Person Page - 1976

Ephraim Renninger¹

• Last Edited: 27 Apr 2019

• Ephraim Renninger married Katherine Haines.¹

Katherine Haines¹

• Last Edited: 27 Apr 2019

• Katherine Haines married Ephraim Renninger.¹

James N. Schneck¹

• Last Edited: 20 Nov 2024

• James N. Schneck was born circa 1902, Pine Grove Township, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• He married Susie May Eidem.¹
• James N. Schneck died on 20 January 1972, Pottsville Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  James N. Schneck
  James N. Schneck, 70, RD3 Pine Grove, died Thursday at Pottsville Hospital where he was admitted Jan. 14.
  He born in Pine Grove Township, son of the late Theodore and Katie Lengel Schneck. He was a member of Hetzel's United Church of Christ and had been employed as a tanner.
  His wife, the former Susie Eidem, died in 1968. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Martha, who died in infancy, and a son, Elvin, who died in 1964.
  Surviving are 13 children, Lee, Baltimore, Md. Roy, Lebanon; Donald, RD Schuylkill Haven; James Jr., Jonestown, Lebanon County; Charles, RD3 Pine Grove; Esther, wife of Earl Renninger, Zerbe; Mary, wife of Harold Clay, Hamburg; Pauline, wife of Robert Morgan, RD3 Pine Grove: Betty, wife of John Mizisko, Linden, N. J; Ruth, wife of Harold Moyer, RD3 Schuylkill Haven; Hattie, wife of Leroy Renninger, Zerbe; Gladys, wife of Richard Kilmer, RD3 Schuylkill -Haven; Annie, wife of Robert Fessler, RD3 Pine Gove; 39 grandchildren; five great;grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Wert, Mohnton; Mrs. Sarah Dreher, RD3 Pine Grove.
  Funeral services will be Monday afternoon from the Snyder Funeral Home, Pine Grove, with the Revs. Joseph Blackner and J. William Wartluft officiating. Burial will be in Hetzel's Church Cemetery.
  Pottsville Republican, January 21, 1972, Page 2.²
  

Susie May Eidem^1,2

• Last Edited: 20 Nov 2024

• Susie May Eidem was born circa 1900, Northumberland County, PA.²
• She married James N. Schneck.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  MRS. JAMES SCHNECK
  Mrs. James Schneck, 68, the former Susie May Eidem, of Pine Grove R. D. 3, died this morning in Pottsville Hospital.
  Born in Northumberland County, she was a daughter of the late John and Emma Bilger Eidem.
  Mrs. Schneck was a member of Hetzel's United Church of Christ.
  Surviving are her husband, James Schneck; these children, Mrs. Esther Renninger, Tremont; Mrs. Mary Clay, Hamburg; Mrs. Pauline Morgan, Pine Grove R.D. 2; Mrs. Betty Mizisko, Linden, N. J; Mrs.
  Ruth Moyer, Schuylkill Haven R.D. 2; Mrs. Hattie Renninger, Tremont; Mrs. Gladys Kilmer, Schuylkill Haven R.D; Mrs. Annie Fessler, Pine Grove R.D. 3; Lee of Baltimore, Md; Roy, Lebanon; James, Jonestown; Donald, Schuylkill Haven R.D. 1; Charles, Pine Grove R.D. 3; 36 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; also these brothers and sisters: Ralph Eidem, Huntingdon; Dave Eidem, Pine Grove R.D. 3; Russell and Charles Eidem, Lehighton; Arthur Eidem, Schuylkill Haven; Mrs. Ruth Barr, Orwigsburg; Mrs. Edna Kerschner, Orwigsburg; Mrs. Mary Moyer, ch Schuylkill Haven; Mrs. Hazel Kerschner, Pine Grove R.D. 3; Mrs. Ada Faust, Tremont; Mrs. Bessie Hartman, Cressona; Mrs. Ethel Wolfe, Pine Grove R.D. 1.
  Her funeral will be held from Snyder Funeral Home, Pine Grove, at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, with services by the Rev. J. William Wartluft and the Rev. John E. Youse. Interment will be in Hetzel's Church Cemetery.
  Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday evening from 7 to 9.
  The Press-Herald, September 12, 1968, Page 1.²
  
• Susie May Eidem died on 12 September 1968, Pottsville Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,2

William E. Wetzel¹

• Last Edited: 7 Nov 2022

• William E. Wetzel was born on 4 April 1899, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• He was the son of James H. Wetzel and Bertha Klock.²
• William E. Wetzel married Lottie E. Hepler, daughter of James Y. Hepler and Jane Engle.¹
• William E. Wetzel died on 22 April 1960, Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 61.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  Hegins Area Man Dies in Hospital
  William E. Wetzel, 61, Hegins R.D. 1, died yesterday morning at 10:15 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville. He was admitted to the hospital last Thursday.
  A farmer and a former shipyard worker, Mr. Wetzel was born April 4, 1899, in Pitman, a son of the late James H. and Btrtha (Klock) Wetzel. He was a member of Friedens Lutheran Church, Hegins.
  Surviving are the widow, the former Lottie Hepler; five children, James, Raymond and Ralph, all of Hegins; Carl, Ashland R.D., and Mrs. Eli Cabor, Yonkers, N.Y; five grandchildren, one brother, Dr. Roy J. Wetzel, Hanover, and two sisters, Mrs. Wayne Tifft, Mount Carmel, and Mrs. Clara McFall, Pennsfield.
  Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 in St. James Lutheran Church, Pitman. Burial will be in the Zion Evangelical Cemetery, Pitman. The Rev. Ralph Bagger, Hegins, will officiate. Friends may call at the Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown R.D., Monday evening and at the church from 1:00 Tuesday afternoon until time of the funeral.
  Shamokin News-Dispatch (Shamokin, Pennsylvania), 23 Apr 1960, Sat, Page 2.²
  
• He was buried at Zions Evangelical Congregational Church Cemetery, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA.³

• Father*: James H. Wetzel
• Mother*: Bertha Klock²

Lottie E. Hepler¹

• Last Edited: 7 Nov 2022

• Lottie E. Hepler was born on 31 March 1895, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,2
• She was the daughter of James Y. Hepler and Jane Engle.²
• Lottie E. Hepler married William E. Wetzel, son of James H. Wetzel and Bertha Klock.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  Mrs. Wetzel
  PITMAN - Mrs. Lottie Hepler Wetzel, 78, Pitman died Thursday morning in Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, where she had been a patient for one day.
  Mrs. Wetzel had been a guest at Friendly Nursing Home, Pitman since 1968. She was a former resident of Hegins.
  Mrs. Wetzel was a member of Friedens Lutheran Church, Hegins.
  Born in Pitman, March 31, 1895, she was a daughter of the late James and Jane Engle Hepler. Her husband William E. Wetzel died in 1960.
  Surviving ' are five children, James and Raymond Wetzel both of Hegins, Ralph Wetzel of Hegins RD2, Carl Wetzel of Ashland RD, and Mrs. Eli Cabor of Santa Clara, Calif; 19 grandchildren, one great-grandchild; three brothers, Fred Hepler of Pitman, Miles Hepler of Media, and Elmer Hepler of Silverdale; one sister, Mrs. Jennie Masser of Pitman.
  Tho funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday in the Lawrence E. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown RD.
  The Rev. William Wightman, Lutheran pastor of Valley View will officiate. Burial Will be made in Zion Evangelical Congregational Church Cemetery, Pitman.
  Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday evening after 6 p.m.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania ), 20 Jul 1973, Fri, Page 18.³
  
• Lottie E. Hepler died on 23 July 1973, Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 78.^3,2
• She was buried at Zions Evangelical Congregational Church Cemetery, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA.²

• Father*: James Y. Hepler² b. 26 Jan 1860, d. 21 Apr 1945
• Mother*: Jane Engle² b. 1 Mar 1863, d. 13 Jan 1940

Paul Allen Wetzel¹

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2019

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Paul Allen Wetzel died on 29 July 1967, Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• He was born on 29 July 1967, Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• He was the son of Carl W. Wetzel and Doris M. Rabuck.¹
• Paul Allen Wetzel was buried on 31 July 1967, at Salem United Brethren Cemetery, Weishample, Schuylkill County, PA.^2,3
• Newspaper obituary:
  Paul Allen Wetzel
  Funeral services for Paul Allen Wetzel, stillborn son of Carl and Doris Rebuck Wetzel, of Mabel, Hegins, RD, were held Monday with interment in Barry Twp. Evanelical UNited Brethren Cemetery. Miller Funeral Home, Valley View, was in charge of arrangements.
  The child was stillborn at Samaritan Hospital Friday. Surviving in addition to his parents are these sisters and a brother, Nancy, Carl, June and Connie at home; the maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Rebuck, Orwin and the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Wetzel, Hegins.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, PA), 31 Jul 1967, Mon, Page 16.²
  

• Father*: Carl W. Wetzel¹ b. 27 Sep 1930, d. 2 Jun 2017
• Mother*: Doris M. Rabuck¹ b. 17 Jan 1938, d. 27 Apr 2019