Gurney E. Knorr1,2
M, #20823, b. 23 November 1894, d. 3 February 1964
Last Edited=22 Jul 2019
Gurney E. Knorr was born on 23 November 1892, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.3 Some sources record that Gurney E. Knorr was born on 23 November 1894.1 He married Clara E. Hile after 1938.2,4 In 1940, Gurnie lived in Lykens, Dauphin County, PA.1 Gurney E. Knorr died on 3 February 1964, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA, at age 69.3
Newspaper obituary:
Gurney E. Knorr
Gurney E Norr, 71, of 558 North St., Lykens, died suddenly in his home Wednesday morning.
Mr. Knorr, born in Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, was a son of the Wilson and Selarah Deppen Knorr.
Survivng are, his wife, the former Clara Hile; five daughters: Mrs. Irene Alvord of Wiconisco, Mrs. Dolly Whitmore of Mateo, Calif., Mrs. Ila Lou McNalis of Williamstown; Mrs. Mattern of Valley View and Jovce Knorr at home; three sons: James Knorr of Pleasantville, N.J. Walter Knorr of Dighton, Mass., Raymond Knorr of San Mateo, Calif; two stepsons, Russell Enterline, of Halifax, R.D. and Lester Enterline of Camp Hill; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Marlene Wiest at home. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mable Wltmer, of Lykens, Mrs. Rose Hoffman of Harrisburg; three brothers: boyd and Allen KNorr, both of Pleasantville, N.J., and Kermit, of Baltimore, Md; 32 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral will be held Sunday, afternoon from Roy W. D Schaffstall Funeral Home, 406 Market St., Lykens. The Rev. H. Linn Finger, pastor of the Reformed Church at Lykens, will officiate at services. Interment will be in Wiconisco Cemetery.
Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 05 Feb 1964, Wed, Page 22.2
He was buried at Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.5
Newspaper obituary:
Gurney E. Knorr
Gurney E Norr, 71, of 558 North St., Lykens, died suddenly in his home Wednesday morning.
Mr. Knorr, born in Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, was a son of the Wilson and Selarah Deppen Knorr.
Survivng are, his wife, the former Clara Hile; five daughters: Mrs. Irene Alvord of Wiconisco, Mrs. Dolly Whitmore of Mateo, Calif., Mrs. Ila Lou McNalis of Williamstown; Mrs. Mattern of Valley View and Jovce Knorr at home; three sons: James Knorr of Pleasantville, N.J. Walter Knorr of Dighton, Mass., Raymond Knorr of San Mateo, Calif; two stepsons, Russell Enterline, of Halifax, R.D. and Lester Enterline of Camp Hill; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Marlene Wiest at home. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mable Wltmer, of Lykens, Mrs. Rose Hoffman of Harrisburg; three brothers: boyd and Allen KNorr, both of Pleasantville, N.J., and Kermit, of Baltimore, Md; 32 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Funeral will be held Sunday, afternoon from Roy W. D Schaffstall Funeral Home, 406 Market St., Lykens. The Rev. H. Linn Finger, pastor of the Reformed Church at Lykens, will officiate at services. Interment will be in Wiconisco Cemetery.
Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 05 Feb 1964, Wed, Page 22.2
He was buried at Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.5
Child of Gurney E. Knorr and Clara E. Hile
- Joyce Louise Knorr6
Citations
- [S299] E. E Deppen and M. L. Deppen, Counting Kindred of Christian Deppen and History of Christian Ruchty (Original edition, Sinking Spring, PA; Reprint Lykens, PA: Ray J. Deppen, 1940, reprinted 1983), p. 68. Hereinafter cited as Deppen Family History.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Gurney E. Knorr, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 05 Feb 1964, Wed, Page 22.
- [S515] Lawrence Knorr, The Descendants of Hans Peter Knorr (New Kingston, PA: Sunbury Press, Inc., July, 2007), p. 96. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Hans Peter Knorr.
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Clara E. Knorr, The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 05 Jul 1985, Fri, Page 8.
- [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98753188/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
- [S107] Newspaper Article, "Joyce Knorr Married In Nuptual Ceremony Here Last Saturday," Lykens Register (Lykens, PA),
11 Jun 1970, Thu, Page 1.