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     Mary Elizabeth Kissinger was born on 11 April 1877, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.¹ She married William Henry Reed, son of Charles Reed and Elizabeth Walborn. Mary Elizabeth Kissinger died on 26 August 1938, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA, at age 61.^2,1 She was buried on 29 August 1938, at Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.¹

     Elvirdia Irene Kissinger is also referred to as Elverda Kissinger in some sources.¹ She was born on 21 August 1902.² She married Harry Eston Welker on 28 June 1919, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.³ Elvirdia Irene Kissinger died on 18 March 1976, Dauphin County Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 73.^4,5
Newspaper obituary:
Elvirdia Welker
Mrs. Elvirdia Irene (Kissinger) Welker, 73, widow of Harry E. Welker of Gratz, died Thursday in Dauphin County Hospital, Harrisburg. She was born Aug. 21, 1902 in Lykens Township. Her mother was the late Bertha Scheib. She was a member of Simeon's Lutheran Church, Gratz. Her husband died in 1940.
Surviving are three sons, Elwood of RD3 Halifax; Lester of RD Lykens; Clarence of Gratz; three daughters, Mrs. Michael Yergo, Elizabethville; Mrs. Francis Robel, Gratz; Mrs. Robert Klinger, Camp Hill; 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two half brothers, Harold Scheib of Hegins and Stanley Scheib of Valley View.
Services will be held Sunday afternoon at Simeon's Lutheran Church, Gratz, with Rev. Robert Logan officiating. Interment will be in Gratz Community Center. Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 19 Mar 1976, Fri, Page 24.⁵
She was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetry, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.⁴

     Harry Eston Welker was born on 29 April 1895, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.¹ He married Elvirdia Irene Kissinger on 28 June 1919, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.² Harry Eston Welker died on 1 March 1940, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 44.¹ He was buried on 5 March 1940, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetry, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.^1,3
Newspaper obituary:
HARRY E. WELKER
Harry E. Welker, 45, a resident of Lykens Township, near Gratz, died at his home Friday of last week. Mr. Welker was a veteran of the World War, member of the Shade Post, American Legion, Gratz, and attended the Reformed Church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elvirdia Kissinger Welker and three daughters, Helen, Arlayne, Hannah and three sons, Elweed, Lester and Clarence. Eight sisters and three brothers also survive.
Military funeral services in charge of the Gratz American Legion, were held from his late home Tuesday afternoon with further services in the Gratz Lutheran and Reformed Church, with Rev. A. L. Zechman and Rev. Wesley Baer, pastor of the Williamstown Methodist Church, Chaplain of the 19th District American Legion, officiating. Burial was made in the Gratz Cemetery.
Lykens Register (Lykens, Pennsylvania), 08 Mar 1940, Fri, Page 4.⁴