Amelia Viola Straub

F, #4690, b. 5 February 1894, d. 5 February 1894
  • Last Edited: 11 Jun 2015
  • Amelia Viola Straub died on 5 February 1894.1
  • She was born on 5 February 1894, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • She was the daughter of George Brady Straub and Catherine Senora Klinger.
  • Amelia Viola Straub was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • According to a number of sources, Amelia Viola Straub married Ira Schlegel around 1912, but according to the Klinger's Church History, Amelia, the daughter of George Brady and Catharina Straub, died Feb. 5, 1894, apparently in infancy. According to those sources, Amelia and Ira had a daughter named Dora, born 24 Oct. 1919. Census records suggest, however, that Ira Schlegel's wife, "Hannah" was not born until about 1903, making it unlikely that she was George Brady Straub's daughter Amelia. It is more likely that Ira Schlegel married Amelia's sister Bertha Hannah Straub.1,3

Citations

  1. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), pt. 2, p. 310. Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), Mary Klinger's book, "The Klingers", p. 270, pp. 271-72. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  3. [S186] 1930 US Census, Hegins Twp., Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2145; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 40; Image: 220.0.

Jennie Sarah Rothermal1

F, #4703, b. 14 November 1888, d. 14 March 1978
  • Last Edited: 7 Nov 2016

Children of Jennie Sarah Rothermal and Gordon Edwin Klinger

Citations

  1. [S144] Elsie Mae Klinger Eaves. World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2801.
  2. [S704] Phillip A. Rice, Jodi A. Germani and Jean A. Dellock, compilers, Simeon Lutheran Church Records in Dauphin County Vital Records, Volume 1 (Laughlintown, PA: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1991), p. 142. Hereinafter cited as Simeon Lutheran Church Records.
  3. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.

Ada May Klinger1

F, #4704, b. 24 August 1906, d. 19 October 2003
  • Last Edited: 29 Oct 2019
  • Ada May Klinger was born on 24 August 1906, Schuylkill County, PA.3,4,5
  • She was the daughter of Gordon Edwin Klinger and Jennie Sarah Rothermal.2
  • Ada May Klinger married Allen Henry Wolfe, son of Jacob Milton Wolfe and Mary Liza Harner, on 26 February 1925, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.2
  • Ada was one of the original members of the Wolfe Family Band which was formed in 1959. As a 1986 newspaper article reported:
    Wolfe Family Keeps Square Dancing Tradition Going
    By DARLA LOTZ For The Daily News
    GRATZ For some people in Schuylkill County, hoedowns and square dances are considered church activities, occasional get-togethers or something you hear about from the neighbors. But for others, it is almost a way of life and a downright family affair.
    For 27 years, the Wolfe family in Gratz has been attending as many as four or five such functions a month, but they don't come to dance. They come with accordion, squeeze box, violins (or fiddles, as some prefer to call them), drums, guitar, electric bass, and yards of cord attached to microphones and amplifiers. The Wolfe family provides foot-stomping music for the crowds to dance, and one of the family "calls for the dancing squares.
    Three members of the present band were in the original band when they gathered in 1959 because "they liked to play. Ada Wolfe, who plays guitar, was 54 when the band formed. Her daughter, Carol Ney, was only 16 when she bought an accordion, and the next year she became one of the original members of the family band. Naomi Straub, sister of Ada Wolfe, plays fiddle and squeeze box. A squeeze box works on the same principal as an accordion, but it does not have a keyboard on one end, just buttons.
    Other family members who have since joined the band are Robert Wolfe, electric bass player and caller; Andy Ney, 15, violin player; and Danny Willard, 15, drummer. The two younger bovs are the only members who have had any formal training in what they do.
    The first performance by the Wolfe family was in the Community Center in Gratz, which has since been converted to a night club. The band performs at private parties, weddings, church events and other organizational activities such as at the Senior Citizen Center. They play various types of music in addition to square dancing music. And its during these songs that Robert Wolfe plays electric bass instead of singing calls. I get stuck when I try to do both at the same time, he says.
    The Wolfe family performs in the Gratz area, Pine Grove area, and varius spots along the way. They have few jobs in the summer when the weather is too hot for dancing. But once the evenings cool off come September, they may have four or five performances in one month.
    The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 08 Aug 1986, Fri, Page 14.6
  • Ada May Klinger died on 19 October 2003, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA, at age 97.4,5
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Ada M.Wolfe
    Ada M. Wolfe, 97, of 472 Garden Spot Road, Lykens, died Sunday at the home of her daughter, Carol Ney, with whom she resided.
    Born in RD Sacramento, Aug. 24, 1906, she was a daughter of the late Gordon and Jennie Rothermel Klinger.
    She was a retired farmer.
    She was a member of St. Peter's United Methodist Church, Fearnot.
    She was preceded in death by her husband, Allen; a son, Billy; four grandchildren; two great-grandsons.
    Surviving, in addition to her daughter, are a son, Robert Wolfe, Gratz; three other daughters, Violet Snyder and Twila Geistwite, both of RD Lykens, and Millie Leffler, Gratz; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren.
    Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in St. Peter's UM Church. The Rev. William Danis will officiate. Interment will be in Gratz Union Cemetery, Gratz. James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow, is in charge of arrangements.
    Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 21 Oct 2003, Tue, Page 3.7
  • She was buried on 23 October 2003, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.8,5

Children of Ada May Klinger and Allen Henry Wolfe

Citations

  1. [S144] Elsie Mae Klinger Eaves. World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2801.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S77] Mary Klinger and Harvey Lubold, Klinger's Church Cemetery Listing (Available on Internet, 1996), p. 285. Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church Cemetery Listing.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  5. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Ada M. Wolfe.
  6. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Wolfe Family Keeps Square Dancing Tradition Going", by Darla Lotz, The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 08 Aug 1986, Fri, Page 14.
  7. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Ada M. Wolfe, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 21 Oct 2003, Tue, Page 3.
  8. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133689483/ada-may-wolfe

Elma Marie Klinger

F, #4705, b. 10 October 1908, d. 20 November 1913
  • Last Edited: 14 Jun 2009
  • Elma Marie Klinger was born on 10 October 1908, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of Gordon Edwin Klinger and Jennie Sarah Rothermal.
  • Elma Marie Klinger died on 20 November 1913, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 5.2
  • She was buried at Simeon Union Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.3

Citations

  1. [S144] Elsie Mae Klinger Eaves. World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2801.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 285, (age at death 5 years, 1 month, 15 days). Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  3. [S704] Phillip A. Rice, Jodi A. Germani and Jean A. Dellock, compilers, Simeon Lutheran Church Records in Dauphin County Vital Records, Volume 1 (Laughlintown, PA: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1991), p. 150. Hereinafter cited as Simeon Lutheran Church Records.

Naomi Irene Klinger

F, #4706, b. 3 May 1922, d. 20 July 2020
  • Last Edited: 24 Jul 2020
  • Naomi Irene Klinger was born on 3 May 1922, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • She was the daughter of Gordon Edwin Klinger and Jennie Sarah Rothermal.
  • Naomi Irene Klinger was baptized on 2 July 1922, Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • She married William D. Straub, son of John Adam Straub and Lottie May Leitzel.
  • Naomi Irene Klinger died on 20 July 2020, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 98.3
  • Funeral home obituary:
    Naomi I. Straub, 98, of Valley View, formally of Klingerstown, passed away on July 20, 2020, at her home in Valley View. She was born in Lykens Twp on May 3, 1922, a daughter of the late Jennie and Gordon Klinger. Naomi was the wife of the late William "Bud" Straub. She was a Dutch singer with the Wolfe Family.
    Naomi is survived by her daughter, Wendy Geist; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a son, Terry Straub, sister, Ada Wolfe.
    A viewing will be held on July 25, 2020 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am at James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow. Funeral Ceremony will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2020, at 11:00 am at the James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow. Interment will take place in the Gratz Union Cemetery, Gratz.3
  • She was buried on 25 July 2020, at Simeon United Lutheran Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.3

Children of Naomi Irene Klinger and William D. Straub

Citations

  1. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 286. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  2. [S704] Phillip A. Rice, Jodi A. Germani and Jean A. Dellock, compilers, Simeon Lutheran Church Records in Dauphin County Vital Records, Volume 1 (Laughlintown, PA: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1991), p. 121. Hereinafter cited as Simeon Lutheran Church Records.
  3. [S1147] Online Obituary for Ruth I. Straub, James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow, PA; https://www.reedfh.com/obituaries/Naomi-Straub/#!/Obituary

Allen Henry Wolfe1

M, #4707, b. 10 September 1907, d. 25 December 1944
  • Last Edited: 13 Dec 2024
  • Allen Henry Wolfe was born on 10 September 1907, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1,3
  • He was the son of Jacob Milton Wolfe and Mary Liza Harner.2
  • Allen Henry Wolfe married Ada May Klinger, daughter of Gordon Edwin Klinger and Jennie Sarah Rothermal, on 26 February 1925, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.2
  • Allen Henry Wolfe died on 25 December 1944, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 37.4,1
  • He was buried on 28 December 1944, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.5,4

Children of Allen Henry Wolfe and Ada May Klinger

Citations

  1. [S144] Elsie Mae Klinger Eaves. World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2801.
  2. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  3. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 285. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  4. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 106697; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  5. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133689520/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Billy Elias Wolfe1

M, #4709, b. 26 February 1932, d. 14 August 1995
  • Last Edited: 7 Nov 2016
  • Billy Elias Wolfe was born on 26 February 1932, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • He was the son of Allen Henry Wolfe and Ada May Klinger.
  • Billy Elias Wolfe died on 14 August 1995, Danville, Montour County, PA, at age 63.3

Children of Billy Elias Wolfe and Eleanor M. Blyler

  • Brenda Lee Wolfe
  • Glen Alan Wolfe
  • Mark Elmer Wolfe

Citations

  1. [S144] Elsie Mae Klinger Eaves. World Family Tree Vol. 4, Tree # 2801.
  2. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 285. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  3. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.