Kenneth J. Kissinger1

M, #24909, b. 29 November 1927, d. 12 October 2004
  • Last Edited: 7 Apr 2020
  • Kenneth J. Kissinger was born on 29 November 1927, RR1, Herndon, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • He was the son of Homer Elias Kissinger and Pearl Witmer.1
  • Kenneth J. Kissinger was buried on 15 January 2004, at Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • He died on 12 October 2004, at home, RR1, Dalmatia, Northumberland County, PA, at age 76.1
  • Obituary in Sunbury Daily-Item:
    DALMATIA - Kenneth "Junior" Kissinger, 76, of RR1 Dalmatia died Tuesday morning, Oct. 12, 2004, at his home following a lengthy illness.
    He was born Nov. 29, 1927, in RR1 Herndon, the son of the late Homer E. and Pearl A. (Witmer) Kissinger. On Nov. 12, 1946, in Herndon, he married the former June T. Lesher, who survives.
    Kenneth attended Herndon schools.
    He served in the Navy during World War II from 1945 to 1947.
    Mr. Kissinger retired as a machinist from TRW-Chromalloy in Harrisburg.
    He was Lutheran.
    Kenneth was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Gratz, and the Herndon Fire Company. He was also a member of Alvin E. Long American Legion Post 504, Mandata, the Dalmatia Fire Company and the Erdman Sportsman's Association.
    Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two sons, Wayne C. Kissinger of Maroa, Ill., and Tracy S. Kissinger and his wife, Robin, of Dalmatia; three daughters, Verlee A. and her husband, Roddy Acker, and Twilia A. and her husband, Ronald Cameron, all of Dalmatia, and Lori J. Billow of Herndon; 14 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Jean Hoffman of Herndon and Phyllis Boyer Shaffer of Millersburg.
    He was preceded in death by one sister, Faye Lydic.
    Friends and relatives may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at the Robert G. Foust Jr. Funeral Home, 841 W. Shamokin St., Trevorton, where the funeral will follow at 11 with Chaplain James R. Taylor of SUN Home Hospice officiating.
    Burial will be in Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington.
    Contributions in his memory may be made to SUN Home Health Services, 61 Duke St., P.O. Box 232, Northumberland, PA 17857.
    The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 13 Oct 2004, Wed, Page 15.1
  • Father*: Homer Elias Kissinger1 b. 4 Oct 1900, d. 1976
  • Mother*: Pearl Witmer1

Children of Kenneth J. Kissinger and June T. Lesher

  • Wayne C. Kissinger1
  • Tracy S. Kissinger1
  • Verlee A. Kissinger1
  • Twilia A. Kissinger1
  • Lori J. Kissinger1

Citations

  1. [S415] Kissinger, Kenneth J., Obituary, The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA, October 13, 2004. Hereinafter cited as Kenneth J. Kissinger Obituary.

Frank Gearhart1

M, #24929, b. 3 January 1862, d. 1 October 1951
  • Last Edited: 2 Jan 2007
  • Frank Gearhart was born on 3 January 1862.1
  • He married Anna M. Yeager.1,2
  • Frank Gearhart died on 1 October 1951, from effects of old age at age 89.1,3
  • He was buried at Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rockefeller Township, Northumberland County, PA.4

Children of Frank Gearhart and Anna M. Yeager

  • William V. Gearhart1 b. 14 Feb 1883, d. 1 Mar 1970
  • Clayton M. Gearhart+1 b. 18 Aug 1888, d. 11 Jun 1968

Citations

  1. [S59] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume II (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 3rd edition 1998), p. 182. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials II.
  2. [S417] John Paul Deeben, compiler, Parish Records of the Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church at Plum Creek 1847-1960 (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 2001), p. 53. Hereinafter cited as Eden Evangelical Church Records.
  3. [S417] John Paul Deeben, Eden Evangelical Church Records, p. 46.
  4. [S417] John Paul Deeben, Eden Evangelical Church Records, p. 49.

Anna M. Yeager1

F, #24930, b. 1861, d. 20 September 1899
  • Last Edited: 2 Jan 2007
  • Anna M. Yeager was born in 1861.1
  • She married Frank Gearhart.1,2
  • Anna M. Yeager died on 20 September 1899.1,3
  • She was buried at Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Rockefeller Township, Northumberland County, PA.4

Children of Anna M. Yeager and Frank Gearhart

  • William V. Gearhart1 b. 14 Feb 1883, d. 1 Mar 1970
  • Clayton M. Gearhart+1 b. 18 Aug 1888, d. 11 Jun 1968

Citations

  1. [S59] Joseph A. Meiser Jr. and Sarah Roadarmel Meiser, Genealogists Guide to Burials in Northumberland County, PA, Volume II (Grantham, PA: Ddraig Gooch Publications, Robert L.K. Jones, 3rd edition 1998), p. 182. Hereinafter cited as Northumberland County Burials II.
  2. [S417] John Paul Deeben, compiler, Parish Records of the Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church at Plum Creek 1847-1960 (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 2001), p. 53. Hereinafter cited as Eden Evangelical Church Records.
  3. [S417] John Paul Deeben, Eden Evangelical Church Records, p. 41.
  4. [S417] John Paul Deeben, Eden Evangelical Church Records, p. 51.