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Josie Bailey¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jan 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Josie Bailey was born on 6 May 1927, Rush Springs, Grady County, OK.¹
• She was the daughter of Joe E. Bailey and Ellen M. (?)¹
• Josie Bailey married Donald E. Knecht, son of Roy Leo Knecht and Josie Bonning, on 25 June 1950, First Baptist Church, Chickasha, Grady County, OK.¹
• Josie Bailey died on 3 July 2018, Austin, Travis County, TX, at age 91.¹
• Funeral home obituary:
  Josie Knecht, age 91 of Abilene, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on July 3rd, 2018, in Austin, Texas.
  The Visitation will be Monday, July 9th, at 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Crofts-Crow Funeral Home in Johnson City, Texas. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 10th, at 3:00 PM at Crofts-Crow Funeral Home with her son-in-law Dwight Hunt of Peoria, Arizona, officiating.
  Josie was born in Rush Springs, Oklahoma, to Joe and Ellen Bailey on May 6, 1927. She graduated from Rush Springs High School as salutatorian. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Science degree in laboratory technology. She met her beloved husband at the University of Oklahoma. They were married on June 25, 1950, at the First Baptist Church in Chickasha, Oklahoma.
  In 1950-51 she worked as a med tech at St. Anthony’s Hospital. She devoted her life to being a wife and mother to her 3 children. She worked in various ministries in her church. At First Baptist Church of Abilene, Texas, she helped organize and participated in a significant prayer ministry which spanned many years and is thriving today. She spent the last 2 years of her life living with her son, Steve Knecht, and his wife, Sandy, in Johnson City.
  Josie is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Don Knecht, her brothers Harold and Oran Bailey, her grandson Spencer Bonham Knecht, and great grandson Isaac Preston Hunt.
  Josie is survived by her children Stephen Knecht (Sandy), Karl Knecht, and Marilyn Hunt (Dwight), her grandchildren Morgan Knecht (Susanna), Klint Knecht and Darcy Medina (Alex), Susan Hunt, Jonathan Hunt (Kacie), and Valerie Goforth (Kade), and great grandchildren Noah Medina, Micah Goforth, Kadynce Hunt, Lydia Hunt, and Juliana Hunt.
  For memorials, the family would appreciate a card with a favorite memory sent to Steve Knecht at 729 Clear Rock Ranch Rd., Johnson City, Texas, 78636. Also her favorite missionaries are Joe and Noney Mita who serve in Japan through Baptist Mid-Missions, P.O. Box 308011, Cleveland, OH, 44130-8011. If you want to support them, send a check addressed to Baptist Mid-Missons designated to Joe and Noney Mita.
  Crofts-Crow Funeral Home, Johnson City, TX.¹
  
• She was buried at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, TX.¹

• Father*: Joe E. Bailey¹ b. 1890, d. 1983
• Mother*: Ellen M. (?)¹ b. 1893, d. 1974

Joe E. Bailey¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jan 2019

• Joe E. Bailey was born in 1890.¹
• He married Ellen M. (?)¹
• Joe E. Bailey died in 1983.¹

Ellen M. (?)¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jan 2019

• Ellen M. (?) was born in 1893.¹
• She married Joe E. Bailey.¹
• Ellen M. (?) died in 1974.¹

Robert Hugo Harl¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jan 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Robert Hugo Harl was born on 14 May 1924.²
• He was the son of William B. Harl and Marella L. Huckaby.²
• Robert Hugo Harl died on 2 December 1999, at age 75.²
• He was buried at Temple Masonic Cemetery, Temple, Cotton County, OK.²

• Father*: William B. Harl²
• Mother*: Marella L. Huckaby²

William B. Harl¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jan 2019

• William B. Harl married Marella L. Huckaby.¹

Marella L. Huckaby¹

• Last Edited: 19 Jan 2019

• Marella L. Huckaby married William B. Harl.¹

Luther Martin Shirk¹

• Last Edited: 27 Jun 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Luther Martin Shirk was born on 24 February 1917, Palmyra, Lebanon County, PA.^1,2
• He was the son of Albert Shirk and Margaret Salome Klinger.¹
• Luther Martin Shirk married Edna M. Genert, daughter of Adam Genert and Bessie Thearwechter, on 5 June 1937, Lebanon County, PA.³
• Luther Martin Shirk married Emma Mae Gettle, daughter of Samuel Y. Gettle and Carrie M. Reedy, circa 1949.⁴
• Luther Martin Shirk died on 22 January 2009, ManorCare, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA, at age 91.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  Luther M. Shirk
  Luther M. Shirk, 91, ManorCare Lebanon, formerly of Shirk Lane, Myerstown, died Thursday, January 22, 2009, in ManorCare. He was the husband of the late Emma M. Gettle Shirk. He was born in Palmyra on February 24, 1917, son of the late Albert and Margaret Klinger Shirk.
  He was a retired carpenter, and a member of the local carpenter's union. He served six years in Panama with the U.S. Army Coastal Artillery prior to World War II.
  Surviving are sons Dennis R. Shirk and wife Sandra L. of Myerstown, James L. Shirk and wife Lori of Arkansas; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by sisters Hattie Sabo and Ellen Blauch. Funeral services Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at 2 p.m. in Rohland Funeral Home Inc., Fifth and Cumberland streets, Lebanon, where a viewing will be held Tuesday beginning at 1 p.m. Interment in South Bellegrove Cemetery.
  The Daily News (Lebanon, PA), 24 Jan 2009, Sat, Page 2.^5,6
  
• He was buried on 27 January 2009, at South Bellegrove Cemetery, Bellegrove, Lebanon County, PA.²

• Father*: Albert Shirk¹ b. 1889, d. 29 Jun 1958
• Mother*: Margaret Salome Klinger¹ b. 7 May 1880, d. 22 Feb 1958

Edna M. Genert¹

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Edna M. Genert was born on 1 March 1917.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Adam Genert and Bessie Thearwechter.²
• Edna M. Genert married Luther Martin Shirk, son of Albert Shirk and Margaret Salome Klinger, on 5 June 1937, Lebanon County, PA.¹
• Edna M. Genert died on 1 March 1947, Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA, at age 30.²
• She was buried on 5 March 1947, at Covenant Greenwood Cemetery, Ebenezer, Lebanon County, PA.^2,3

• Father*: Adam Genert²
• Mother*: Bessie Thearwechter²

Adam Genert¹

• Last Edited: 24 Jan 2019

• Adam Genert married Bessie Thearwechter.¹