Person Page - 1192

Harold Goudy¹

• Last Edited: 7 Oct 2010

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Harold Goudy married June Rose Scheib, daughter of Albert Oscar Scheib and Catherine Elizabeth Lubold.¹
• Harold Goudy died before 2010.¹

Roy Pershing Holdeman^1,2

• Last Edited: 5 Nov 2016

• Relationship: 3rd great-grandnephew of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Roy Pershing Holdeman was born on 18 May 1918, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.³
• He was the son of Clayton E. Holdeman and Estella Laura Sausser.^3,2
• Roy Pershing Holdeman died on 10 July 1982, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 64.³
• He was buried at Frieden Union Cemetery (now United Methodist), Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,4

• Father*: Clayton E. Holdeman² b. 27 Dec 1897, d. 22 Feb 1966
• Mother*: Estella Laura Sausser³ b. 9 Oct 1899, d. 23 Jan 1992

Edward Adams¹

• Last Edited: 2 Nov 2010

• Edward Adams married Iva Rebuck.¹
• Edward Adams died before 2010.¹

Iva Rebuck¹

• Last Edited: 2 Nov 2010

• Iva Rebuck married Edward Adams.¹
• Iva Rebuck died before 2010.¹

Ernest C. Erdman^1,2

• Last Edited: 19 Feb 2014

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Ernest C. Erdman was born on 28 April 1927.^3,2
• He was the son of Herman W. Erdman and Jennie E. Mattern.
• Ernest C. Erdman married Betty June Klinger, daughter of Charles R. Klinger and Beulah M. Hain.¹
• Ernest C. Erdman died in May 1991, at age 64.^3,2
• He was buried at Zion (Klinger's) Lutheran Church, Erdman, Dauphin County, PA.³

• Father*: Herman W. Erdman b. c 1896, d. b 2008
• Mother*: Jennie E. Mattern b. c 1900, d. b 2008

Ruth Ellen Klinger^1,2

• Last Edited: 3 Feb 2026

• Relationship: 3rd great-granddaughter of Johann Peter Klinger
• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Ruth Ellen Klinger was born on 27 July 1948, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA.³
• She was the daughter of Ivan Johnny Klinger and Doris Edith Stuck.¹
• Ruth Ellen Klinger was baptized on 20 August 1948, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.⁴
• She married Gary Lee Kembel, son of Lee Wilson Kembel and Alverta Gertrude Ressler, on 31 August 1968, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.⁵
• Ruth Ellen Klinger married an unknown person circa 1969.^6,1
• She died on 26 January 2026, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 77.³
• Funeral home obituary:
  Ruth E. Kembel
  January 26, 2026
  Ruth E. Kembel, 77, of Klingerstown, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Monday, January 26, 2026, at her residence. Born in Klingerstown, July 27, 1948, she was the daughter of the late Ivan and Doris (Stuck) Klinger. She attended Tri Valley Schools, and was employed over 30 years in the laundry of the Northern Dauphin Nursing and Rehabilitation Nursing Center, Millersburg. Ruth was a member of the Tri Valley Bible Church, Sacremento. Preceding her in death was her husband, Gary Kembel, passing on January 20, 2016.
  Survivors
  Daughter: Mary Jane wife of James Barnes, Barry Township
  Son: Greg Kembel, Klingerstown
  Son: Donald Kembel and his wife Kristina, Millersburg
  Son: Ivan Kembel, Klingerstown
  Grandchildren: Fantasia Barnes, Matthew Snyder and Fiancee Katie Boyer, Andrew Kembel, and Rebekah Kembel
  Great Grandchildren: Sophia, Liam, Frank
  Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Celebration of Ruth’s life, Friday, February 13, 2026, at 11 AM, in the Tri Valley Bible Church, 2131 PA Route 25, Valley View. Officiating will be Rev. David Thompson. Interment will follow at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, 60 Indiantown Gap Road, Annville. Visitation with family will begin at 10 AM until service time. The family requests memorials be made in Ruth’s name to the Tri Valley Bible Church, P.O. Box 4, Sacramento, PA., 17968. Visit www.Fritzfuneralhome.com to leave condolences. The Richard W. Fritz Funeral Home, Ashland, is in charge of funeral arrangements.³
  

• Father*: Ivan Johnny Klinger¹ b. 30 May 1921, d. 9 Nov 2010
• Mother*: Doris Edith Stuck¹ b. 24 Apr 1923, d. 17 Jul 1993

John H. Ebright^1,2

• Last Edited: 3 Feb 2026

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• John H. Ebright was born on 16 April 1944, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.^3,4
• Newspaper obituary:
  John H. Ebright, once of Lewisburg
  STATE COLLEGE - John H. Ebright, 42, Houston, Texas, formerly of the Lewisburg area, died Thursday evening in State College Manor Nursing Home, where he had been a resident for two weeks. He had been ill since September and was hospitalized several times.
  Born in Shamokin, April 16, 1944, he was a son of the late Rolland and Gertrude (Cawthern) Ebright. He married the former Mary Jane Klinger of Lewisburg in 1967.
  Mr. Ebright grew up in the Dornsife area and attended Trevorton schools.He lived in Lewisburg from 1970 to 1981, and was a self-employed carpenter. He moved to Houston in 1981.
  In addition to his wife of Lewisburg; he is survived by two daughters, Pamela and Brandi, both at home; his stepfather, Palmer Wetzel of Dornsife RD; three brothers, Gary and Robert, both of Allenwood, and Roger of Brooklyn, N.Y; two sisters, Mrs. Karen Bordner of Herndon RD1 and Edna Tobias of Shamokin; five stepbrothers, Dean Wetzel of Sunbury, Drehr Wetzel of Denver, N.C., Dr. Drew Watzel of Northumberland, Derl Wetzel of West Germany and Ned Wetzel of Dornsife RD; three stepsisters, Mrs. Drene Jones of Sunbury, Mrs. Tamie Campbell of Gratz and Miss Jane Wetzel of Dornsife RD.
  The funeral will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the Robert Foust Funeral Home, Trevorton, by the Rev.. Bob Caminiti. Burial will be in Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington.
  Visitors may call at the funeral home Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday from 10 a.m.
  The Daily Item, June 7, 1986, Page 8.
  
  until the time of the service.⁴
  
• He was buried at Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington, Northumberland County, PA.^4,3
• He died on 5 June 1986, State College Manor Nursing Home, State College, Centre County, PA, at age 42.⁴