Katie Alice Schmeltz1

F, #8762, b. 4 November 1885, d. 28 January 1934
Last Edited=24 May 2021
     Katie Alice Schmeltz was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA. She was born on 4 November 1885, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.2,3 Her married name was Wiest. She married Rufus Leon Wiest on 24 January 1907, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.4 Katie Alice Schmeltz died on 28 January 1934, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 48.5,3 She was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Lutheran Church Cemetery, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.6

Children of Katie Alice Schmeltz and Rufus Leon Wiest

  • Mary Wiest4
  • Elvin Wiest
  • Blair Albert Wiest+ b. 21 Apr 1914, d. 7 Dec 1993
  • Leroy Wiest
  • Amelia Wiest4

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 307. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  3. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 4622; Filed: January 30, 1934; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  4. [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
  5. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, p. 251.
  6. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126387762/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Grace Mervine

F, #8770, b. 9 February 1916, d. 4 November 2006
Last Edited=30 Jun 2019
     Grace Mervine was born on 9 February 1916, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.1 She was the daughter of Harry Mervine and Clara Wolfgang. Grace Mervine married Blair Albert Wiest, son of Rufus Leon Wiest and Katie Alice Schmeltz. Grace Mervine died on 4 November 2006, Schuylkill Manor Nursing Center, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 90.1
Newspaper obituary:
Grace M. Wiest
November 4, 2006
Grace M. Wiest, 90, formerly of Deep Creek Road, Barry Township, passed away Saturday morning at Schuylkill Manor Nursing Center, Pottsville.
Born in Hegins, Feb. 9, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Clara Wolfgang Mervine. She attended Barry Township School.
She was a member of Christ's United Lutheran Church, Ashland, Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Order of the Eastern Star 154, Ashland, and Galilian Shrine 34, Pottsville.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Blair A., in December 1993; brothers, Earl, Clement, Melvin, Whalen and Harry "Gomer" Wiest, who was a twin brother to the late Clara L. Schweinhart, other sisters, Rena Kissinger, Gladys Moyer and June Mervine.
Surviving are a daughter, Anna L. Neumeister, Ashland; a granddaughter, Carla Mae, wife of Robert Carl, Ashland; a great-granddaughter, Rhonda Carl, Ashland; a sister-in-law, Alma Mervine, Valley View; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Christ's United Lutheran Church, Airport Road, Ashland, with the Rev. Robert Hoenich, her pastor, officiating. Viewing will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services at the church. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery, Barry Township. Memorials may be made to Christ's United Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 437 Airport Road, Ashland, PA 17921. Richard W. Fritz Funeral Home, Ashland, is in charge of arrangements.
Republican and Herald (Pottsville, PA), 06 Nov 2006, Mon, Page A19.1
She was buried on 7 November 2006, at St. John's Cemetery, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PA.1
Father*Harry Mervine
Mother*Clara Wolfgang

Citations

  1. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Grace M. Wiest, Republican and Herald (Pottsville, PA), 06 Nov 2006, Mon, Page A19.