Charles Elwood Laudenslager

M, #9515, b. 23 May 1918, d. 17 June 1993
  • Last Edited: 9 May 2021
  • Charles Elwood Laudenslager was born on 23 May 1918, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • He was the son of Harry Victor Laudenslager and Edna Fietta Carl.1
  • Charles Elwood Laudenslager married Annie Tema Straub, daughter of Samuel Homer Straub and Kate Alverta Deibert, on 30 August 1941, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.3
  • Charles Elwood Laudenslager died on 17 June 1993, Polyclinic Medical Center, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 75.2,1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Charles E. Laudenslager
    Charles E. Laudenslager, 75, of Klingerstown, died Thursday in Polyclinic Medical Center, Harrisburg.
    Born in Lykens Township, May 23, 1918, he was a son of the late Harry and Edna Carl Laudenslager.
    He was retired from R&K Coal Co., Good Spring.
    He was a member and former council member of Zion's Lutheran Church, RD1 Lykens, and member of Klingerstown Fire Company.
    Surviving are his wife, the former Tamie Straub; two sons, Terry, RD Lykens, and Robert, Elizabeth-ville; a daughter, Judy Reed, Spring Glen Star, Route; a sister, Lois Hepler, Gratz; five grandchildren.
    Services will be held Saturday in Zion's Lutheran Church at the convenience of the family. The Rev. Walter J. Hafer Jr. will officiate. Interment will be in the church cemetery. James A. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow, is in charge of arrangements.
    Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 18 Jun 1993, Fri, Page 2.2
  • He was buried on 19 June 1993, at Zion (Klinger's) Lutheran Church Cemetery, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.4,2

Children of Charles Elwood Laudenslager and Annie Tema Straub

  • Judy L. Laudenslager5
  • Terry George Laudenslager
  • Robert Leon Laudenslager5

Citations

  1. [S915] Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database (Georgetown, TX), downloaded February 2012.
  2. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Charles E. Laudenslager, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 18 Jun 1993, Fri, Page 2.
  3. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), pt. 2, p. 230. Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 18 Jun 1993, Fri, Page 2. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  5. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Newspaper obituary for Tamie Straub Laudenslager.

Aaron Ezra Kessler1

M, #9518, b. 26 September 1911, d. 29 October 1969
  • Last Edited: 26 Nov 2005
  • Aaron Ezra Kessler was baptized on 26 September 1911, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • He was born on 26 September 1911.1
  • He was the son of Charles Henry Kessler and Mary Elizabeth Erdman.1
  • Aaron Ezra Kessler married Daisy Ardella Troutman, daughter of John Elmer Troutman and Polly J. Hoke, on 23 July 1932, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • Aaron Ezra Kessler died on 29 October 1969, at age 58.3
  • He was buried on 1 November 1969, at Zion (Klinger's) Church Cemetery, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.4

Children of Aaron Ezra Kessler and Daisy Ardella Troutman

  • Norma J. Kessler
  • Jack Allen Kessler5

Citations

  1. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), part 2, p. 188. Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.
  2. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Klinger's Church History, part 2, p. 229.
  3. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Klinger's Church History, part 2, p. 264.
  4. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Klinger's Church History, part 2, pp. 264, 291.
  5. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Klinger's Church History, part 2, p. 210.

Charles Adam Boyer

M, #9533, b. 1880, d. 19 October 1931
  • Last Edited: 6 Jan 2026
  • Charles Adam Boyer was born in 1880.2
  • He was the son of John D. Boyer and Mary Schartel.1
  • Charles Adam Boyer married Clara Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Emanuel Adams and Catherine Elizabeth Clark, on 5 November 1904, County Line, Northumberland County, PA.3
  • Charles Adam Boyer died on 19 October 1931, Ashland State Hospital, Butler Township, Schuylkill County, PA.4
  • He was buried on 23 October 1931, at Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.4,2

Children of Charles Adam Boyer and Clara Elizabeth Adams

Citations

  1. [S191] 1880 U.S. Census, Uniontown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1124; Page: 100D; Enumeration District: 109; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29961932/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  3. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Marriages," The Standard, November 11, 1904, Page 1. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed January 6, 2026).
  4. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 98166 (1931); 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/146756700/…

Clara Elizabeth Adams1

F, #9534, b. September 1882, d. 20 September 1938
  • Last Edited: 6 Jan 2026
  • Clara Elizabeth Adams was born in September 1882. The 1900 Census and her tombstone list the year of Clara's birth as "1882," but her death certificate lists it as "1883."3,4,5
  • She was the daughter of Emanuel Adams and Catherine Elizabeth Clark.2
  • Some sources record that Clara Elizabeth Adams was born on 13 September 1883, Northumberland County, PA.2
  • She married Charles Adam Boyer, son of John D. Boyer and Mary Schartel, on 5 November 1904, County Line, Northumberland County, PA.6
  • Clara Elizabeth Adams died on 20 September 1938, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.5,3
  • Newspaper obituary:
    MRS. C. BOYER ANSWERS CALL
    Mrs. Clara Boyer, 56, widow of Charles Boyer of Klingerstown, died at the home of her mother, | Mrs. Catherine Adams, Hickory Corners, near Dalmatia, at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening.
    She had been in failing for several years and death was the result of a stroke. She was well known in Lower Northumberland county, having spent her entire lifetime that section.
    Surviving are her mother, and the following children, Albert Boyer, Chambersburg! John Boyer Williamstown; Mrs. Ralph Straub, Gratz; Mrs. James Straub, Spring Glen; Mrs. Ralph Hepner, Miss Violet Boyer and a step son, Herlan Boyer, all of Klingerstown; nine brothers, Oscar and James Adams, Millersburg; John Adams, Norristown; Elmer, Milton, Roy and Mark Adams, all of Dalmatia; and Harry and Raymond Adams, Hickory Corners.
    Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Saturday morning at the home of Mrs. Catherine Adams in Hickory Corners, and will be continued in the Klingerstown Lutheran and Reformed church. Rev. Lloye Helt, of Urban, and Rev. James Beam, Leck Kill, pastors, will officiate and interment will be made in the church cemetery.
    The Daily Item, September 21, 1938, Page 2.7
  • She was buried at Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.3

Children of Clara Elizabeth Adams and Charles Adam Boyer

Citations

  1. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Hilda Boyer Straub, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 08 Mar 1948, Mon, Page 7.
  2. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 81987 (1938); ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/records/4150812. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29961951/clara-e-boyer. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S285] 1900 U.S. Census, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1449; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0130; https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7602/records/…
  5. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, Certificate Number: 81987 (1938); https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5164/records/…
  6. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Marriages," The Standard, November 11, 1904, Page 1. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed January 6, 2026).
  7. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Clara Boyer, The Daily Item, September 21, 1938, Page 2. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed January 6, 2026).
  8. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146756700/…

Jean E. Schlegel

F, #9537, b. 1932, d. 1954
  • Last Edited: 27 Jan 2018
  • Jean E. Schlegel was born in 1932.
  • She was the daughter of William Wallace Schlegel and Saloma Louesa Straub.
  • Jean E. Schlegel died in 1954.
  • She was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1,2

Citations

  1. [S78] Mary K. Klinger, Klingers from the Odenwald, Hesse, Germany (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1989), p. 274. Hereinafter cited as Klingers from the Odenwald.
  2. [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), pt 2, p. 307. Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.