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Ida Schmeltz

• Last Edited: 10 Feb 2023

• Ida Schmeltz was born on 13 March 1897, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.¹
• She married Fred Neiter.
• Ida Schmeltz died in 1972.¹
• She was buried at Calvary United Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.¹

Roy W. Lenker

• Last Edited: 29 Mar 2024

• Roy W. Lenker was born on 31 July 1911, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• He married Dorothy Dinger.
• Roy W. Lenker died on 19 December 1936, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA, at age 25.²
• He was buried on 22 December 1936, at Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.^2,1
• Newspaper obituary:
  Roy Lenker, age 25 years, was fatally injured when the automobile in which he was riding, skidded and overturned on the State Highway east of town, Saturday afternoon. His two companions, Warren Weida and Frederick Zeigler Jr. both of this place, escaped serious injury.
  The young men, it was stated, were traveling towards Lykens. Just east of the Raker farm, the car skidded on the snow-covered highway, and overturned after running onto a bank.
  Lenker, who had been pinned be. neath the car, was removed to the office of Dr. R. E. Barto, this place, where he died. He had sustained fractured skull and other injuries.
  He was a son of George and Clara Lenker and was a native of Elizabethville, born July 31, 1911.
  Survivors are his wife, formerly Miss Dorothy Duenger of this place, two daughters, Elenore and Arlene; his parents, four brothers, and one sister, Walter Lenker and Miss Hester Lenker, both at home; Harry Lenker, of Dauphin; Marlin Lenker, Orwigsburg and Russel Lenker of Pottsville.
  Funeral services were held from the Buffington funeral home at 2:00 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Rev. J. M. Walters, pastor of Trinity United Brethren Church, town, officiated and interment was made in Maple Grove cemetery.³
  

Dorothy Dinger

• Last Edited: 29 Mar 2024

• Dorothy Dinger was born circa 1912.¹
• She married Roy W. Lenker.
• Dorothy Dinger died before 24 March 2024.²

Nicholas Bohner

• Last Edited: 6 Oct 2023

• Nicholas Bohner was born on 1 November 1809, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.^1,2,3
• He was the son of Henry Bohner and Maria Elisabeth Brosius.
• Nicholas Bohner married Lydia Spotts, daughter of Adam Spotts and Barbara Fritz.
• Nicholas Bohner died on 25 November 1895, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 86.^1,3
• He was buried at Grand View Cemetery, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.³

• Father*: Henry Bohner b. 28 Oct 1785, d. 27 Sep 1871
• Mother*: Maria Elisabeth Brosius b. 17 Nov 1790, d. 3 Jun 1830

Lydia Spotts¹

• Last Edited: 6 Oct 2023

• Lydia Spotts was born on 18 November 1813.¹
• She was the daughter of Adam Spotts and Barbara Fritz.
• Lydia Spotts married Nicholas Bohner, son of Henry Bohner and Maria Elisabeth Brosius.
• Lydia Spotts died on 2 October 1882, at age 68.¹

• Father*: Adam Spotts
• Mother*: Barbara Fritz