Emma Jane Stiely1,2

F, #40487, b. 14 June 1874, d. 20 April 1961
  • Last Edited: 15 Apr 2021
  • Emma Jane Stiely was born on 14 June 1874, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.3,1,2
  • She was the daughter of Reuben Stiely Jr. and Sarah Jane Kissinger.2
  • Emma Jane Stiely was baptized on 30 July 1874, Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.4
  • She married Wesley Geary Strohecker, son of Henry Wiest Strohecker and Elizabeth Klinger, on 10 October 1891, Dauphin County, PA.5
  • Emma Jane Stiely died on 20 April 1961, Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Lebanon Co., PA, at age 86.2
  • She was buried on 24 April 1961, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.6,3,2
  • Newspaper obituary:
    MRS. EMMA J. STROHECKER
    Mrs. Emma J. Strohecker, 86, of Lebanon, widow of Geary Strohecker, died in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, April 20.
    A daughter of the late Reuben and Jane (Kissinger) Stiely, she was a native of Lykens Township, Dauphin County.
    Survivors are a son, Clarence, of Richland, Pa; three daughters, Mis. Charles Brosius, Cortland, New York; Mrs. Walter Hartz and Mrs. Hannah Kreider, both of Lebanon; and a number of grandchildren and , great-grandchildren.
    Also surviving are the following sisters: Mrs. Alice Lyons of Darien, Connecticut; Miss Edna Stiely, New York City; Mrs. James Scott, Hatboro, Pa., and Mrs. Mabel Cavanaugh, of Miami, Florida.
    Services were held from the Christman Funeral Home, Lebanon, Monday afternoon. Rev. Barr, pastor of the United Church of Christ, Lebanon, officiated, and interment was made in the Gratz Cemetery.
    Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 27 Apr 1961, Thu, Page 1.6

Children of Emma Jane Stiely and Wesley Geary Strohecker

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 396. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S764] Elsie Klinger Eaves. Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database. Data downloaded February 3, 2010. Hereinafter cited as Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database.
  3. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 035324-61; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  4. [S1204] Phillip A. Rice, Jodi A. Germani and Jean A. Dellock, compilers, Simeon Reformed Church Records in Dauphin County Vital Records, Volume 1 (Laughlintown, PA: Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services, 1991), p. 167. Hereinafter cited as Simeon Lutheran Church Records.
  5. [S1206] Pennsylvania County Register of Wills Offices, Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2016), Film Number: 000021162; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968.
  6. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Emma J. Strohecker, Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 27 Apr 1961, Thu, Page 1.

Reuben Stiely Jr.1,2

M, #40493, b. 1847, d. 1921
  • Last Edited: 15 Apr 2021
  • Reuben Stiely Jr. was born in 1847, Warrensville, Lycoming Co., PA.1,2
  • He married Sarah Jane Kissinger, daughter of George Kissinger and Sarah Knorr, circa 1868, PA.3,2
  • Reuben Stiely Jr. was buried in 1921, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.4,2
  • He died in 1921, Dauphin County, PA.1,2

Children of Reuben Stiely Jr. and Sarah Jane Kissinger

  • Adeline Stiely2 b. 8 Apr 1870
  • Leonard Stiely+2 b. 20 Jun 1872, d. Sep 1936
  • Emma Jane Stiely+2 b. 14 Jun 1874, d. 20 Apr 1961
  • Mary Alice Stiely2 b. 1 Aug 1876, d. a 1961
  • George W. Stiely2 b. 24 Dec 1879, d. a Jan 1923
  • John Monroe Stiely2 b. 28 Mar 1884, d. 14 May 1934
  • Mabel May Stiely2 b. 13 Aug 1886, d. a Apr 1961
  • Edna Carrie Stiely2 b. Aug 1888, d. a Apr 1961
  • Maude Stiely2 b. 5 Mar 1892, d. b Sep 1936

Citations

  1. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, A Comprehensive History of the Town of Gratz Pennsylvania (Gratz, PA: Gratz Historical Society, 1997), p. 396. Hereinafter cited as Comprehensive History of Gratz.
  2. [S764] Elsie Klinger Eaves. Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database. Data downloaded February 3, 2010. Hereinafter cited as Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database.
  3. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 107.
  4. [S336] Gratz Historical Society, Comprehensive History of Gratz, p. 531.

Alice Alverta Strohecker1

F, #40494, b. 17 September 1907, d. 27 June 1985
  • Last Edited: 15 Apr 2021
  • Alice Alverta Strohecker was born on 17 September 1907, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • She was the daughter of Wesley Geary Strohecker and Emma Jane Stiely.1
  • Alice Alverta Strohecker married Walter Levi Hartz, son of George O. Hartz and Anna Adams, on 25 September 1928, PA.1,3
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Alice A. Hartz
    Alice A. Hartz, 77, 222 Landis Valley Road, Lititz, died Wednesday, June 26, 1985, in Lancaster General Hospital following open heart surgery. She was the wife of Walter L. Hartz, formerly of Lebanon.
    Born in Gratz, she was the daughter of the late W. Geary and Emma Steeley Stroheeker.
    She was a housewife and a member of Tabor United Church of Christ, Lebanon.
    In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughters, Ann L., wife of John LaClair, Lititz; Susan M., wife of Joseph Donches, Mount Joy; seven grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Hannah Kreider, State College; and several nieces and nephews. A son, Dr. G. Richard Hartz, preceded her in death in November, 1984.
    The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 27 Jun 1985, Thu, Page 23.4
  • Alice Alverta Strohecker died on 27 June 1985, Lebanon Co., PA, at age 77.1,5,6
  • She was buried at Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA.7

Children of Alice Alverta Strohecker and Walter Levi Hartz

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. [S1151] Pennsylvania Birth Certificates, 1906-1913, online www.ancestry.com (Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records Reel: 267), Certificate Number: 115871; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania Birth Certificates, 1906-1913.
  3. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Hartz-Strohecker," The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania), 26 Sep 1928, Wed, Page 2.
  4. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Alice A. Hartz, The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 27 Jun 1985, Thu, Page 23.
  5. [S200] Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, Social Security Number: 162-50-7911; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
  6. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Walter L. Hartz, The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 21 Aug 2002, Wed, Page 2.
  7. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11816630/alice-a-hartz. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  8. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Ann H. LaClair, Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), 25 Nov 1985, Mon, Page 4.
  9. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107198748/…
  10. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45565853/…

Bertha Elnora Strohecker1

F, #40495, b. 25 December 1891, d. November 1972
  • Last Edited: 14 Apr 2021
  • Bertha Elnora Strohecker was born on 25 December 1891, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of Wesley Geary Strohecker and Emma Jane Stiely.1
  • Bertha Elnora Strohecker was baptized on 29 March 1892, Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She married Charles Austin Brosius on 5 July 1913, PA.1
  • Bertha Elnora Strohecker died in November 1972, Cortland, Cortland Co., NY, at age 80.1
  • She was buried at Glenwood Cemetery, Homer, Cortland County, NY.2

Child of Bertha Elnora Strohecker and Charles Austin Brosius

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. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134753040/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Clarence Henry Strohecker1

M, #40497, b. 22 July 1893, d. 19 December 1972
  • Last Edited: 14 Apr 2021
  • Clarence Henry Strohecker was born on 22 July 1893, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • He was the son of Wesley Geary Strohecker and Emma Jane Stiely.1
  • Clarence Henry Strohecker was baptized on 10 September 1893, Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • He married Katie Moyer on 24 January 1918, Cortland County, NY.2,3
  • Clarence Henry Strohecker married Pearl E. Swanger, daughter of Joseph Swanger and Mary Hunsicker, after January 1957.2
  • Clarence Henry Strohecker died on 19 December 1972, Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA, at age 79.2,1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Clarence Strohecker
    Clarence H. Strohecker, 79, Myerstown RD 1, died this morning in the Good Samaritan Hospital where he had been a patient for about two months.
    Born in Gratz, Dauphin County, he was a son of the late Jere He was preceded in death by his first wife, Katie Moyer Strohecker, on Jan. 16,1957.
    Survivors include his wife, Pearl E. Swanger Strohecker, and two sisters, Hannah, wife of Arthur Kreider, and Alice, wife of Walter Artz, both of Lebanon.
    Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 19 Dec 1972, Tue, Page 2.2
  • He was buried at Heidelberg Cemetery, Robesonia, Berks County, PA.4

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 Clarence H. Strohecker, Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 19 Dec 1972, Tue, Page 2.
  3. [S970] Www.ancestry.com, online www.ancestry.com, New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967; Certificate Number: 5988; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86193063/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Daniel J. Strohecker1

M, #40498, b. 6 January 1896, d. before April 1961
  • Last Edited: 14 Apr 2021
  • Daniel J. Strohecker was born on 6 January 1896, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • He was the son of Wesley Geary Strohecker and Emma Jane Stiely.1
  • Daniel J. Strohecker was baptized on 8 March 1896, Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • He died before April 1961, PA.1

Citations

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

Hannah May Strohecker1

F, #40499, b. 8 June 1902, d. 25 June 1999
  • Last Edited: 14 Apr 2021
  • Hannah May Strohecker was born on 8 June 1902, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1,2
  • She was the daughter of Wesley Geary Strohecker and Emma Jane Stiely.1
  • Hannah May Strohecker was baptized on 12 October 1902, Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She married Arthur R. Kreider, son of Aaron Kreider and Ella Kline, on 9 June 1923, United Brethren Church, Avon, Lebanon County, PA.3
  • Hannah May Strohecker died on 25 June 1999, Heritage Park Specialty Care Center, Dade City, Pasco County, FL, at age 97.2,1

Child of Hannah May Strohecker and Arthur R. Kreider

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 Hannah Mae Kreider, Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida), 30 Jun 1999, Wed, Page 122.
  3. [S107] Newspaper Article, "Joined In Wedlock," The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 11 Jun 1923, Mon, Page 3.
  4. [S1140] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online www.ancestry.com, , SSN:     178240454; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…

Verna Edna Strohecker1

F, #40500, b. 19 February 1899, d. 8 October 1944
  • Last Edited: 14 Apr 2021
  • Verna Edna Strohecker was born on 19 February 1899, Lebanon County, PA.1,2
  • She was the daughter of Wesley Geary Strohecker and Emma Jane Stiely.1
  • Verna Edna Strohecker was baptized on 29 April 1899, Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She married Ammon Jacob Belleman, son of Daniel Belleman and Elizabeth Geib.2
  • Verna Edna Strohecker died on 8 October 1944, Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA, at age 45.3,2
  • She was buried on 12 October 1944, at Grand View Memorial Park, Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA.2,4

Children of Verna Edna Strohecker and Ammon Jacob Belleman

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. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), Certificate Number: 91392; Filed: October 12, 1944; https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  3. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Clarence H. Strohecker, Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 19 Dec 1972, Tue, Page 2.
  4. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72980367/…. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  5. [S1140] Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online www.ancestry.com, , SSN:     204037367; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/…
  6. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Online obituary for Lee C. Belleman, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211851664/…
  7. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Online obituary for Wayne C. Bellaman, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38482141/…
  8. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72980366/…