Person Page - 1670

Alice Estella Wolfe¹

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2017

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Alice Estella Wolfe was born on 9 February 1932, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• She was the daughter of Walter W. Wolfe and Ruby V. Lubold.¹
• Alice Estella Wolfe married William Smith.²
• Alice Estella Wolfe died in February 1981.¹
• She was buried at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene County, MO.²

• Father*: Walter W. Wolfe¹ b. 28 May 1903, d. 25 Aug 1984
• Mother*: Ruby V. Lubold¹ b. 13 Oct 1905, d. 2 Oct 1997

William Smith¹

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2017

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• William Smith was born in 1931.¹
• He married Alice Estella Wolfe, daughter of Walter W. Wolfe and Ruby V. Lubold.¹
• William Smith died in 1989.¹
• He was buried at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene County, MO.¹

Albert G. Dubbs¹

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2017

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Albert G. Dubbs was born on 1 October 1881, Clarksville, Greene County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Jefferson Dubbs and Emma Brown.^2,1
• Albert G. Dubbs married Sadie M. Zimmerman, daughter of John F. Zimmerman and Mary Catherine Klinger, before 1920.¹
• Albert G. Dubbs died on 7 November 1959, Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 78.¹
• He was buried on 11 November 1959, at Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2

• Father*: Jefferson Dubbs²
• Mother*: Emma Brown¹

Mary Emma Dubbs¹

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2017

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Mary Emma Dubbs was born on 31 October 1920, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• She was the daughter of Albert G. Dubbs and Sadie M. Zimmerman.¹
• Mary Emma Dubbs married Guy Tobias Eckler, son of Harry R. Eckler and Amy R. Tobias, on 1 June 1940, Manassas, VA.²
• Mary Emma Dubbs died in November 1991, at age 71.¹

• Father*: Albert G. Dubbs¹ b. 1 Oct 1881, d. 7 Nov 1959
• Mother*: Sadie M. Zimmerman¹ b. 13 Mar 1879, d. 20 Nov 1934

Guy Tobias Eckler¹

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2017

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Guy Tobias Eckler was born on 30 October 1919, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2
• He was the son of Harry R. Eckler and Amy R. Tobias.²
• Guy Tobias Eckler married Mary Emma Dubbs, daughter of Albert G. Dubbs and Sadie M. Zimmerman, on 1 June 1940, Manassas, VA.¹
• Guy Tobias Eckler died on 23 October 1994, at age 74.²
• He was buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, PA.³

• Father*: Harry R. Eckler²
• Mother*: Amy R. Tobias²

William Ginter¹

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Newspaper obituary:
  William Ginter, Former Grocer, Is Claimed By Death
  William Ginter, 64, who years ago conducted a grocery store on Market and Broad streets, Nanticoke, died at 2:30 a.m. today at his home, 142 Orchard street, of complications. Mr. Ginter was a life resident of Nanticoke and was well known and highly respected.
  When the Strauss furniture store organized here he left the grocery business and was employed as a salesman at the furniture store, a position he held until the store went out of business about a year ago.
  Mr. Ginter was a member of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church. His wife, the former Sally Glantz, is the daughter of the first minister of that church. Her father was also one of the organizers of the parish.
  Besides his wife, the following children survive: Lawrence, a member of the faculty of West Chester State Teachers' College; Floyd, Lake Silkworth; Dr. L. W. Ginter of Benton; Earl, Charles of Nanticoke, and Willard at home. One sister, Mrs. Libby Schultz of Nanticoke. Seven grandchildren also survive.
  The funeral will take place Monday afternoon at 1:30 from the home, with additional services in Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church at 2. Rev. H. Jerome Leinbach, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Hanover Green Cemetery.
  Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), 30 Jun 1939, Fri, Page 6.²
  
• William Ginter was born on 24 April 1875, Nanticoke, Luzerne County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Gustav Ginter and Anna (?)¹
• William Ginter married Sallie Ann Minerva Wiest, daughter of Samuel Baum Wiest and Mary Anna Klinger, circa 1897.^1,3
• William Ginter died on 30 June 1939, Nanticoke, Luzerne County, PA, at age 64.¹
• He was buried on 3 July 1939, at Hanover Green Cemetery, Nanticoke, Luzerne County, PA.²

• Father*: Gustav Ginter¹
• Mother*: Anna (?)¹

Lawrence Roy Ginter¹

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Lawrence Roy Ginter was born on 8 January 1899, Nanticoke, Luzerne County, PA.¹
• He was the son of William Ginter and Sallie Ann Minerva Wiest.¹
• Lawrence Roy Ginter married Lillian Urmston circa 1928.^1,2
• Lawrence Roy Ginter died on 2 July 1955, West Goshen Township, Chester County, PA, at age 56.¹
• He was buried on 7 July 1955, at Fairview Cemetery, Coatesville, Chester County, PA.¹

• Father*: William Ginter¹ b. 24 Apr 1875, d. 30 Jun 1939
• Mother*: Sallie Ann Minerva Wiest¹ b. 16 Nov 1876, d. 17 Oct 1976

Lillian Urmston¹

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Lillian Urmston was born circa 1906, Youngstown, OH.²
• She married Lawrence Roy Ginter, son of William Ginter and Sallie Ann Minerva Wiest, circa 1928.^1,2
• Lillian Urmston married Warren S. Hartman in 1972.²
• Lillian Urmston died on 5 August 1994, Masonic Home, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, PA.²
• She was buried on 9 August 1994, at Fairview Cemetery, Coatesville, Chester County, PA.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  L. Ginter-Hartman; was music teacher
  Lillian Urmston Ginter-Hartman, 88, a longtime Chester County resident and a retired music teacher who had taught at several area schools, died Friday at the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown.
  Her first husband, Lawrence R. Ginter, had been a professor of music at West Chester University and a former choir director at the First Presbyterian Church in West Chester, where Mrs. Ginter-Hartman was a longtime member and sang with the choir. He died in 1955. They had been married for 27 years.
  She resided in West Chester from 1936 to 1972, when she married Warren S. Hartman. They resided in the Coatesville area and, after his death in 1986 she returned to West Chester. She lived in the borough until three years ago, when she moved to the Tel-Hai Retirement Community in Honey Brook. She had resided at the Masonic Home in Elizbethtown since April.
  A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Mrs. Ginter-Hartman grew up in Cone-maugh, near Johnstown, Pa., and attended school there. She earned her undergraduate degree from New York University and a master's degree in music education from West Chester University.
  She began her teaching career in the Abington School District, then taught at schools in Chester County from 1937 until her retirement in the early 1970s.
  Her son, Lawrence U. Ginter, said that his mother's career spanned a number of years and several grades. She taught everywhere from a one-room school in Guthriesville to college level, he said.
  "She knew a lot of people and tha kept her going," Ginter said. He said his mother, who played the piano, touched many people through her music.
  In 1960, she received a Freedom's Foundation award for excellence in teaching, her son said.
  Among the places she taught music were Immaculata College, schools in East and West Whiteland Townships, and in the West Chester school district. Her last school was Fern Hill Elementary School.
  Mrs. Ginter-Hartman was a member of the Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution and Delta Kappa Gamma, an international organization for women teachers.
  She also is survived by four granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.
  A service was held Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church in West Chester. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery, Coatesville.
  Memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 130 W. Miner St., West Chester, Pa 19382.
  Arrangements were made by Founds Funeral Home, West Chester.
  The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 11 Aug 1994, Thu, Page 111.²
  

Lawrence Urmston Ginter¹

• Last Edited: 21 Feb 2017

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Lawrence Urmston Ginter was born on 30 June 1934, Coatesville, Chester County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Lawrence Roy Ginter and Lillian Urmston.¹
• Lawrence Urmston Ginter died on 12 November 2015, Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, PA, at age 81.¹
• He was buried at Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery, West Chester, Chester County, PA.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  Lawrence Urmston Ginter or “LUG”, as he was often known, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at his home at the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, PA.
  Born to Lawrence and Lillian Urmston Ginter on June 30, 1934 in Coatesville, PA, LUG was a lifetime resident of West Chester until a few years ago when he moved to Lewis, DE and then five months ago to the Masonic Village.
  LUG attended West Chester public schools, and the University of Alabama, where he studied Civil Engineering. During high school years, in summers and after school, he worked with local custom homebuilders, and found his passion building homes rather than building bridges and roads.
  He left the University of Alabama to begin his own Custom Home Construction Business in 1957. He built hundreds of the highest quality custom homes throughout West Chester, Chester County, Lancaster County and Stone Harbor. LUG expanded his business to include real estate development of small shopping centers, bank buildings and commercial warehouses.
  A licensed Realtor, he was owner of Carriage Realty, a full service Real Estate Company in West Chester. A past President of the Pennsylvania Home Builders Association, LUG took great pride in creating beautiful neighborhoods and shaping the future of West Chester.
  He was a long-standing member of the Masons of West Chester Lodge No. 322 F.&AM and a lifetime member and former trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester. He also attended Wells Memorial Church, Avalon, NJ.
  He is survived by his four daughters Lauren Jackson, Lynn May, Leigh Clark Brooks, Lizabeth Conners and his adored grandchildren, Emily and Ben Jackson, Madeleine and Sam May, Hannah-Leigh and Haley Clark Brooks, and Natalie Conners. He was pre-deceased by grandson Parker Jackson. He is also survived by his former wife, Eleanor (Elle Lewis).
  The family will hold a private graveside service at the Birmingham-Lafayette Cemetery at Birmingham Road, West Chester. Funeral arrangements by DellaVecchia, Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home, 410 N. Church Street, West Chester, PA 19380, 610-696-1181; www.DellaFH.com
  Published in The Daily Local News on Dec. 18, 2015.¹
  

• Father*: Lawrence Roy Ginter¹ b. 8 Jan 1899, d. 2 Jul 1955
• Mother*: Lillian Urmston¹ b. c 1906, d. 5 Aug 1994