Willard Kenneth Wiest1

M, #21871, b. 24 May 1925, d. 19 February 2011
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2024
  • Willard Kenneth Wiest was born on 24 May 1925, Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, PA.1,2
  • He was the son of Daniel Joseph Wiest and Polly Ann Nora Williard.2
  • Willard Kenneth Wiest married Ruby Eleanore Schreffler, daughter of Harry Daniel Schreffler and Velma Reed, on 20 May 1944, Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, PA.1
  • Willard Kenneth Wiest died on 19 February 2011, Martinsburg, Blair County, PA, at age 85.3
  • He was buried at Dry Hill Cemetery, Woodbury, Bedford County, PA.3

Children of Willard Kenneth Wiest and Ruby Eleanore Schreffler

  • Eleanore Darlene Wiest1
  • Kenneth Eugene Wiest1
  • Wayne Willard Wiest1 b. 25 May 1954
  • Brenda Lou Wiest4

Citations

  1. [S203] Frederick S. Weiser, ed., Weiser Families in America (New Oxford, PA: Penobscot Press for The John Conrad Weiser Family Association, 1997), p. 651. Hereinafter cited as Weisier Families.
  2. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160335404/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  4. [S203] Frederick S. Weiser, Weisier Families, p. 652.

Polly Ann Nora Williard

F, #21872, b. 24 May 1884, d. 25 July 1940
  • Last Edited: 19 Dec 2018
  • Polly Ann Nora Williard was born on 24 May 1884, Gratz, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.3
  • She was the daughter of George D. Williard and Amanda Barbara Miller.1,2
  • Polly Ann Nora Williard married Daniel Joseph Wiest, son of Henry Schadel Wiest and Mary Agnes Arbogast, on 25 January 1908, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, PA.3,2
  • Polly Ann Nora Williard died on 25 July 1940, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 56.3,1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    MRS. NORA WIEST
    Mrs. Nora Wiest, age 56 years, widow of Daniel J. Wiest, died at her home in Lykens Township, near Gratz, last Thursday.She was a daughter of the late George and Amanda (Miller) Williard, and was a native of Lykens Township. Her husband, and a son, Donald Wiest. preceded her in death. She was a member of the Lutheran Church.
    Survivors are three daughters and three sons, Mrs. Allen Mace of Lykens Township; Mrs. Alice Zimmerman of Tower City; Miss Bernice Wiest, Fred. Wiest of Klingerstown R. D; Arthur Wiest, Lykens Township, and Williard Wiest, at home. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. John Baum of Leck Kill; and Mrs. Brady Klinger of Williamstown; two brothers, Wilmington Wiliard of Williamstown and Francis Williard of Valley View; and ; thirteen grandchildren.
    Funeral services were held from the residence Monday morning, with further services in Simeon's Lutheran and Reformed Church at Gratz. Rev. W. Z. Artz, pastor of the Lykens Valley Lutheran Parish officiated and interment was made in the cemetery adjoining the church.
    Elizabethville Echo, 01 Aug 1940, Thu, Page 1.4

Children of Polly Ann Nora Williard and Daniel Joseph Wiest

  • Donald Joseph Wiest3 b. 8 Jun 1909, d. 12 Sep 1936
  • Della Jennie Wiest+3 b. 1 Jul 1911, d. 2 Sep 1984
  • Alice Wiest3 b. c 1913, d. b May 2003
  • Frederick Gordon Wiest3 b. 7 Aug 1914, d. 1969
  • Arthur Wiest3 b. 8 Sep 1921, d. 17 May 1952
  • Bernice Leona Wiest3 b. 3 Feb 1924, d. 30 Apr 2003
  • Willard Kenneth Wiest+3 b. 24 May 1925, d. 19 Feb 2011

Citations

  1. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 64917; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  2. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
  3. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  4. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Nora Wiest, Elizabethville Echo, 01 Aug 1940, Thu, Page 1.

Sarah Eva Bohner1

F, #21900, b. 11 October 1868, d. 13 January 1958
  • Last Edited: 14 Apr 2021
  • Sarah Eva Bohner is also referred to as Sallie in some sources.1
  • She was born on 11 October 1868, Hebe, Northumberland County, PA.4
  • She was the daughter of Adam Bohner and Maria Lesher.2,3
  • Sarah Eva Bohner married William Pierce Strohecker, son of Henry Wiest Strohecker and Elizabeth Klinger, on 4 February 1893, Northumberland County, PA.5,1
  • Sarah Eva Bohner died on 13 January 1958, Muncy Valley Hospital, Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, PA, at age 89.2
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Mrs. Strohecker, Native Of Hebe
    Mrs. Sally Strohecker, 89, of Montgomery, formerly of Klingerstown, died Monday morning in Muncy Valley Hospital, She had been a patient there for two weeks.
    Mrs. Strohecker was born Oct. 11, 1868 at Hebe, daughter of the late Adam and Mary Lesher Bonner. Her husband, William P Strohecker, died in 1947.
    She was a member of the As sembly of God Church, Spring [Glen].
    Surviving are the following children: Albert and Fred, both of Herndon R.D. 1; Mrs. Charles Klinger, Montgomery, with whom she had resided for the past two years; Mrs. Ira Rebuck, 513 North Fourth Street, Sunbury; Mrs. Jennie Knorr, Dornsife R, D; Mrs. Charles Coleman, Northumberland; and Mrs. Florence Metzger, Williamsport; 44 grandchildren, 74 great-grandchildre; and two brothers, Isaac Bohner, Herndon R.D., and Monroe Bohner, Pillow.
    Services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from Rothermel funeral home, Klingerstown R.D. Burial will be in Salem Lutheran and Reformed Church cemetery. Klingerstown R.D. 1, in charge of Rev. James Stahl, pastor of Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Watsontown.
    Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening.
    The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 14 Jan 1958, Tue, Page 18.3
  • She was buried on 16 January 1958, at Salem Church Cemetery, Rough and Ready, Schuylkill County, PA.6,2

Children of Sarah Eva Bohner and William Pierce Strohecker

Citations

  1. [S307] Bruce Travis Hall, "Klinger Family Database" (Annapolis, MD), data obtained January 20, 2003.
  2. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 6336; Filed: January 13, 1958; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Sally Strohecker, The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 14 Jan 1958, Tue, Page 18.
  4. [S1092] Klinger, Harold R., Obituary, Patriot News, Harrisburg, PA, February 9, 2013, Certificate Number: 6336; Filed: January 13, 1958; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Harold R. Klinger Obituary.
  5. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), Film Number: 000961095; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
  6. [S60] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Schuylkill County (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 3rd edition 1998), p. 78. Hereinafter cited as Schuylkill County Burials.
  7. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161502362/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  8. [S315] Erik Tice, compiler, Salem United Church of Christ Parish Records (Rough and Ready, PA: Salem United Church of Christ, 2005). Hereinafter cited as Salem UCC Parish Records.
  9. [S315] Erik Tice, Salem UCC Parish Records, Date listed as "1908" but that would be after the date of the baptism.