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Betty J. Heim¹

• Last Edited: 28 Jan 2009

• Betty J. Heim married Felix H. Kehler, son of Peter H. Kehler and Olive Wetzel, on 24 February 1945.¹
• Betty J. Heim died on 14 November 1990.¹

Lydia Bohner¹

• Last Edited: 6 Oct 2023

• Lydia Bohner was born on 21 February 1879, Jordan Township, Northumberland County, PA.^2,1
• She was the daughter of Samuel H. Bohner and Harriet Bower.^2,1
• Lydia Bohner married Frank S. Witmer, son of Isaac Witmer and Anna Shaffer, on 10 February 1901, by Rev. Brown . At the time of their marriage, both Frank and Lydia were listed as being from Pillow..^3,4,5
• Lydia Bohner died on 24 May 1955, Community Hospital, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, at age 76.^6,1
• Newspaper obituary:
  MRS. LYDIA WITMER Mrs. Lydia Witmer, 76, of Pillow, died in the Community Hospital, Sunbury, May 24.
  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Criswell of Philadelphia, and three sons, Lloyd, Kermit and Landis Witmer, all of Dalmatia R.D; twenty-eight grandchildren and fifteen greatgrandchildren.
  Other survivors are a brother, Landis Bohner of Dalmatia R. D. and two sisters, Mrs. William Sheesley and Mrs. Charles Koble of Sunbury.
  Services were held from the Rothermel Funeral Home, Herndon, at 2:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Rev. John Bucher, pastor of the Pillow Reformed Church, and Rev. Truman Wise, Mandata, officiated. Interment was made in the Unban Cemetery.
  Elizabethville Echo, June 2, 1955, Page 4.⁶
  
• She was buried at Grandview Cemetery, Pillow, Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, PA.⁷

• Father*: Samuel H. Bohner^2,1 b. 9 Aug 1840, d. 6 May 1900
• Mother*: Harriet Bower^2,1 b. 21 May 1852, d. 5 Mar 1936

Katie Engle¹

• Last Edited: 30 Sep 2023

• Katie Engle was born on 23 December 1903, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.³
• She was the daughter of Robert Francis Engle and Martha Jane Bahney.²
• Katie Engle married Wayne Harlen Witmer, son of Frank S. Witmer and Lydia Bohner, on 10 April 1920, Reformed Parsonage, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA.^1,4
• Katie Engle married Fred P. Bohner, son of Franklin Mathias Bohner and Verdilla Heintzelman, in 1959.³
• Katie Engle died on 10 December 1979, Dalmatia RD, Northumberland County, PA, at age 75.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  Mrs. Katie E. Bohner
  DALMATIA - Mrs. Katie E. Bohner, 76, of Damatia RD, died Monday in her home.
  She was a member of Zion s United Church of Christ and the Ladies Aid Society.
  Born in Lower Mahanoy Township, Dec. 23, 1903, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Jenny Bahney. Her first husband, Wayne H. Witmer, died in 1945. In 1959, she married Fred P. Bohner, who survives.
  In addition to her husband, are seven children, John Witmer of Hershey, Mrs. Albert Peifer of Pillow, Mrs. Lloyd Moore of Gulf Hammock, Fla., Mrs. Lawrence Davis of Harrisburg, Kermit W. Witmer of Dalmatia Star Route, Mrs.. Marlin Kauffman of Lancaster, and Mrs. Mark Smeltz of Valley View; 23 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. James Schreiber of Enola; and a brother, William Engle of Carlisle.
  Two daughters preceded her in death.
  The funeral will be conducted at 2 p . m. Thursday in the Zions Church of Stone Valley, Dalmatia RD, by the Rev. M. David Walthour, pastor of Uniontown Charge UCC, assisted by the Rev. George Heberling of the Jordan Charge.
  Burial will be in Stone Valley Cemetery, Dalmatia RD.
  Friends will be received In the Edwin J. Hoover Funeral Home, Dalmatia, from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and at the church, Thursday from noon to the time of the service.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 11 Dec 1979, Tue, Page 8.²
  

• Father*: Robert Francis Engle²
• Mother*: Martha Jane Bahney²

Martha Anna Lenker¹

• Last Edited: 3 Mar 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Martha Anna Lenker was born on 31 July 1912, Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, PA.^2,3
• She was the daughter of Howard Lenker and Mary F. R. Carl.²
• Martha Anna Lenker married Kermit Isaac Witmer, son of Frank S. Witmer and Lydia Bohner, on 24 March 1936.^1,4
• Martha Anna Lenker died on 12 November 1995, Community Hospital, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, at age 83.^2,5,3
• Newspaper obituary:
  Martha A. Witmer, 83, Dalmatia Housewife
  DALMATIA -- Martha A. Witmer, 83, of HCR 68, Dalmatia, died Sunday, Nov. 12, 1995, at Sunbury Community Hospital.
  She was born July 31, 1912, in Dalmatia RD, Northumberland County, a daughter of the late Howard and" Mary (Carl) Lenker. She was married to Kermit Witmer.
  Mrs. Witmer was a housewife.
  She was a member of Zion Stone Valley United Lutheran Church, Dalmatia.
  In addition to her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Helen Shade of Gratz; two sons, Howard of Pillow and Paul of Dalmatia RD; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Katherine Snyder of Deltona, Fla. and Mary Furman of Perris, Calif; and four brothers, George of Prattsburg, N.Y., Carl of Herndon RD, John of Florida and Paul of Dalmatia RD.
  The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the James A. Reed Funeral Home, Market and Chestnut streets. Pillow, by the Rev. J. Robert Snyder. Burial will be in Stone Valley Cemetery, Dalmatia RD.
  Visitors may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 13 Nov 1995, Mon, Page 17.²
  
• She was buried on 15 November 1995, at Stone Valley Cemetery, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA.²

• Father*: Howard Lenker² b. 18 Aug 1889, d. 17 Jun 1967
• Mother*: Mary F. R. Carl² b. May 1894, d. 21 Oct 1972

Emma Radel¹

• Last Edited: 29 Jan 2009

• Emma Radel was born circa 1858.¹
• She was the daughter of Michael Radel and Catherine (?)¹
• Emma Radel married Frank S. Witmer, son of Isaac Witmer and Anna Shaffer.^1,2
• Emma Radel died circa 1890.¹

• Father*: Michael Radel¹
• Mother*: Catherine (?)¹