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Robert Elmer Artz^1,2

• Last Edited: 23 Mar 2025

• Relationship: 4th great-grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Robert Elmer Artz was born on 24 February 1925, Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,2
• He was the son of Moses Paul Artz and Faye Edith Carl.³
• Robert Elmer Artz married Helen E. Williams, daughter of Earl E. Williams and Anna Elizabeth Zartman.
• Robert Elmer Artz died on 29 September 2007, HealthSouth, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, PA, at age 82.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  Robert E. Artz, 82, of Mechanicsburg, formerly of West Reading, died September 29, 2007, in HealthSouth, Mechanicsburg where he had been a patient for two days.
  His wife, Helen E. (Williams) Artz, died March 30, 2002. Born in Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, he was a son of the late Paul M. and Faye (Carl) Artz.
  Artz and his wife owned Artz Restaurant, Spring Glen, and he was a partner in the Midland Theater, Valley View. He was employed for 23 years at a funeral home in the Reading area and in New Cumberland for 4 1/2 years, retiring in 1985.
  A member of Bethany Lutheran Church, West Reading, he attended Lycoming College, Williamsport, and was a 1958 graduate of Simmons School of Mortuary Science, Syracuse, NY.
  Surviving are a son, Kim W. Artz, fiance of JoAnn Temple; a brother, Charles Artz of Lebanon; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He was predeceased by a sister, Arlene (Artz) Reed in 2005, and a son, Richard Artz in May 1998.
  Services will be held Friday at Noon in the Auman Funeral Homes, Reiffton. Burial to follow in Forest Hills Memorial Park. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of service.
  The family requests contributions be made to Bethany Lutheran Church, 336 Franklin Street, West Reading, PA 19611.
  Published in the Patriot-News on October 3, 2007.^4,5
  
• He was buried on 5 October 2007, at Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton, Berks County, PA.^3,6

• Father*: Moses Paul Artz³ b. 23 Aug 1904, d. 1 May 1964
• Mother*: Faye Edith Carl³ b. 17 Oct 1908, d. 29 Nov 2005

Richard Robert Artz¹

• Last Edited: 23 Mar 2025

• Relationship: 5th great-grandson of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Richard Robert Artz was born on 4 May 1946, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Robert Elmer Artz and Helen E. Williams.
• Richard Robert Artz died on 9 May 1998, Easton Hospital, Easton, Northampton County, PA, PA, at age 52.^1,2
• Newspaper obituary:
  Richard R. Artz
  Richard R. "Dick" Artz, 52, of Easton, died suddenly Saturday in Easton Hospital.
  Born in Pottsville, May 4, 1946, he was a son of Robert and Helen Williams Artz, Mechanicsburg. He was a graduate of Reading High School and Rhode Island Radio Electronic School.
  He served with the Navy during the Vietnam War.
  He was employed as a technical sales manager for Lucent Technologies, Basking Ridge, N.J., where he worked for 28 years. He was co-owner of A to Z Pellet Stoves, Easton.
  He was a member of Arndt's Lutheran Church, Easton, and its church council. He was a former Boy Scout leader.
  Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his wife, the former Suzanne M. Bush, to whom he was married eight years; a daughter, Jamey Artz, West Lawn; three stepdaughters, Tammy Hoff and Gwyn Forster, both of Reading, and Jill Forster, at home; a brother, Kim, West Reading; a maternal grandmother, Anna Williams, Valley View; paternal grandmother, Faye Artz, Spring Glen; a granddaughter.
  Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday from Strunk Funeral Home Inc., Easton. Interment will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine, Easton.
  Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 12 May 1998, Tue, Page 3.³
  
• He was buried at Northampton Memorial Shrine, Palmer Township, Northampton County, PA, PA.^1,2

• Father*: Robert Elmer Artz b. 24 Feb 1925, d. 29 Sep 2007
• Mother*: Helen E. Williams b. c 1928, d. 30 Mar 2002

Tamie Ubella Erdman

• Last Edited: 15 Dec 2024

• Tamie Ubella Erdman was born on 27 November 1894.
• She was the daughter of Daniel Erdman and Sevilla Elizabeth Schwalm.
• Tamie Ubella Erdman married Isaac Theodore Byerly, son of Jonathan M. Byerly and Louisa C. Emmerick, in August 1912.^1,2
• Some sources suggest that Tamie Ubella Erdman and Isaac Theodore Byerly were married in August 1922, but this date appears to be incorrect, as Isaac and Tamie were listed as married at the time of the 1920 Census for Jackson Township, Northumberland County, PA.^3,4,5
• Tamie Ubella Erdman died on 15 October 1979, Mountain View Manor, Trevorton, Zerbe Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 84.^6,7,4
• Newspaper obituary:
  Tamie Byerly
  Mrs. Tamie Byerly, 84, formerly of Trevorton, died Monday in Mountain View Manor Nursing Home, Trevorton Road. She was a former resident of Herndon.
  Among her survivors are her husband, Isaac; a daughter Mrs. Herbert Lebo, Trevorton; two sons Lawrence of Gratz and Melvin of Vienna, Va. two sisters, Mrs. Anna Bucher and Mrs. Sadie Spade, Dornsife.
  Services will be held Friday afternoon at the United Lutheran Church, RD4 Sunbury. Robert Foust Funeral Home, Trevorton, is in charge of arrangements.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 17 Oct 1979, Wed, Page 2.⁸
  
• She was buried at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.⁹

• Father*: Daniel Erdman b. 1 Feb 1865, d. 18 Aug 1939
• Mother*: Sevilla Elizabeth Schwalm b. 29 Jun 1868, d. 8 Apr 1917

Isaac Theodore Byerly

• Last Edited: 15 Dec 2024

• Isaac Theodore Byerly was born on 11 March 1892, Northumberland County, PA.³
• He was the son of Jonathan M. Byerly and Louisa C. Emmerick.^1,2
• Isaac Theodore Byerly married Tamie Ubella Erdman, daughter of Daniel Erdman and Sevilla Elizabeth Schwalm, in August 1912.^1,4
• Some sources suggest that Isaac Theodore Byerly and Tamie Ubella Erdman were married in August 1922, but this date appears to be incorrect, as Isaac and Tamie were listed as married at the time of the 1920 Census for Jackson Township, Northumberland County, PA.^5,6,7
• Newspaper obituary:
  Isaac T. Byerly
  NORTHUMBERLAND - Isaac T. Byerly, 90, of Nottingham Village, Northumberland, since 1979, a former resident of Sunbury RD1, a retired carpenter, died this morning in the Sunbury Community Hospital. He had. been in ill health since 1979.
  Born in Stone Valley, Herndon RD, Nov. 3, 1892, a son of the late Jonathan M. and Louisa Emerick Byerly, His wife, the former Tamie U. Erdman, died in 1979.
  He lived in the Herndon area until 1945, when he moved to Northumberland and to the Sunbury RD are# in 1960. He later moved to Trevorton in 1976 and lived with his daughter.
  Mr. Byerly worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad and retired in 1960.
  He was educated in Stone Valley schools; a member of the United Lutheran Church, Sunbury RD4; Sunbury Golden Age Club; Rockefeller Grange; and Pennsylvaia Railroad Retired Men's Association No. 6.
  He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Herbert Lebo of Trevorton; two sons, Lawrence of Gratz and Melvin of Vienna, Va; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
  The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the United Lutheran Church, Sunbury RD4, by the Rev. Vitolds Gobins. Burial will be in Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners.
  Friends may call i in the Robert Foust Funeral Home, Trevorton, from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the church from 10 to 11 a.m.
  Donations in his memory may be made to the United Lutheran Church, Sunbury RD4.
  The Daily Item, July 9, 1983, Page 8.³
  
• Isaac Theodore Byerly died on 9 July 1983, Community Hospital, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, at age 91.^3,8
• He was buried at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.⁹

• Father*: Jonathan M. Byerly¹ b. 26 Jun 1858, d. 4 Apr 1955
• Mother*: Louisa C. Emmerick² b. 31 Aug 1859, d. 29 Apr 1943