Beatrice Eleanor Wiest1

F, #16541, b. 30 August 1917, d. 20 November 1977
  • Last Edited: 12 Mar 2025
  • Beatrice Eleanor Wiest was born on 30 August 1917, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of Michael Albert Wiest and Elsie H. Halderman.
  • Beatrice Eleanor Wiest married Elwood William Witmer, son of Lloyd William Witmer and Grace Esther Boyer, on 24 April 1937, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.2,3
  • Beatrice Eleanor Wiest died on 20 November 1977, RD1 Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 60.4,5
  • Newspaper obituary:
    B. Eleanor Witrmer
    MILLERSBURG -- Mrs. B. Eleanor Witmer, 60, RD1 Millersburg, died Sunday at her home.
    She was a member of David's United Church of Christ, Killinger.
    Surviving are her husband. William E. Witmer; six daughters. Mrs. Peggy Muggio. Millersburg; Mrs. Elsie L. Lenker. Mrs. Bonnie L. Manning, Mrs. Barbara L. Adams and Mrs. Lois A Teter, all of RD Millersburg. and Mrs. Julia E. Nace, RD Elizabethville: five sons, Laurie J. and Rex C. both at home, and Roger E., Richard E. and Randy all of RD Millersburg: four brothers, Robert Wiest, Wall, Luther A. and Glenn Wiest, both of RD Millersburg, and Alvin Wiest, Mechanicsburg: four sisters. Mrs. Dorothy Heckard, Harrisburg, and Mrs. Edna Smeltz, Mrs. Florence Bowman and Mrs. Pauline Zerbe, all of Millersburg: and 15 grandchildren.
    Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at David's United Church of Christ. The Rev. Richard W. Solberg will officiate. Burial will be in the church cememlery.
    Friends may call at the church Friday from noon until time of services.
    The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA), November 22, 1977, Page 14.5
  • Father*: Michael Albert Wiest b. 7 Mar 1888, d. 5 Mar 1952
  • Mother*: Elsie H. Halderman b. 2 Mar 1894, d. 1971

Child of Beatrice Eleanor Wiest and Elwood William Witmer

  • Elsie Louise Witmer6

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Marriage Applications," Harrisburg Telegraph, April 17, 1937, Page 18. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed May 11, 2023).
  3. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), Film Number: 000021212; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
  4. [S200] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Number: 162-48-1391; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…. Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
  5. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for B. Eleanor Witmer, The Sentinel, November 22, 1977, Page 14. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed May 11, 2023).
  6. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Elsie Witmer Bride Recently," The Evening News, April 25, 1956, Page 28. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed March 12, 2025).