Alverta Clara Snyder1

F, #21607, b. 28 July 1895, d. 22 December 1990
  • Last Edited: 23 Nov 2021
  • Alverta Clara Snyder was born on 28 July 1895, Leck Kill, Northumberland County, PA.3
  • She was the daughter of Rudolf Snyder and Sarah Alice Geist.2
  • Alverta Clara Snyder married Clarence Raymond Knorr, son of Cyrus Milton Knorr and Amanda Diane Troutman, circa 1915.3
  • Alverta Clara Snyder died on 22 December 1990, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 95.4
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Knorr rites
    Services for Alvertia C. Knorr, 95, of E. Main Street, Hegins, who died Saturday morning at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday from Friedens United Church of Christ, Hegins. The Rev. Dr. David W. Grant will officiate. There will be no viewing Tuesday. Interment will be in Frieden's Cemetery. Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
    She was born in Leck Kill, July 28, 1895, a daughter of the late Rudolph and Sarah Alice Geist Snyder.
    She was a member of Frieden's UCC.
    Her husband, Clarence, died in 1945; a son, Marlin, died in 1950; and a daughter, Pearl Bruso, died in 1977.
    Surviving are three sons, Leroy and Elwood, both of Hegins, and Robert, Valley View; six daughters, Marie Schneck, Pine Grove, Hilda Stutztman, Valley View, Myrtle Herring, Dolly Klauser and Violet, all of Hegins, and Betty DesPres, Baltimore, Md; 23 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren.
    Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 24 Dec 1990, Mon, Page 27.4
  • She was buried at Friedens, Hegins, PA.3,1

Children of Alverta Clara Snyder and Clarence Raymond Knorr

  • Marlin Raymond Knorr b. 21 Feb 1915, d. 1950
  • Sarah Amanda Marie Knorr b. 29 Oct 1916, d. 16 Sep 1996
  • Leroy Albert Knorr b. 8 Sep 1918, d. 8 Jan 2003
  • Hilda Alverta Knorr+ b. 27 Nov 1920, d. 23 Jan 2014
  • Myrtle Arlene Knorr b. 29 Oct 1922, d. 26 Sep 2018
  • Elwood Clarence Knorr b. 29 May 1924, d. 1997
  • Violet Alvernia Knorr b. 14 Mar 1926, d. 19 Dec 1991
  • Betty Minerva Knorr b. 11 Feb 1928, d. 6 Sep 2013
  • Pearl Freeda Knorr b. 4 Aug 1930, d. 14 Apr 1977
  • Robert Leonard Knorr b. 22 Apr 1933, d. 18 Feb 1998
  • Dolly Mildred Knorr b. 25 Feb 1935, d. 7 Oct 2020

Citations

  1. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62563695/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com.
  3. [S304] Lawrence Berger-Knorr, "Alexander Klinger Database" (Carlisle, PA), downloaded November 15, 2005.
  4. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Alverta C. Knorr, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 24 Dec 1990, Mon, Page 27.

Amanda Diane Troutman1,2

F, #21614, b. 8 June 1877, d. 16 April 1958
  • Last Edited: 7 Jan 2023
  • Amanda Diane Troutman was born on 8 June 1877, Pillow, PA.3,1
  • She was the daughter of Solomon B. Troutman and Sarah Lesher.2
  • Amanda Diane Troutman married Cyrus Milton Knorr, son of Edward Schadel Knorr and Carolina Erdman, on 25 February 1891, Berks County, PA.3,1
  • Amanda Diane Troutman died on 16 April 1958, Pottsville, PA, at age 80.3,1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Mrs. Amanda Diane Knorr
    Mrs. Amanda Diane Knorr, 80, Valley View, died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville.
    Daughter of the late Soloman and Sarah(Lesherknorr) Troutman, Mrs. Knorr was born in Pillow, PA.
    A member of St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Franklin Square, Pitman, she was active in the Daughters of American Revolution Lodge, and Rebecca Lodge, Valley View.
    Her hussband Cyrus Knorr, died in 1940.
    Survivors are her children Mrs. Claence Herb, and Melvin Knorr, both of Klingerstown; and Mrs. Wilmar Deibert, Gratz. Three other children are deceased.
    Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. John Blyler, Valley View; Mrs. James Seiler, Donaldson; and one brother, Harry Troutman, Willi80msport.
    Also surviving are 23 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren, and two great-gereat-grandchildren.
    Services will be Sunday afternoon at the St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Franklin Square. Rev. Albert C. Kline and Rev. M.H. Kephart, will officiate.
    Interment will be in Union Cemetery. The Miller Funeral Home, Valley View, has charge.
    Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 17 Apr 1958, Thu, Page 32.2

Children of Amanda Diane Troutman and Cyrus Milton Knorr

  • Clarence Raymond Knorr+ b. 1 Nov 1895, d. 23 Dec 1945
  • Cyrus Knorr b. May 1897, d. 30 Jun 1897
  • Carrie M. Knorr b. 5 Jul 1898, d. Nov 1980
  • Sadie Viola Knorr b. 10 Oct 1899, d. 24 Nov 1962
  • William Edward Knorr b. 22 Feb 1901, d. 8 Dec 1932
  • Melvin R. Knorr+ b. 4 Jun 1912, d. 5 Dec 1973

Citations

  1. [S304] Lawrence Berger-Knorr, "Alexander Klinger Database" (Carlisle, PA), downloaded November 15, 2005.
  2. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Amanda Diane Knorr, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 17 Apr 1958, Thu, Page 32.
  3. [S309] Knorr, Grosser, Hill of PA, OK, 1665-1995 (Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2964), downloaded by Lawrence Berger-Knorr, January 11, 1996.