Freeda Mae Stence1

F, #46541, b. 20 November 1926, d. 2 May 2014
  • Last Edited: 30 Nov 2021
  • Freeda Mae Stence was born on 20 November 1926, Millersburg, Dauphin County, PA.1
  • She was the daughter of John Stence and Bessie Keiter.1
  • Freeda Mae Stence married Ernest Henry Koppenhaver, son of Ira Calmon Koppenhaver and Ida Esta Schwalm.1
  • Freeda Mae Stence died on 2 May 2014, at age 87.1
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Freeda Mae Koppenhaver
    May 2, 2014
    Freeda Mae Koppenhaver, 87, of Lebanon, went to be with the Lord on Friday.
    She was the wife of the late Ernest H. Koppenhaver, who died Oct. 8, 1980.
    Born in Millersburg, Nov. 20, 1926, she was a daughter of the late John and Bessie Keiter Stence.
    She was a laborer at the Muskin and Riverside Shoe factories until her retirement.
    She attended the Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, Gratz.
    She was predeceased by sisters, Betty George, Mary Etzweiler and Dharlys Walter; and brothers, Robert and William Stence.
    She is survived by sisters, Gladys Fahnestock, Halifax, Shirley Whitman, Millersburg, and Barbara Adams, Ephrata; nieces and nephews.
    A funeral service will be held at noon Tuesday at Emmanuel Wesleyan Church, 135 Emmanuel Church Road, Gratz, PA 17030. The viewing will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in St. Mark's United Brethren Cemetery, Spring Glen. Memorial gifts may be made to her church. Kreamer & Lum Funeral Home & Crematory, Jonestown, are in charge of the arrangements. Visit www. kreamerlumfh.com.
    Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 04 May 2014, Sun, Page A14.2
  • She was buried on 6 May 2014, at Saint Mark's United Brethren Cemetery, Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, PA.1,3

Citations

  1. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Freeda Mae Koppenhaver (Harrisburg Patriot News, May 4, 2014).
  2. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Freeda M. Koppenhaver, Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 04 May 2014, Sun, Page A14.
  3. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.

Loletta C. Boden1

F, #46544, b. 15 November 1902, d. 7 July 1987
  • Last Edited: 29 Mar 2020
  • Loletta C. Boden was born on 15 November 1902, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.2
  • She was the daughter of William Boden and Mary Lloyd.2
  • Loletta C. Boden married Ira Calmon Koppenhaver, son of Calvin Oscar Koppenhaver and Sarah L. Heberling.1
  • Loletta C. Boden died on 7 July 1987, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA, at age 84.2
  • Newspaper obituary:
    Loleta C. Koppenhaver
    Loleta C. Koppenhaver, 84, of Coaldale, Lykens area, died Tuesday in her home.
    She was born in Wiconisco, Nov. 15, 1902, a daughter of the late William and Mary Lloyd Boden. She was a retired teacher. Mrs. Koppenhaver taught in Lykens area public schools for 31 years, and Lykens Christian School for 12 years.
    She was a graduate of Shippensburg Normal School.
    Mrs. Koppenhaver was a member of Lykens Miracle Revival Church.
    She served as a Girl Scout leader in Wiconisco for six years.
    She was preceded in death by two husbands, William Hoover, and Ira C. Koppenhaver.
    Surviving are four stepdaughters, Ruby Reppert, Hamburg, Arlene Wise, Elizabethville, Anna Ward, Harrisburg, and Mary Artz, Williamstown; four stepsons, Ira Koppenhaver, Hegins, Warren Koppenhaver, Klingerstown, Calvin Koppenhaver, Dauphin, and Cylon Koppenhaver, Hamburg; 20 step-grandchildren; 37 step-great-grandchildren; a step-great-great-grandchild ; a brother, Clarence Boden, McKnightstown.
    Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in Lykens Miracle Revival Church. Officiating will be the Revs. Timothy Tice, Daniel Lummark and Douglas Boden. Interment will be in Calvary United Methodist Cemetery, Wiconisco. John M. Shultz Funeral Home, Lykens, is in charge of arrangements.
    Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 08 Jul 1987, Wed, Page 2.2
  • She was buried on 10 July 1987, at Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.2

Citations

  1. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health), for Ira Calmon Koppenhaver. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  2. [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Loleta C. Koppenhaver, Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 08 Jul 1987, Wed, Page 2.

Clinton Arthur Koppenhaver1

M, #46548, b. 24 February 1888, d. 18 May 1954
  • Last Edited: 18 Oct 2016

Children of Clinton Arthur Koppenhaver and Tessie M. Schwalm

Citations

  1. [S1062] Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1967 (Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Health). Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Death Certificates.
  2. [S74] Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, Johannes Schwalm The Hessian (Millville, PA 1976: Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, 1976), p. 144. Hereinafter cited as Johannes Schwalm The Hessian.
  3. [S291] Glenn P. Schwalm, Philip A. Rice and Jodi A. Germani, compilers, St. Andrew's United Methodist Church Records - Part One (Apollo, PA: Closson Press for Schuylkill Roots, 1991), p. 41. Hereinafter cited as St. Andrew's Records - I.

Elias Zerbe Shaffer1

M, #46560, b. 14 August 1862, d. 26 November 1941
  • Last Edited: 31 May 2021
  • Elias Zerbe Shaffer was born on 14 August 1862.1
  • He was the son of William L. Shaffer and Catherine Zerbe.1
  • Elias Zerbe Shaffer married Sarah Elizabeth Hoast.1
  • Elias Zerbe Shaffer was buried in 1941, at St. Paul's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Urban, Northumberland County, PA.1
  • He died on 26 November 1941, at age 79.1
  • He was buried at St. Paul's United Church of Christ Cemetery, Urban, Northumberland County, PA.1

Children of Elias Zerbe Shaffer and Sarah Elizabeth Hoast

Citations

  1. [S805] Find A Grave, online www.findagrave.com. Hereinafter cited as Find A Grave.
  2. [S970] Www.ancestry.com, online www.ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15041312/…