Jay Gilbert Erdman1,2

M, #18606, b. 25 February 1918, d. 4 May 1990
Last Edited=15 Aug 2024
Relationship
4th cousin 1 time removed of Max Edwin Klinger
Charts
Descendants of Elizabeth Schwalm
     Jay Gilbert Erdman was born on 25 February 1918, Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill County, PA.1,3,4 He was the son of William Walter Erdman and Mabel Minnie Wolfgang.1 Jay Gilbert Erdman married Mary Sevilla Koppenhaver, daughter of William Welsey Koppenhaver and Alva Alverta Sausser, on 23 November 1947, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.5,2 Jay Gilbert Erdman died on 4 May 1990, Hershey Medical Center, Dauphin County, PA, at age 72.1
Newspaper obituary:
Erdman rites
Services for Jay G. Erdman, 72, of 616 W. Main St., Valley View, who died Friday at Hershey Medical Center, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday from Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View. The Rev. Bruce Dalious, Klingerstown area, will officiate. Interment will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Valley View.
He was born in Upper Mahantongo Township, Feb. 25, 1918, a son of the late William and Mabel Wolfgang Erdman.
He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II.
He was a 1936 graduate of Hegins Township High School.
Mr. Erdman had worked as a miner until his retirement.
He was a member of Salem United Church o Christ, Klingerstown area, Tri-Valley Seniors Citizens and Valley View Fine Company.
His wife, the former Mary Koppenhaver, died in 1978.
Surviving are two daughters, Kay Hollenbach, Cressona, and Fay Bixler, Elizabethville; two brothers, Leo, Spring Glenn, and Kenneth, Valley View; three sisters, Helen Reinoehl Klingerstown area, Tillie Rockwell Ashland and Lila Derck, Herndon area; six grandchildren.
Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 07 May 1990, Mon, Page 2.4
He was buried on 8 May 1990, at Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Valley View, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, PA.1,4
Father*William Walter Erdman1 b. 15 Nov 1889, d. 17 Feb 1964
Mother*Mabel Minnie Wolfgang1 b. 7 Dec 1895, d. 11 Mar 1989

Children of Jay Gilbert Erdman and Mary Sevilla Koppenhaver

  • Kay Irene Erdman6
  • Fay Erdman6

Citations

  1. [S237] George H. Schwalm and N. Daniel Schwalm, "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 4, no. 3 (1991): p. 80.
  2. [S1191] Donald C. Reed, Descendants of Johannes Schwalm and Allied Families 2d Edition., CD-ROM (Lancaster, PA: Donald C. Reed, 2016), Descendants of Johannes Schwalm, OE Frederick Schwalm, p. 70. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Johannes Schwalm 2d ed.
  3. [S200] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index. Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
  4. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Jay G. Erdman, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 07 May 1990, Mon, Page 2.
  5. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Marriage Licenses," Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 03 Nov 1947, Mon, Page 16.
  6. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Mary S. Koppenhaver, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 25 Nov 1978, Sat, Page 2.