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Mary Leatrice Moyer¹

• Last Edited: 5 Dec 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Mary Leatrice Moyer was born on 21 November 1925.^1,3
• She was the daughter of Edward Moyer and Minerva Schoffstall.²
• Mary Leatrice Moyer married James Robert Klinger, son of Phillip Klinger and Elizabeth Ida Tschopp.¹
• Mary Leatrice Moyer died on 19 October 1993, Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, PA, at age 67.^2,1,3
• Newspaper obituary:
  Mary L. Klinger
  Mary L, Klinger, 18 Minnich Terrace, Lykens, died Tuesday at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill.
  Born in Tower City, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Minervia Schoffstall Moyer.
  She was a retired machine operator for Bobby Rogers Co.
  She was preceded in death by her husband, James.
  Surviving are a son, Darwin D. Moyer, Gratz; a brother, Edward Moyer, Camp Hill; four sisters, Helen Brown, Lykens, Marion Moyer, Mechanicsburg, Lois Totzmann, Cleveland, Minn., and Frieda Wolff, Tremont; 20 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; a great-great grandson; several nieces and nephews.
  Graveside services will be held , at 11 am Saturday at Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City. Cremation Society of Pennsylvania, of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, is in charge of arrangements.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 21 Oct 1993, Thu, Page 3.²
  
• She was buried on 23 October 1993, at Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA.^4,2

• Father*: Edward Moyer²
• Mother*: Minerva Schoffstall²

Robert Leroy Klinger Sr.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Dec 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Robert Leroy Klinger Sr. was born on 4 December 1941.²
• He was the son of James Robert Klinger and Margaret Irene Miller.¹
• Robert Leroy Klinger Sr. died on 15 November 2008, Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD, at age 66.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  Robert Klinger
  Robert Klinger, 66, Rapid City died Saturday Nov. 15, 2008 at Rapid City Regional Hospital. He is survived by 2 sons, Robert Klinger, Jr, Portland, OR; Bill Klinger, Rapid City, SD; 1 brother, James Klinger, Newport, PA; 3 sisters, Margaret Chubb, Millersburg, PA; Mary Lanker, Williamstown, PA and Judith Klinger, New Mexico.
  Services are planned at a later date.
  Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home is in care of arrangements.
  Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, South Dakota), 25 Nov 2008, Tue, Page 5.^3,4
  
• He was buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.⁵

• Father*: James Robert Klinger¹ b. 14 Oct 1915, d. 13 Dec 1992
• Mother*: Margaret Irene Miller¹ b. 24 Apr 1920, d. 12 Apr 1985

Margaret Marie Klinger¹

• Last Edited: 17 Jan 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Margaret Marie Klinger also went by the name of Peggy.²
• She was born on 22 March 1939.²
• She was the daughter of James Robert Klinger and Margaret Irene Miller.¹
• Margaret Marie Klinger married James Lamar Reiner Sr.²
• Margaret Marie Klinger and James Lamar Reiner Sr. were divorced.²
• Margaret Marie Klinger married James Edgar Chubb.²
• Margaret Marie Klinger died on 25 May 2018, UPMC Pinnacle West Shore Hospital, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, PA, at age 79.³
• Funeral home obituary:
  Margaret M. Chubb
  March 22, 1939 - May 25, 2018
  Margaret (Klinger) Chubb, age 79, of Millersburg went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 25th, 2018 at the UPMC Pinnacle West Shore Hospital in Mechanicsburg.
  Margaret was the daughter of James Klinger and Margaret Miller of Lykens. She was the widow of the late James Chubb. She worked in the healthcare industry for 30 years before her retirement.
  Margaret is survived by a daughter Jean Eyster of Millersburg, a son James Reiner, Jr. of Williamstown, 14 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild. She is also survived by sisters Mary Lenker of Williamstown and Judith Klinger of Mechanicsburg, and a brother James Klinger of Newport. She was preceded in death by two sons, John Reiner and Donald "Mike" Ellenberger.
  There will be a graveside service for Margaret at Riverview Memorial Gardens in Halifax on Friday, June 1st at 1:00 pm.
  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hoover-Boyer Funeral Homes to help offset the costs of the funeral.
  Hoover-Boyer Funeral Homes, Inc. in Millersburg is handling the arrangements. To sign the online guestbook, please visit www.hbfuneralhomes.com.³
  

• Father*: James Robert Klinger¹ b. 14 Oct 1915, d. 13 Dec 1992
• Mother*: Margaret Irene Miller¹ b. 24 Apr 1920, d. 12 Apr 1985

Helen A. Kiehl^1,2

• Last Edited: 22 Jul 2008

• Helen A. Kiehl was born on 3 June 1919.²
• She married Henry Wadsworth Klinger, son of Phillip Klinger and Elizabeth Ida Tschopp.¹
• Helen A. Kiehl died on 7 November 2006, at age 87.²

Donald Leroy Olsen Sr.^1,2

• Last Edited: 6 Oct 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Donald Leroy Olsen Sr. was born on 14 August 1924, Oak Park, Cook County, IL.⁴
• He was the son of Earl Olsen and Gertrude Peterson.³
• Donald Leroy Olsen Sr. died on 16 April 1999, at age 74.⁴

• Father*: Earl Olsen³
• Mother*: Gertrude Peterson³

Lloyd Edwin Buffington^1,2

• Last Edited: 13 Feb 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Lloyd Edwin Buffington was born on 22 January 1886, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.^3,4,5
• He was the son of Cyrus Frantz Buffington and Anna Maria Dunkelberger.³
• Lloyd Edwin Buffington had a relationship with Maud Elnora Klinger who were the parents of Roy [Lloyd Elwood]. It is doubtful that Maud and Lloyd Buffington were ever married.^1,6
• Lloyd Edwin Buffington married Mary Rebecca Howe on 29 June 1912, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, PA.^7,8
• Lloyd Edwin Buffington died on 7 February 1966, Largo, Pinellas County, FL, at age 80.⁹
• Newspaper obituary:
  Mr. Buffington, Pillow Constable
  Lloyd E. Buffington, 80, died in Largo, Fla., Monday. He was a life-time resident of Pillow and was a retired blacksmith. He was a constable for the community of Pillow for many years.
  Mr. Buffington was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church of Berrysburg.
  Surviving are one son, Lloyd, of South Gate Calif; one sister, Mrs. Isaac Boyer, Pillow: and several nieces.
  Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the funeral home in Berrysburg, in charge of the Rev. Richard C. Yoder, his pastor. Burial will be in the EUB cemetery, Berrysburg.
  Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from noon until time of services.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 08 Feb 1966, Tue, Page 10.⁹
  
• He was buried on 11 February 1966, at Sweitzer's Memorial Cemetery, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, PA.^9,7

• Father*: Cyrus Frantz Buffington³ b. 24 Sep 1839, d. 21 Jul 1930
• Mother*: Anna Maria Dunkelberger³ b. c 1842, d. 5 Dec 1932

Lloyd Elwood Buffington^1,2

• Last Edited: 14 Feb 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Lloyd Elwood Buffington is also referred to as Roy Buffington in some sources.
• He was born on 3 June 1909, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.^3,4,2,5,1
• He was the son of Lloyd Edwin Buffington and Maud Elnora Klinger.¹
• In 1920, Roy, 10, was living as a "boarder" in the household of Walter A. Dietrich, along with Walter's daughter Ellen, and Maude E. Klinger, who apparently was Walter's housekeeper.³
• Lloyd served in the military from 14 Mar 1929 unil 12 Jan 1947.⁶
• In the 1940 Census, Lloyd is listed as a private serving as a technician in the Post Hospital at Fort McDowell Military Reservation in Sausalito Township, Marin County, CA. It also indicates that in 1935, Lloyd was residing in the Phillippines.⁷
• In June 1950, Lloyd submitted an application for World War II Compensation in Pennsylvania because he was living in Pillow, PA, at the time he entered active service. At the time of the application, Lloyd was living at 1610 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA. The application states that Lloyd served the entire 50 months of US participation in WWII for the US Army in domestic service. It also notes that he was separated from active service on January 12, 1947 at Fort Sam Houston, in Texas. Army enlistment records indicate that Lloyd had enlisted in the Medical Branch of the US Army on October 5, 1940, at Fort McDowell, Angel Island, California, as a private first class. He was single at the time.^5,8
• Lloyd Elwood Buffington married Enid Perry on 20 April 1966, Clark County, NV.⁹
• Lloyd Elwood Buffington died on 30 July 1970, Humboldt County, CA, at age 61.^10,11,6
• Newspaper obituary:
  Lloyd Buffington, Once Of Pillow
  Funeral services will be Saturday in Trinidad, California, for Lloyd Buffington, of Trinidad, Calf., formerly of Pillow, who died Wednesday evening.
  He was the son of the late Lloyd Buffington, who was well known blacksmith in the Pillow area. He served in the U. S. Army and spent 18 years in overseas duty.
  Survivors include his wife Enid; his mother, Mrs. Maude Fenzl, of Lykens RD1, a sister, Mrs. Carlos Scheib, of Pillow; a step-brother, Fred Fenzyl, of Oberlin Gardens, Pa., and several nieces and nephews.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 31 Jul 1970, Fri, Page 4.¹⁰
  

• Father*: Lloyd Edwin Buffington¹ b. 22 Jan 1886, d. 7 Feb 1966
• Mother*: Maud Elnora Klinger¹ b. 21 Apr 1892, d. 4 Mar 1975

Frederick Alvin Fenzel¹

• Last Edited: 12 Feb 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Frederick Alvin Fenzel was born on 18 December 1923.¹
• He was the son of Frederick Fenzel Sr. and Maud Elnora Klinger.¹
• Frederick Alvin Fenzel died on 10 May 2005, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA, at age 81.^2,1
• He was buried on 17 May 2005, at Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.^2,3

• Father*: Frederick Fenzel Sr.¹ b. 9 Dec 1892, d. 26 Apr 1959
• Mother*: Maud Elnora Klinger¹ b. 21 Apr 1892, d. 4 Mar 1975

Charles Allen Lenker Sr.¹

• Last Edited: 27 Aug 2018

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Charles Allen Lenker Sr. was born on 25 May 1891, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Clayton Johnathan Lenker and Ebbie Jane Koppenheffer.¹
• Charles Allen Lenker Sr. married Gertrude Isabella Klinger, daughter of Phillip Klinger and Mary Diana Tschopp, on 1 November 1912.^1,2,3
• Charles Allen Lenker Sr. died on 15 May 1949, Dauphin County, PA, at age 57.¹
• Online obituary:
  Charles A. Lenker, age 57 years, died Sunday night at his home in Lenkerville.
  Mr. Lenker was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Lenker and was a native of Killinger.
  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Klinger Lenker; six sons and six daughters, Herbert of Harrisburg; Raymond F., Halifax; Charles Jr., Albert R., Clayton P., and Allen F. Lenker, Mrs. Floyd Underkoffler, Miss Bernice and Miss Verna Lenker, all of Millersburg; Mrs. Pauline Forney, Lenkerville; Mrs. Floyd Miller and Mrs. Mildred Rousch, both of Halifax.
  Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Cyrus Miller, Halifax R. D. 1; Mrs. Caulder Liddick, Duncannon R. D; and five brothers, Freeman Lenker, Augusta, New Jersey; Homer and Lester Lenker, Millersburg R. D; Fred Lenker, Michigan, and George E. Lenker, Middletown.
  Services will be held from the Riegle Funeral Home, Millersburg, at 2 o'clock this Thursday afternoon. Rev. J. W. Emerick, will officiate and interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Millersburg.⁴
  
• He was buried at Oak Hill Cermetery, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA.⁴

• Father*: Clayton Johnathan Lenker¹ b. 21 Mar 1862, d. 28 Sep 1944
• Mother*: Ebbie Jane Koppenheffer¹ b. 28 May 1866, d. 16 Feb 1942

Clayton Johnathan Lenker¹

• Last Edited: 1 Sep 2018

• Clayton Johnathan Lenker was born on 21 March 1862, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Johnathan Lenker and Mary P. Noll.¹
• Clayton Johnathan Lenker married Ebbie Jane Koppenheffer, daughter of Moses Koppenhaver and Elizabeth Ritzman, on 15 September 1883.^1,2
• Clayton Johnathan Lenker died on 28 September 1944, Dauphin County, PA, at age 82.¹
• He was buried at Salem Lutheran Church, Killinger, Dauphin County, PA.³

• Father*: Johnathan Lenker¹ b. 29 Mar 1836, d. 1 Apr 1886
• Mother*: Mary P. Noll¹ b. 18 Mar 1840, d. 27 Feb 1907

Johnathan Lenker¹

• Last Edited: 29 Nov 2021

• Johnathan Lenker was born on 29 March 1836.¹
• He was the son of Philip Lenker and Salome Holtzman.²
• Johnathan Lenker married Mary P. Noll.¹
• Johnathan Lenker died on 1 April 1886, Killinger, Dauphin County, PA, at age 50.¹
• He was buried at Salem Lutheran Church, Killinger, Dauphin County, PA.³

• Father*: Philip Lenker²
• Mother*: Salome Holtzman² b. 1809, d. 27 Nov 1863

Mary P. Noll¹

• Last Edited: 1 Sep 2018

• Mary P. Noll was born on 18 March 1840.¹
• She married Johnathan Lenker, son of Philip Lenker and Salome Holtzman.¹
• Mary P. Noll died on 27 February 1907, Dauphin County, PA, at age 66.¹
• She was buried at Salem Lutheran Church, Killinger, Dauphin County, PA.²

Ebbie Jane Koppenheffer¹

• Last Edited: 1 Sep 2018

• Ebbie Jane Koppenheffer is also referred to as Ebbie Jane Koppenhaver in some sources.³
• She was born on 28 May 1866.¹
• She was the daughter of Moses Koppenhaver and Elizabeth Ritzman.²
• Ebbie Jane Koppenheffer married Clayton Johnathan Lenker, son of Johnathan Lenker and Mary P. Noll, on 15 September 1883.^1,4
• Ebbie Jane Koppenheffer died on 16 February 1942, Dauphin County, PA, at age 75.^1,3
• She was buried at Salem Lutheran Church, Killinger, Dauphin County, PA.³

• Father*: Moses Koppenhaver² b. 21 Jul 1831, d. 25 Jan 1904
• Mother*: Elizabeth Ritzman² b. 1838, d. 1921

Herbert Charles Lenker¹

• Last Edited: 28 May 2008

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Herbert Charles Lenker was born on 1 June 1913, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Charles Allen Lenker Sr. and Gertrude Isabella Klinger.¹
• Herbert Charles Lenker married Beulah Mae Snody, daughter of James Snody and Cora Schrawder, on 24 December 1934.¹
• Herbert Charles Lenker died on 26 December 1996, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 83.¹

• Father*: Charles Allen Lenker Sr.¹ b. 25 May 1891, d. 15 May 1949
• Mother*: Gertrude Isabella Klinger¹ b. 9 Jul 1894, d. 5 Jan 1977

Beulah Mae Snody¹

• Last Edited: 28 May 2008

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Beulah Mae Snody was born on 15 November 1916.¹
• She was the daughter of James Snody and Cora Schrawder.¹
• Beulah Mae Snody married Herbert Charles Lenker, son of Charles Allen Lenker Sr. and Gertrude Isabella Klinger, on 24 December 1934.¹
• Beulah Mae Snody died on 27 February 1994, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA, at age 77.¹

• Father*: James Snody¹ b. 3 Jun 1871, d. 25 Jun 1951
• Mother*: Cora Schrawder¹ b. 6 Nov 1882, d. 27 Feb 1945

James Snody¹

• Last Edited: 24 Feb 2022

• James Snody was born on 3 June 1871.¹
• He married Cora Schrawder.¹
• James Snody died on 25 June 1951, at age 80.¹

Cora Schrawder¹

• Last Edited: 24 Feb 2022

• Cora Schrawder was born on 6 November 1882.¹
• She married James Snody.¹
• Cora Schrawder died on 27 February 1945, at age 62.¹

Harvey James Lenker¹

• Last Edited: 27 Aug 2018

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Harvey James Lenker was born on 11 September 1935.¹
• He was the son of Herbert Charles Lenker and Beulah Mae Snody.¹
• Harvey James Lenker died on 14 January 2006, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA, at age 70.¹

• Father*: Herbert Charles Lenker¹ b. 1 Jun 1913, d. 26 Dec 1996
• Mother*: Beulah Mae Snody¹ b. 15 Nov 1916, d. 27 Feb 1994

Pearl Marie Lenker¹

• Last Edited: 27 Aug 2018

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Pearl Marie Lenker was born on 10 February 1937.¹
• She was the daughter of Herbert Charles Lenker and Beulah Mae Snody.¹
• Pearl Marie Lenker married Alvin Howard Dietrich on 17 June 1955.^1,2
• Pearl Marie Lenker died on 28 March 2007, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA, at age 70.¹

• Father*: Herbert Charles Lenker¹ b. 1 Jun 1913, d. 26 Dec 1996
• Mother*: Beulah Mae Snody¹ b. 15 Nov 1916, d. 27 Feb 1994

Alvin Howard Dietrich¹

• Last Edited: 27 Aug 2018

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Alvin Howard Dietrich was born on 9 July 1932.¹
• He married Pearl Marie Lenker, daughter of Herbert Charles Lenker and Beulah Mae Snody, on 17 June 1955.^1,2
• Alvin Howard Dietrich died on 18 March 2000, at age 67.¹