Rosanna Christina Simmendinger1

F, #12656, b. 15 August 1884, d. 23 July 1945
  • Last Edited: 24 Feb 2007
  • Rosanna Christina Simmendinger was born on 15 August 1884, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of John Simmendinger Jr. and Sara Alice Houser.1
  • Rosanna Christina Simmendinger married William James Wiest, son of Felix Klinger Wiest and Sara Williamson, on 18 June 1902, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.2
  • Rosanna Christina Simmendinger died on 23 July 1945, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA, at age 60.1
  • Obituary in Shamokin News-Dispatch,
    July 23, 1945:
    DEATH CLAIMS WIDELY KNOWN MATRON
    Mrs. Rosanna C. Wiest Expires at Dewart Street Residence
    A marital tie of forty-three years was severed by the death this morning of Rosanna C. Wiest, wife of William J. Wiest, in her home, 715 East Dewart Street. Death was due to complications. Although her illness had its inception a year ago, she was confined to her bed for only a month
    Mrs. Wiest was the oldest daughter of the late John and Sara (Houser) Simmendinger and was born at Mt. Carmel, August 5, 1884. Upon removal of her parents to Shamokin, she was educated in the local public schools.
    Mrs. Wiest was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.
    The deceased is survived by her husband, and children: Attorney William Irvine Wiest, Mrs. Sara L. Hall, and Rose A. Wiest, all of Shamokin; John R. Wiest, Detroit, Michigan, who visited his parents last week; and Ruth E. Wiest, of Denver, Colorado, a registered nurse, who attended her mother in her final illness. There are two granddaughters and three grandsons. Other survivors are the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Clara Hartlein and Miss Ruth Simmendinger, Philadelphia; Mrs. John (Helen) Snyder, Shamokin; Charles Simmendinger, Philadelphia; Russell A. Simmendinger, Elysburg; and Marcus A. Simmendinger, Colmar, PA.
    Private services will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at 2:00 with Rev. H. C. Frye officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in Shamokin Cemetery. Viewing will be at the home Wednesday evening from 7:00 to 9:00.


    Rosanna Christina (Simmendinger) Wiest is buried in Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA. -- Source: M5-304.3,1
  • She was buried at Shamokin Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.4

Children of Rosanna Christina Simmendinger and William James Wiest

Citations

  1. [S314] Bruce Travis Hall, "Genealogical Database," Bruce Travis Hall (Annapolis MD), data uploaded from CD December 2, 2005.
  2. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  3. [S469] Wiest, Rosanna C., Obituary, News-Dispatch, Shamokin, PA, July 23, 1945. Hereinafter cited as Rosanna C. Wiest Obituary.
  4. [S176] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume V (Grantham, PA 17027: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 3rd Edition, January 1997), p. 367. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials- V.

Sara Leah Wiest

F, #12657, b. 14 January 1905, d. 31 May 1981
  • Last Edited: 8 Aug 2005

Children of Sara Leah Wiest and Joseph Champion Hall

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.

Joseph Champion Hall

M, #12658, b. 4 April 1911, d. 20 January 1992
  • Last Edited: 16 Feb 2021
  • Joseph Champion Hall was born on 4 April 1911, Hazelton, Luzerne County, PA.
  • He was the son of James George Hall and Mary Elizabeth Champion.
  • Joseph Champion Hall married Sara Leah Wiest, daughter of William James Wiest and Rosanna Christina Simmendinger, on 26 June 1935, St. John's Reformed Church, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • Joseph Champion Hall died on 20 January 1992, Shamokin State General Hospital, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA, at age 80.2
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Joseph C. Hall, 80, Shamokin
    State store manager
    SHAMOKIN -- Joseph Champion Hall, 80, of Shamokin died Monday morning, Jan. 20, 1992, at Shamokin State General Hospital, where he had been a patient since Jan. 11.
    Born April 4, 1911, in Hazleton, he was the son of the late James G. and Mary (Champion) Hall. He was married to the former Sara Wiest, who died in 1981.
    He was a 1932 graduate of Shamokin High School.
    He was employed as a manager for state stores in Northumberland and Shamokin by Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, retiring in 1971 after 38 years of service.
    Mr. Hall was of Protestant faith. He was a member of American Association of Retired Persons and Pennsylvania Association of State Employees.
    He is survived by two sons, Bruce T. of Annapolis, Md., and W. Garth of Orange Park, Fla; two sisters, Helen Whitmer of Shamokin and Marian Robbins of Santa Ana, Calif; six grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
    He was preceded in death by three brothers, Charles, Herbert and Robert.
    The funeral will be private.
    Contributions may be made to The Pennsylvania "SIDS" Center, 834 Chestnut St., Suite 200, Philadelphia 19107.
    Arrangements were made by the Jerre Wirt Blank Funeral Home, 844 Shamokin St. , Trevorton.
    The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 21 Jan 1992, Tue, Page 11.2
  • He was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.1

Children of Joseph Champion Hall and Sara Leah Wiest

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Joseph C. Hall, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 21 Jan 1992, Tue, Page 11.

Bruce Travis Hall

M, #12659, b. 19 January 1937, d. 8 October 2011
  • Last Edited: 29 Jun 2017
  • Bruce Travis Hall was born on 19 January 1937, Geisinger Hospital, Danville, Montour County, PA.
  • He was the son of Joseph Champion Hall and Sara Leah Wiest.
  • Bruce Travis Hall died on 8 October 2011, Annapolis, MD, at age 74.1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Bruce Travis Hall, 74, of Cape St. Claire, Md., and previously of Boalsburg, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, in Annapolis, after a long illness.
    Born Jan. 19, 1937, in Danville, he was a son of the late Joseph C. and Sara (Wiest) Hall.
    He was a 1954 graduate of Shamokin High School and received a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Penn State University in 1962.
    From 1962 to 1976, he worked for HRB-Singer Inc. in State College and was later employed with IIT Research Institute (now Alion Science and Technology) in Annapolis from 1976 until his retirement in 2006.
    He served in the U.S. Navy as an FT2 from 1954 to 1957, at the United States Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, Md., on the USS Albany CA-123 and the USS Des Moines CA-134.
    He was a member of the Chesapeake Bay Roost, Association of Old Crows (with two terms as chapter president), and the BPOE Lodge 1600 in State College.
    Bruce's hobbies included researching genealogy and family history, model railroading and bowling.
    Surviving are his wife, Winnie Hall, of Annapolis; a brother, Wm. Garth Hall, of Shamokin; four daughters, Valerie Leigh Papa and her husband, A.J., of Stevensville, Bonnie Joy Lingelbach and her husband, Troy, of Nottingham, Holly Lynn Houghton and her husband, Erik, of Queenstown, and Shari Jeanne Jones and her husband, Joe, of Mount Clare, W.Va; 11 grandchildren, Jeremy Arkley and his wife, Jennifer, Joseph, Melissa, Jennifer, Louis and James Houghton, Andrew and Jacob Lingelbach and Sara, Laura and Joshua Jones.
    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandson, Jaron Arkley.
    ///
    HALL — Bruce Travis Hall, 74, of Cape St. Claire, Md., and previously of Boalsburg. Services are private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Cape St. Claire Volunteer Fire Company, 1411 Cape St. Claire Road, Annapolis, Md. 21409 or the American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute, 528 Raven Way, Naples, Fla. 34110 or online at www.sids.org. John M. Taylor Funeral Home Inc., Annapolis, Md., has charge of arrangements.
    Published in News Item on October 15, 2011.1
  • Bruce attended the Shamokin public schools, graduating from Shamokin Area High School in May 1954. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving on active duty from June 1954 to November 1957, where he attained the rank of (gun) fire control technician 2nd class (FT2). Following his separation from active duty, he was retained in the inactive reserve from November 1957 to June 1962. After his separation from the Navy, he enrolled in the Pennsylvania State University where he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in June 1962. He completed his eight-year obligation and received his honorable discharge from the Navy on the same day he graduated from Penn State.
    Bruce was employed by HRB-Singer, Inc., State College, PA, and IIT Research Institute, Annapolis, MD.2

Children of Bruce Travis Hall and Winnie Elizabeth Shaffer

  • Valerie Leigh Hall
  • Bonnie Joy Hall
  • Holly Lynn Hall
  • Shari Jeanne Hall

Citations

  1. [S894] Hall, Bruce T., Obituary, News Item, Shamokin, PA, October 15, 2011. Hereinafter cited as Bruce T. Hall Obituary.
  2. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.

Henry Haupt Hepler1

M, #12660, b. 2 November 1838, d. 30 March 1917
  • Last Edited: 2 Feb 2017
  • Henry Haupt Hepler was born on 2 November 1838, Schuylkill County, PA.2
  • He was the son of Jacob Maurer Hepler and Elisabetha Haupt.2
  • Henry Haupt Hepler married Fietta Schwalm, daughter of Jacob Schwalm and Justina Klinger, in 1864.1,3
  • Some sources suggest that Henry Haupt Hepler and Fietta Schwalm were married in 1866.4
  • Henry Haupt Hepler died on 30 March 1917, Ashland, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 78.2
  • He was buried on 3 April 1917, at Brock Cemetery, Ashland, Schuylkill County, PA.2
  • Biography, J. H. Beers, 1916, Chicago, "Schuylkill County Pennsylvania: Genealogy, Family History, Biography - Vol. II", pp: 753-755
    REV. HENRY HEPLER has been a minister of the United Evangelical Church for over twenty-five years, and though now retired to some extent from active duties still retains his interest and connection with the work, giving useful service to the denomination in his own locality or wherever he is called.
    The Hepler family has been in Schuykill county from pioneer days, and Jacob M. Hepler, father of Rev. Henry Hepler, was born here, in the Ma- hantongo valley. He learned blacksmithing and followed his trade entirely during his earlier years, devoting the later part of his life to preaching as a minister of the Church of God. At the time of his death, which occurred in 1894, he was making his home with his son Henry. He married Elizabeth Haupt, who was born in the Mahanoy valley, this county, and was also of pioneer stock. She died in 1892. We have the following record of the ten children born to them: Catherine, the eldest, now deceased, was the wife of Joseph Kehler, of this county; Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of William Stitzer; Sarah, deceased, was the wife of George Krause, of this county; Polly, deceased, was the wife of Daniel Snyder; Hettie, the widow of Louis Lybolt, lives at Tamaqua, this county; Henry is next in the family; Samuel, deceased, was in the Union service during the Civil war; Lydia, deceased, was the wife of John Phillips; Harriet married Isaac Christ and both are deceased, his death occurring first; Elmira is the wife of Michael Sickinger, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
    Henry Hepler was born Nov. 2, 1838, in the Mahantongo valley, this county, where he was reared, receiving his education in the public schools of the neighborhood. In his boyhood he started to learn the trade of carpenter, which he has followed practically all his life, although for many years much of his time was given to the work of the ministry, upon which he entered in the year 1888. He has been one of the efficient servants of the United Evangelical denomination in his section, doing valuable work for the church and Sunday school, and still continues his activities, although not to the same extent as formerly. Meantime he has also followed the occupation of carpenter very successfully. Mr. Hepler has not been associated with public affairs directly, but he has always been a public-spirited citizen, and during the Civil war gave almost four years of service to the Union cause, enlisting in September, 1861, in Company E, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry. He became sergeant of his company. Considerable field service fell to the lot of his command, and he took part in sixteen battles, including: Edisto Island, Pocotaligo, Old Town Creek, Proctor's Creek, Derry Creek, Cold Harbor, Correctory Hill, Signal Hill, Hatcher's Run, Chapin Farm, capture of Petersburg and Appomattox. Mr. Hepler was mustered out in August, 1865, at Petersburg, Va., and received an honorable discharge. Returning to his home after the war was over, Mr. Hepler resumed work at his trade. In 1879 he moved to Ashland, where he has since resided, and he has owned his present home at No. 1219 Arch street for several years.
    In 1866 he was married to Fietta Schwalm, who was born in Schuylkill county, daughter of Jacob and Christana (Klinger) Schwalm, who lived and died at their birthplace in Schuylkill county. Mr. Schwalm was a carpenter and farmer all his life. Mrs. Hepler was the eldest of his thirteen children, the others being: Samuel, now deceased; Catherine, deceased, who was the wife of Abram Carr, of this county; Hannah, who is the widow of Gerald Faust, of Reading, Pa; Chestina, wife of Charles Hoffman, of Schuylkill county; Nathaniel, a resident of Williamstown, Pa; Henry, who lives on the old homestead in Schuylkill county; Mary, the wife of Samuel Herb, of this county; Monroe, a farmer in Schuylkill county; Ellen, the wife of Victor Blyler, of this county; George, deceased; Polly, deceased; and Victoria, deceased.
    Eight children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hepler: Elizabeth is married to Thomas Hughes, of Ashland; Oscar is a resident of Ashland ; Catherine is the wife of David Grove, of Northampton, Pa; the other five are deceased. Mrs. Hepler, like her husband, is a faithful member of the United Evangelical Church.4
  • Father*: Jacob Maurer Hepler2
  • Mother*: Elisabetha Haupt2

Child of Henry Haupt Hepler

  • Thomas Hepler

Children of Henry Haupt Hepler and Fietta Schwalm

Citations

  1. [S74] Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Johannes Schwalm The Hessian (Millville, PA 1976: Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, 1976), p. 143. Hereinafter cited as Johannes Schwalm The Hessian.
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  3. [S1194] Donald C. Reed, Descendants of Johannes Schwalm and Allied Families., CD-ROM (Lancaster, PA: Donald C. Reed, 2011), Descendants of Johannes Schwalm, p. 3. Hereinafter cited as Descendants of Johannes Schwalm vol 2.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Online biography.
  5. [S285] 1900 U.S. Census, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1483; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0131; FHL microfilm: 1241483.
  6. [S191] 1880 U.S. Census, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1191; Family History Film: 1255191; Page: 153A; Enumeration District: 180; Image: 0142.