Infant Daughter Klinger1

F, #39909, b. 1920, d. 1920
  • Last Edited: 13 Nov 2016

Citations

  1. [S764] Elsie Klinger Eaves. Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database. Data downloaded February 3, 2010. Hereinafter cited as Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database.

Ruth Arlene Koppenhaver1

F, #39925, b. 19 December 1917, d. 5 January 2012
  • Last Edited: 23 Mar 2025
  • Ruth Arlene Koppenhaver was born on 19 December 1917, Schuylkill County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of Benjamin Harrison Koppenhaver and Verna Mae Carl.2
  • Ruth Arlene Koppenhaver was baptized on 26 April 1918, St. Matthew's (Coleman's) Evangelical Lutheran Church, near Spring Glen, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She married Guy Franklin Lettich, son of Charles M. Lettich and Meda May Scheib, on 18 April 1936, St Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.1
  • Ruth Arlene Koppenhaver died on 5 January 2012, Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center, Tremont, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 94.3
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Ruth A. Lettich
    GRATZ- Ruth A. Lettich, age 94, of Berrysburg, formerly of Gratz, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012 at the Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center.
    She was born on Wednesday, December 19, 1917, in Gratz, a daughter of the late Benjamin Koppenhaver and Verna Scheib Koppenhaver.
    She and her late husband owned and operated the former Lettich's Radiator Shop in Gratz for 50 years.
    She was a member of Simeon United Lutheran Church, Gratz.
    Her husband Guy F. Lettich passed away in 1997. She was also preceded in death by a brother Gilbert Koppenhaver and a sister Ethel Hoke.
    She is survived by a son Larry E. Lettich and his wife Deborah of Berrysburg; two granddaughters Lisa Y. LaSalle and her husband Edward of Berrysburg and Amy L. Lettich of Plymouth Meeting; a great granddaughter Jennifer M. LaSalle and her companion Dennis Spotts of Halifax; two nephews and a niece.
    Funeral services will be held at Simeon United Lutheran Church, Gratz, on Monday, January 9, 2012, at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Kathy Kuehl officiating. A viewing will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., on Monday at the church. Burial will be made in Union Cemetery, Gratz.
    Memorial contributions can be made to Simeon United Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 478, Gratz, PA 17030.
    Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
    Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com.
    The Patriot-News, January 7, 2012, Page 5.3

Child of Ruth Arlene Koppenhaver and Guy Franklin Lettich

Citations

  1. [S764] Elsie Klinger Eaves. Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database. Data downloaded February 3, 2010. Hereinafter cited as Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database.
  2. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Benjamin H. Koppenhaver, Pottsville Republican, May 27, 1975, Page 2. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed March 23, 2025).
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Ruth A. Lettich, The Patriot-News, January 7, 2012, Page 5. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed March 23, 2025).