Milton Phillips married Maggie Magdalena Witmer, daughter of Isaac Lenker Witmer and Susanna Bubb, on 19 February 1887, Pillow, Northumberland County, PA.5,1,2
  • Jacob Milton Phillips died on 25 July 1943, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 81.2,4
  • Newspaper obituary:
    JACOB M. PHILLIPS
    Jacob Milton Phillips, age 81 years, of Dalmatia, R. D., died in the Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital, Sunday afternoon.
    Mr. Phillips, was a son of the late Isaac and Catherine (Frymoyer) Phillips, and was a native and lifelong resident of Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County. He was a member of the Stone Valley Lutheran Church. His wife, who was. for- merly Miss Maggie Witmer, preceded him in death.
    Survivors are four sons and four daughters, Mrs. John Williams, Harry Phillips, Fred Phillips, and Mrs. Charles Martz, of Dalmatia R. D; Mrs. John Bingaman, of Gratz; Mrs. Elmer Schlegel, of Urban, Dr. Clarence Phillips, of Sunbury, and Jacob Phillips Jr., of Pillow. Other survivors are twenty-seven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren; one brother, and one sister, Charles Phillips, and Mrs. Emma Tyson, both of Millersburg.
    Funeral services will be held from the home of his son, Fred Phillips, at 10 o'clock this Thursday morning, with further services in the Stone Valley Lutheran and Reformed Church. Rev. Walter Wagner, pastor of the Dalmatia Lutheran Parish will officiate, and interment will be in the cemetery adjoining the church.
    Elizabethville Echo, July 29, 1943, Page 1.3
  • He was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.4
  • Father*: Issac Phillips4 b. 17 Jul 1831, d. 28 Oct 1902
  • Mother*: Catharine Frymoyer4 b. 22 Sep 1825, d. 10 Dec 1903

Children of Jacob Milton Phillips and Maggie Magdalena Witmer

  • Alice Eva Phillips+1 b. 16 Jul 1895, d. 8 Mar 1975
  • Mollie Irene Phillips6 b. 3 May 1898, d. 11 Sep 1985
  • Minerva E. Phillips7 b. 16 Sep 1905, d. 8 Dec 1989

Citations

  1. [S737] Elsie Kinger Eaves, "E-Mail Correspondence," e-mail message from Elsie Kinger Eaves, October 2009, Dec 24, 2010. Hereinafter cited as "Elsie K. Eaves."
  2. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 572. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Jacob M. Phillips, Elizabethville Echo, July 29, 1943, Page 1. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… accessed May 2, 2023).
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40194359/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  5. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), Film Number: 000961092; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
  6. [S932] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online www.ancestry.com (Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records Reel: 267), https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985.
  7. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207547642/…

Maggie Magdalena Witmer1,2

F, #37545, b. 20 September 1864, d. 26 March 1938
  • Last Edited: 2 May 2023
  • Maggie Magdalena Witmer was born on 20 September 1864, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.3
  • She was the daughter of Isaac Lenker Witmer and Susanna Bubb.3
  • Maggie Magdalena Witmer married Jacob Milton Phillips, son of Issac Phillips and Catharine Frymoyer, on 19 February 1887, Pillow, Northumberland County, PA.4,1,5
  • Maggie Magdalena Witmer died on 26 March 1938, Geisinger Memorial Hospital, Mahoning Township, Montour County, PA, at age 73.2,3
  • Newspaper obituary:
    PHILLIPS FUNERAL
    Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Phillips, 73, wife of Jacob M. Phillips, Lower Mahanoy township, near Pillow, who died Saturday, morning in the Geisinger hospital, Danville, from a heart ailment after successfully undergoing an appendicitis operation, will be held at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at her home with continued services in the Stone Valley Reformed church. Rev. John Brumbach, pastor of the Reformed church, and Rev. Walter Wagner, pastor of the Lutheran church, will officiate, and interment will be in the Stone Valley cemetery.
    The Daily Item, March 28, 1938, Page 2.6
  • She was buried on 30 March 1938, at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.2,3
  • Father*: Isaac Lenker Witmer3 b. 21 Oct 1827, d. 9 Oct 1895
  • Mother*: Susanna Bubb3 b. 9 Jun 1831, d. 21 Oct 1901

Children of Maggie Magdalena Witmer and Jacob Milton Phillips

  • Alice Eva Phillips+1 b. 16 Jul 1895, d. 8 Mar 1975
  • Mollie Irene Phillips7 b. 3 May 1898, d. 11 Sep 1985
  • Minerva E. Phillips8 b. 16 Sep 1905, d. 8 Dec 1989

Citations

  1. [S737] Elsie Kinger Eaves, "E-Mail Correspondence," e-mail message from Elsie Kinger Eaves, October 2009, Dec 24, 2010. Hereinafter cited as "Elsie K. Eaves."
  2. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 28734 (1938); https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40194416/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), Film Number: 000961092; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
  5. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 572. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  6. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Maggie Phillips, The Daily Item, March 28, 1938, Page 2. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… accessed May 2, 2023).
  7. [S932] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, online www.ancestry.com (Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records Reel: 267), https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985.
  8. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207547642/…

Andrew S. Ehringer1

M, #37546, b. 1910, d. 1969
  • Last Edited: 29 Jul 2018

Children of Andrew S. Ehringer and Kathryn Minerva Bingaman

  • Shirley Lorraine Ehringer1
  • Patricia Ehringer1

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 572. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48751735/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  3. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.

Raymond Henry Rowe1,2

M, #37558, b. 7 April 1919, d. 21 August 2000
  • Last Edited: 29 Jul 2018
  • Raymond Henry Rowe was born on 7 April 1919, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • He married Celia Irene Bingaman, daughter of John Henry Bingaman and Alice Eva Phillips, on 6 August 1943, United Brethren Parsonage, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • Raymond Henry Rowe died on 21 August 2000, at age 81.3
  • He was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.3

Children of Raymond Henry Rowe and Celia Irene Bingaman

  • Raymond John Rowe1
  • Susanne Louise Rowe1

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 573. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125328916/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.