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     Boyd E. Reffeor married Kathryn Reitz.¹

     Kathryn Reitz married Boyd E. Reffeor.¹ Kathryn Reitz is also referred to as Katherine in some sources.² Her married name was Reffeor.¹

     Luther Vallen Wedde was born on 14 February 1910, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PA.² He married Anna Margaret Hinkel.^1,2 Luther Vallen Wedde died on 4 June 1987, Broad Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Frackville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 77.²
Newspaper obituary:
Luther V. Wedde
Luther V. Wedde, 77, formerly of Ashland area, died Thursday in Broad Mountain Manor Nursing Home, Frackville.
He was born in Barry Township, Feb. 14, 1910, a son of the late Harry and Cora Kimmel Wedde.
He was a retired miner and farmer.
Mr. Wedde was a member of St. John's (Kimmel's) Church, Ashland area.
His wife, the former Anna Hinkel, died in 1963. A sister, Annie Peiffer, Ashland area, also died Thursday.
Surviving are two sons, Harry, Ashland area, and Boyd, Hegins; two daughters, Annette Troup and Margaret Mitchell both of Ashland area; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Catherine Steckel, Camp Hill.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in St. John's (Kimmel's) Church. The Rev. Lou Ann Earnst, Ashland, will officiate. Interment will be in St. John's Cemetery. Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
Pottsville Republican, June 5, 1987, Page 2.²

     Her married name was Wedde.¹ Anna Margaret Hinkel was born on 3 February 1909, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PA.² She married Luther Vallen Wedde.^1,3 Anna Margaret Hinkel died on 6 November 1963, Ashland RD1, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 54.^2,3
Newspaper obituary:
Mrs. Anna M. Wedde
Mrs. Anna M. Wedde, 54, wife of Luther Wedde, a lifelong res ident of Barry Township, Ashland RD1, died on Wednesday at 4:50 p.m. in her home. She had been in ill health for five months.
A daughter of the late Samuel and Isadora Hadesty Hinkel Mrs. Wedde was born at Barry Township on Feb. 3, 1909.
She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ (Kimmel's) and its Sunday School at Ashland RD, had been a teacher in the Primary Department, and a member of the Women's Guild.
Surviving are, her husband; two sons, Harry Wedde of Lavelle and Boyd Wedde, of Ashland RD1; two daughters Annetta and Margaret, both at home; five grandchildren; two brothers, Earl Hinkel of Frackville, and Elmer Hinkel od Ashland RD; five sisters: Mrs. Carrie Kimmel of Ashland RD1; Mrs. Ruth Hartzel of Shamokin RD2, Mrs. Arthur Weikel of Gowen City, Mrs. Mary Leach of Mowry, and Mrs. Alma Drumheller of Paxinos.
Funeral Sunday afternoon from St. John's United Church of Christ (Kimmel's), Ashland RD. Interment in the adjoining church cemetery. The Rev. Calvin Pue, pastor of the church of Fountain Springs, will officiate at services. Lawrence E. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown, will officiate at services.
Pottsville Republican, November 7, 1963, Page 30.²