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     Jacob Kauffman married Carrie Kroh.¹

     Carrie Kroh married Jacob Kauffman.¹

     Charles E. Coleman was born on 14 March 1931, Big Run, Dauphin County, PA.² He married Helen P. Deitrich.³ Charles E. Coleman died on 26 February 2003, Susquehanna Lutheran Village, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 71.¹ He was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.²

     Helen P. Deitrich was born on 22 November 1931, Big Run, Dauphin County, PA.¹ She married Charles E. Coleman.¹ Helen P. Deitrich died on 13 June 2006, Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisbuurg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 74.¹ She was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.²

     Miles Erdman was born circa 1913.^1,2 He was the son of Howard Homer Erdman and Bessie Margaret Williams.^1,2 Several of the newspaper articles reporting on the death of Howard Erdman state that Howard's body was found by, among others, his 12-year-old son Miles Erdman. Whether this is correct is difficult to say. Howard had a brother named Miles who would have been about 27 years old when Howard died, but other evidence for a son named Miles is lacking. Two obituaries for Howard say that when he died he was survived by a one-year old son, who was not named. Howard and Bessie had a stillborn son earlier that year, in June, 1925, but he clearly was not among Howard's survivors .Unless the reference in the obituary to the son who survived is a reference to Miles, giving the wrong age, other evidence for Miles as a son of Howard has yet to be located.^3,4,2,1

     Ray William Kline was born on 17 September 1892, Northumberland County, PA.² He married Martha M. Schaffer.³ Ray William Kline died on 23 April 1970, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 77.²
Newspaper obituary:
Ray W. Kline
Ray W. Kline, 77, RD1 Hegins, a retired Hegins Township farmer, died yesterday at his home.
Mr. Kline was born in Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Sept. 1892. He was a son of the late Franklin and Jane Keiffer Kline. He owned several farms in the area and retired a number of years ago.
Surviving are his widow, the former Martha Schaffer; children, Verna, wife of Mark Shadle, Palo Alto; Warren, RD1 Hegins; Charles, Spring Glen; Clayton and Roy, Valley View; Clair, RD1 Hegins; Ethel, wife of Allen Chubb, Lykens; 14 grandchildren, one greatgrandchild.
He was the last member of his immediate family.
Mr. Kline was a member of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View. Services will be Monday morning at Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, with the Rev. Gordon Oplinger officiating. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Valley View.
Pottsville Republican, April 24, 1970, Page 20.⁴
He was buried on 27 April 1970, at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.²

     Martha M. Schaffer was born on 5 June 1898, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.² She married Ray William Kline.¹ Martha M. Schaffer died on 26 June 1985, Pottsville Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 87.²
Newspaper obituary:
Martha M. Kline
Martha M. Kline, 87, formerly of View, died in Pottsville Hospital Wednesday morning. She resided her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. Mrs. Mark Shadle, Palo Alto, for last 10 years.
She was born in Valley View June 1898, a daughter of the late Samuel and Agnes Harner Schaffer.
She was a member of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley.
Her husband, Ray, died in 1970.
Surviving, in addition to her daughter, Verna Shadle, with whom resided, are another daughter, Ethel Chubb, Lykens; five sons, Warren and Clair, both of Hegins area, Charles, Star Route, Spring Glen, Clayton and Roy, both of Valley View; 14 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; a brother, Andrew Shaffer, Hershey; a sister, Bernice Williard, Good Spring.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Andrew's United Methodist Church. The Rev. Dr. Don Fishel, Valley View, will officiate. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Valley View. There will be calling hours Friday evening. Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, is charge of arrangements.
Pottsville Republican, June 27, 1985, Page 2.³
She was buried on 29 June 1985, at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.²

     Anita Elayne Holdren married Ralph I. Peters.¹

     Ralph I. Peters married Anita Elayne Holdren.¹

     Herman David Bixler was born on 13 January 1927, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, PA.² He married Marian Lorraine Snyder, daughter of Edwin Andrew Snyder, on 22 July 1950, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.^2,3,4 Some sources record that Herman David Bixler died in an ambulance enroute to Reading Hospital on 4 December 1979.⁵ He died on 4 December 1979, Reading Hospital, Reading, Berks County, PA, at age 52.⁶
Newspaper obituary:
Bixler Rites
Services for Herman David Bixler, 52, Valley View, will be held Friday afternoon from St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View. The Rev. Leland Keemer will officiate. Interment will be in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Valley View. Arthur R. Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Bixler was born in Hegins Township, Jan. 13, 1927, a son of Mrs. Maude Morgan Bixler, RD 1 Hegins, and the late Albert Bixler. He was employed in mines for 20 years and for the last nine years was employed at Hegins Precision Co. At the time of his death he was a machinist foreman.
Mr. Bixler was a member of St. Andrew's Church, Valley View; Valley, View Fire Company and Gun Club, Legion and VFW of Valley View. He was a World War II veteran and served with the Army in the Pacific Theater.
He was married to the former Marian Snyder of Elizabethville.
Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his widow, the former Marian Snyder; children David, Elizabethville, Karen, wife of Richard Harmon, Williamstown, Keith, Melissa and Troy, at home; two grandchildren; brothers, Alvin, RD Hegins, Robert, Sacramento and Thomas, Valley View; sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane Shepler, Tower City and Mrs. Marie Clark, Valley View.
Pottsville Republican, December 5, 1979, Page 2.²
He was buried at Saint Andrew's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.^7,2

     Marian Lorraine Snyder was born on 2 March 1932, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA.^3,4 She was the daughter of Edwin Andrew Snyder.² Marian Lorraine Snyder married Herman David Bixler on 22 July 1950, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,4,5