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Joseph Neagley¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2020

• Joseph Neagley married Elizabeth Lenker.¹

Elizabeth Lenker¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2020

• Elizabeth Lenker married Joseph Neagley.¹

Anna Mae Schwenk^1,2

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Anna Mae Schwenk was born on 27 February 1886, Chillisquaque, Northumberland County, PA.²
• She was the daughter of John E. K. Schwenk and Agnes Mary Neagley.¹
• Anna Mae Schwenk married James Laing Kalleen in 1909.^1,3
• Anna Mae Schwenk died on 2 September 1934, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN, at age 48.^2,4
• She was buried on 4 September 1934, at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.^2,4

• Father*: John E. K. Schwenk¹ b. 24 Aug 1854, d. 5 Aug 1937
• Mother*: Agnes Mary Neagley¹ b. 23 May 1857, d. 30 Oct 1931

James Laing Kalleen^1,2

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• James Laing Kalleen was born on 26 June 1877, Burlington, Haltin Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.²
• He married Anna Mae Schwenk, daughter of John E. K. Schwenk and Agnes Mary Neagley, in 1909.^1,2
• James Laing Kalleen died in September 1952, Miami-Dade County, FL, at age 75.²
• He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.²

Nancy S. Kalleen¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Nancy S. Kalleen was born on 27 March 1911, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.^1,2,3
• She was the daughter of James Laing Kalleen and Anna Mae Schwenk.¹
• Nancy S. Kalleen married Robert Emerson Russell in 1936.⁴
• Nancy S. Kalleen was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.³
• She died on 6 September 1997, Batavia, Kane County, IL, at age 86.^2,3

• Father*: James Laing Kalleen¹ b. 26 Jun 1877, d. Sep 1952
• Mother*: Anna Mae Schwenk¹ b. 27 Feb 1886, d. 2 Sep 1934

Robert Emerson Russell¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Robert Emerson Russell was born on 21 August 1912, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.¹
• He married Nancy S. Kalleen, daughter of James Laing Kalleen and Anna Mae Schwenk, in 1936.¹
• Robert Emerson Russell died on 18 September 1982, Saint Joseph, Barrien County, MI, at age 70.¹
• He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.¹

Agnes Louise Kalleen¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Agnes Louise Kalleen was born on 3 July 1912, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.^1,2
• She was the daughter of James Laing Kalleen and Anna Mae Schwenk.¹
• Agnes Louise Kalleen married Jacob Guyre Wilcox.^3,4
• Agnes Louise Kalleen died on 1 June 2003, at age 90.⁴
• She was buried at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, CA.⁴

• Father*: James Laing Kalleen¹ b. 26 Jun 1877, d. Sep 1952
• Mother*: Anna Mae Schwenk¹ b. 27 Feb 1886, d. 2 Sep 1934

Jacob Guyre Wilcox¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Jacob Guyre Wilcox was born on 9 January 1907.¹
• He married Agnes Louise Kalleen, daughter of James Laing Kalleen and Anna Mae Schwenk.^1,2
• Jacob Guyre Wilcox died on 3 April 1998, at age 91.¹
• He was buried at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, CA.¹

Elizabeth Mai Kalleen¹

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Elizabeth Mai Kalleen was born on 8 April 1915, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.^1,2
• She was the daughter of James Laing Kalleen and Anna Mae Schwenk.¹
• Elizabeth Mai Kalleen married Richard Monticue Steele, son of Roy Wilton Steele and Norma Monticue, on 31 August 1940.^3,2
• Elizabeth Mai Kalleen died on 24 October 2005, Knightstown, Henry County, IN, at age 90.²
• Online obituary:
  Elizabeth Mai (Betty) Kalleen Steele
  April 8, 1915 – October 24, 2005
  Betty Steele died Monday, October 24, at her home in Knightstown, Indiana. She was born April 8, 1915, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of the late Anna Mae (Schwenk) and James Laing Kalleen.
  A 1932 graduate of Shortridge High School, she attended Butler University for two years and graduated from Northwestern University in 1937 with a bachelor's degree in Sociology. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
  Betty was a librarian with the Indianapolis Public Library, primarily at the Shoals Branch. After marrying Richard Monticue (Dick) Steele on August 31, 1940, and moving to Knightstown, she joined Dick's Aunt Clara Monticue working at the Knightstown Public Library and later became Head Librarian. She was also a member of the Library Board of Trustees for several terms after she left the library staff. In 1958, she took her talent for working with children to the Knightstown Elementary School. She became a "very important person" to hundreds of second graders over the next 20 years and was honored with the Teacher of the Year Award.
  Betty was an active member of the Knightstown United Methodist Church, serving in many roles over the years and most recently as a member of Martha Circle. Betty was active in Tri Kappa, was a member of Shakespeare Club until her death, and belonged to the Knightstown Historical Society. Among her hobbies, knitting, reading, and crossword puzzles were favorite pastimes.
  Betty is survived by her son, David Laing Steele, daughter-in-law, Diane (Graves) Steele, of Knightstown, and grandchildren, Drew Davies Steele of St. Louis, Missouri, and 1Lt. Kalleen Halverson Steele of Kunsan Air Base, Korea. She also leaves nieces and nephews Bob Russell (Batavia, IL), Jim Russell (Roswell, GA), Cheryl (Kalleen) Beerbower (Fishers, IN), Chip Kalleen (Indianapolis, IN), Bob Wilcox (Sherman Oaks, CA), Julie Bubul (Oracle, AZ), Jenny (Bubul) Brown (Oak Harbor, WA), Steve Bubul (St. Paul, MN), and Rick Steele (Springfield, VA), and their families.
  She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard, her daughter, Elizabeth Ann (Betsy) Steele, her parents, and her siblings and in-laws: Nancy (Kalleen) and Robert Russell, Agnes (Kalleen) and Jacob Wilcox, James Laing Kalleen, Jr. and Betty (Pfister), Mary Isabel (Steele) and Jake Bubul, and Theodore and Jane (Preston) Steele.
  She was a source of love and inspiration to her family and friends throughout her long, rich life, which will be celebrated during visitation on Friday, October 28, 2005, from 3:00 to 7:00, and funeral on Saturday, October 29, at 10:00 at Todd Funeral Home, Butcher Chapel, in Knightstown. The graveside service and burial will follow at Glen Cove Cemetery in Knightstown.
  Memorial contributions may be made in the name of Betty Steele to the Alzheimer's Association, to the Knightstown Public Library, or to the Knightstown United Methodist Church.
  Children: David Laing Steele.²
  
  
• She was buried on 29 October 2005, at Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry County, IN.²

• Father*: James Laing Kalleen¹ b. 26 Jun 1877, d. Sep 1952
• Mother*: Anna Mae Schwenk¹ b. 27 Feb 1886, d. 2 Sep 1934

Richard Monticue Steele^1,2

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Richard Monticue Steele was born on 12 February 1913, Washington, DC.³
• He was the son of Roy Wilton Steele and Norma Monticue.³
• Richard Monticue Steele married Elizabeth Mai Kalleen, daughter of James Laing Kalleen and Anna Mae Schwenk, on 31 August 1940.^1,2
• Richard Monticue Steele died on 4 May 1991, Knightstown, Henry County, IN, at age 78.³
• He was buried at Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry County, IN.³

• Father*: Roy Wilton Steele³
• Mother*: Norma Monticue³

Elizabeth Ann Steele¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Elizabeth Ann Steele was born on 27 October 1942, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.¹
• She was the daughter of Richard Monticue Steele and Elizabeth Mai Kalleen.¹
• Elizabeth Ann Steele died on 4 July 2004, Tucson, Pima County, AZ, at age 61.^1,2
• Newspaper obituary:
  Elizabeth Ann (Betsy) Steele
  October 27, 1942 - July 4, 2004
  Betsy Steele died Sunday, July 4, in Tucson, Arizona, following a series of illnesses. She was born October 27, 1943, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Elizabeth Mai (Kalleen) Steele and the late Richard Monticue Steele of Knightstown, IN.
  A 1960 graduate of Knightstown High School and a 1965 graduate of Butler University, she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma She was welfare worker in Indianapolis, and then a Vista Volunteer, serving Native Americans in Winnebago, Nebraska. Working for the Methodist Church, she served Native Americans in North Carolina and Oklahoma and survivors of the Buffalo Creek, WV flood disaster.
  In 1979 she received a master's degree in counseling from Arizona State University. She worked with teenagers at New Directions for Young Women, which became the Family Counseling Agency. July 1, 2004, marked her 20th anniversary.
  She was certified as a Professional Counselor by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health and the National Professional Counselors Commission. She was a member of the American Counseling Association, the Arizona Counseling Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Personnel and Guidance Associations and the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators and Counselors.
  Her volunteer activities included counseling for the Tucson AIDS Project, participating in the HIVAIDS Therapists' Networking Group and volunteering at the teaching hospital associated with the University of Arizona's College of Medicine.
  Betsy is survived by her mother, Betty Steele, her brother and sister-in-law, David and Diane Steele, all of Knightstown; niece and nephew Kalleen (USAF) and Drew (St. Louis, MO) and aunt Betty Kalleen (Fishers). She also leaves loved ones Sue and Laura Moran (Tucson, AZ) and cousins Julie Bubul (Oracle, AZ), Rick Steele (Springfield, VA), Jenny Brown (Oak Harbor, WA), Steve Bubul (St. Paul, MN), Bob Russell (Geneva, IL), Jim Russell (Roswell, GA), Chip Kalleen (Indianapolis), Cheryl Beerbower (Fishers), Bob Wilcox (Sherman Oaks, CA), their spouses and children.
  She was preceded in death by her father, Richard Steele, and her aunts and uncles, Mary Isabel (Steele) and Jake Bubul, Theodore and Jane (Preston) Steele, Nancy (Kalleen) and Robert Russell, Agnes (Kalleen) and Jacob Wilcox, and James L. Kalleen.
  Visitation will be on July 10, 2004 at 9:00 A.M. at the Todd Funeral Home Butcher Chapel in Knightstown, followed by the funeral at 10:00 A.M., and the graveside service and burial at Glen Cove Cemetery in Knightstown.
  Memorial contributions may be made in the name of Betsy Steele to the Knightstown Public Library, the American Diabetes Association, or the Tucson Center for Women and Children 2555 E. Adams, Tucson, Arizona 86716.
  The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana), 07 Jul 2004, Wed, Page 17.²
  

• Father*: Richard Monticue Steele¹ b. 12 Feb 1913, d. 4 May 1991
• Mother*: Elizabeth Mai Kalleen¹ b. 8 Apr 1915, d. 24 Oct 2005

Roy Wilton Steele¹

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Roy Wilton Steele married Norma Monticue.¹

Norma Monticue¹

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Norma Monticue married Roy Wilton Steele.¹

James Laing Kalleen Jr.¹

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• James Laing Kalleen Jr. was born on 16 January 1923, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.¹
• He was the son of James Laing Kalleen and Anna Mae Schwenk.¹
• James Laing Kalleen Jr. married Betty Jane Harness, daughter of Leon Clay Harness and Bertha Leah Sanders, in 1945.²
• James Laing Kalleen Jr. died on 14 July 1994, Carmel, Marion County, IN, at age 71.¹
• He was buried on 18 July 1994, at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.¹

• Father*: James Laing Kalleen¹ b. 26 Jun 1877, d. Sep 1952
• Mother*: Anna Mae Schwenk¹ b. 27 Feb 1886, d. 2 Sep 1934

Betty Jane Harness¹

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Betty Jane Harness was born on 16 April 1922, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH.¹
• She was the daughter of Leon Clay Harness and Bertha Leah Sanders.¹
• Betty Jane Harness married James Laing Kalleen Jr., son of James Laing Kalleen and Anna Mae Schwenk, in 1945.¹
• Betty Jane Harness died on 8 September 2004, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN, at age 82.¹
• She was buried on 13 September 2004, at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.¹
• Betty's step-father was Oscar Pfister, who her mother married after Leon's death.¹

• Father*: Leon Clay Harness¹
• Mother*: Bertha Leah Sanders¹

Leon Clay Harness¹

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Leon Clay Harness married Bertha Leah Sanders.¹

Bertha Leah Sanders¹

• Last Edited: 13 Jan 2020

• Bertha Leah Sanders married Leon Clay Harness.¹

Milton K. Schwenk¹

• Last Edited: 4 Dec 2024

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Milton K. Schwenk was born in 1850.¹
• He was the son of Abraham S. Schwenk and Eva Catharina Klinger.¹
• Milton K. Schwenk married Mary Emma (?)²
• Milton was listed as a cadet midshipman in the Class of 1872 at the US Naval Academy, but he actually graduated in 1873.^3,4,5
• Milton K. Schwenk died on 28 June 1899, Manhattan, New York County, NY.^1,6,7
• Newspaper obituary:
  Death of Lieut. Milton K. Schwenk.
  He was a Former Resident Lewisburg.
  Lieut. Milton K. Schwenk, a former resident of Lewisburg, died on Wednesday of last week, at his home in New York City. He was about to undergo an operation for appendicitis, and an ambulance was at the door to take him to St. Luke's Hospital, where the surgeons were waiting. His strength collapsed and he was dead before the men with the litter reached his bedside.
  Mr. Schwenk was born in Schuylkill, Pa., was graduated in 1871 from the Naval Academy and served for ten vears on the Alliance. He headed the Arctic expedition in search of Captain DeLong's party. After the Arctic expedition he was detailed as an instructor to the schoolship St. Mary's. In 1886 he was detailed to the Alert. Off the Isthmus of Panama he accidentally shot himself in the hand. He retired in 1889. He was for many years a resident of Lewisburg, living with the family on the corner of Seventh and Market Streets.
  The funeral was held on Saturday at New York City, and was attended by his four brothers, General Samuel Schwenk, United States Army; Dr. Peter J. Schwenk, Aaron Schwenk and John E. K. Schwenk, who accompanied the body to the cemetery. His sister, Emmira Schwenk; his widow and his daughter were the other relatives at the graveside.
  Commissioner McCartney and a delegation from the Street Cleaning Department in which the dead officer had been employed under Colonel Waring, attended the funeral, with a delegation from a Royal Arcanum lodge.
  Lewisburg Journal (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania), 07 Jul 1899, Fri, Page 1. This obituary like a number of others for Milton, contains some errors.
  For example, the New York Times published the following obituary, which also contained a number of errors, not least of which was misspelling Milton's name:
  LIEUT. M. K. SCHWENK DEAD.
  Ex-Naval Officer Succumbs to a Complication of Diseases.
  Lieut. Melton K. Schwenk died at his residence, 59 West One Hundred and Twenty seventh Street, last evening from appendicitis and a complication of diseases. He was taken ill Monday and was to have been removed to St. Luke's Hospital at 3 o'clock yesterday, but his condition became too serious. During his illness he was attended by his brother, Dr. Peter N. Schwenk of Philadelphia.
  Lieut. Schwenk was born in Lewisburg, Penn., forty-nine years ago. His father, Abraham, emigrated to this country some years before and located at Schwenkville, Ga., a few years later removing to Lewisburg. Lieut. Schwenk received a common school education, and in. 1863 was appointed a cadet in the Annapolis Naval Academy.
  He was graduated in 1867 and served in the navy until ten years ago. In 1886, while serving on the Alert at Panama, he received a severe injury to his hand by the explosion of a revolver. Three years later he retired from the navy, but afterward did duty on the schoolship St. Mary's.
  At the outbreak of the late war with Spain Lieut. Schwenk offered his services to the Government and was assigned to duty on the receiving ship Newport. He served until two months ago, when he returned to this city and again assumed charge of the erection of a number of scows for the Street Cleaning Department.
  Lieut. Schwenk is. survived by a widow, a daughter 10 years old, and two brothers, Dr. Schwenk and Gen. Samuel K. Schwenk of Philadelphia, who arrived shortly after the death of Lieut. Schwenk. The funeral arrangements will be announced to-day.
  In 2011, a great-nephew of Milton's contacted the New York Times and pointed out some of the errors in this obituary. A New York Times writer detailed the story and the correct information in a City Room Blog at https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/getting-the-story-of-a-mans-life-right-at-last/?searchResultPosition=1.^8,9,10
  
• He was buried at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, NY.¹
• Mary Schwenk's will makes reference to two daughters in addition to Lillian, "Stella Bowlant" and "Amelia Fowley," although it is not clear if these were daughters of Milton Schwenk. They are not mentioned in his obituaries. Mary left the bulk of her estate to her minor daughter Lillian.¹¹
• In 2011, 112 years after his obituary was first published, James Barron, a NY Times writer, wrote the following in the "City Room":
  Getting the Story of a Man’s Life Right, at Last
  By James Barron
  May 23, 2011 1:21 pm May 23, 2011 1:21 pm 16
  This just in: Lt. M. K. Schwenk’s first name was Milton, not Melton, as his obituary said.
  In 1899.
  His great-nephew, Dr. Daniel A. F. Schwenk, a retired dentist from Walpole, N.H., wrote to The Times last month, pointing out what he said were several errors in the 264-word obituary published on June 29, 1899.
  “It’s a tad late” to bring them up, said Dr. Schwenk, who found the obituary online.
  But it is never too late to set the record straight. If journalism is indeed the first rough draft of history, there is always time to revise, polish and perfect, even if pinning down the details about Lieutenant Schwenk after so many years turned out to be less than straightforward. In fact, a reporter’s attempts at fact-checking led to some head-scratching moments about seemingly basic elements of his life, such as when he entered the United States Naval Academy — and when he graduated.
  Digging into the available records also turned up mistakes in other articles about the family, like the one The Times published on Oct. 26, 1922, about a divorce case that involved Lieutenant Schwenk’s daughter, Lillian.
  That article said that her soon-to-be ex-husband’s name was Lieutenant Milton K. Spurgeon. In other papers — and in their wedding announcement in The Times 11 years earlier — he was identified as George Wray Spurgeon. The Times did not mention that Lillian Spurgeon had been having an affair with her best friend’s husband. Nor did The Times say that Lillian’s young daughter had tipped off the best friend, as The Pittsburgh Press did under the headline “How 5-Year-Old Catherine ‘Spilled the Beans’ For Momma.”
  Lieutenant Schwenk was a Navy man who retired young, at age 39, two years after he was wounded in a bizarre shipboard episode in Central America. As one of his fraternity brothers wrote in the fraternity’s magazine, “He was a promising naval officer, but his career was cut short … by the unfortunate accident.” More about his fraternity connection in a moment, for that, too, seemed unusual, since the United States Naval Academy did not have fraternities when he attended.
  Lieutenant Schwenk died in Manhattan of appendicitis. His obituary said that he had been working on plans for garbage-haulers for the New York City Sanitation Department.
  His wife’s name was not mentioned, as was the custom in those days — someone writing a condolence note would have simply addressed it to “Mrs. Milton K. Schwenk.” Nor did her first name appear on his death certificate, although the document noted that he was married. Her name was Mary, according to the records at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, N.Y., where she was buried in 1904.
  Now, about those errors.
  A copy of the death certificate of Milton Schwenk.A copy of the death certificate of Milton Schwenk.
  The first was the most basic: His first name was wrong. The obituary gave it as Melton. Dr. Schwenk said that it was Milton, and he sent along a book about the family’s history that listed Lieutenant Schwenk as the fourth of seven children.
  The obituary also said Lieutenant Schwenk’s family was from Schwenkville, Ga. Dr. Schwenk said the town was Schwenksville and was in Pennsylvania, not Georgia.
  On first glance, those mistakes looked like careless typographical errors — each involved only one wrong letter, assuming that the abbreviation for Pennsylvania should have been “Pa.”
  But they could not have been typos, because The Times was not the only New York newspaper that made the same errors. The New York Tribune published an almost identical obituary on the same day with the same mistakes.
  The florid handwriting on Lieutenant Schwenk’s death certificate may have contributed to the mistake about his name. His name was written out twice on the document. Leonora A. Gidlund, the director of the city’s Municipal Archives, who looked it up, said that one “i” looked so much like an “e” that his name could easily have been misread as “Melton.”
  The other mistake that Dr. Schwenk mentioned was clearly more than a typo, and more than the others, suggests that someone — perhaps the undertaker — provided the same inaccurate information to The Times and The Tribune. Both obituaries said that Lieutenant Schwenk’s father, Abraham, had immigrated to this country.
  The book about the family says that Lieutenant Schwenk was indeed the son of Abraham Schwenk — Abraham S. Schwenk, born in Pennsylvania in 1816, long after the first Schwenks had arrived from Germany.
  A check with the United States Naval Academy showed that there was another mistake that Dr. Schwenk did not spot: Lieutenant Schwenk’s time at Annapolis. Judy Campbell, a spokeswoman for the Naval Academy, said that Lieutenant Schwenk had entered in 1866 and graduated in 1873, not in 1863 and 1867, as the obituaries said.
  She said the archives showed that he had been “turned back” at the end of his first year, meaning he was not promoted for academic reasons, “although he stood high in the class in conduct.” He was turned back again the following year.
  When he finally graduated, seventh in his class, he was listed as a member of the Class of 1872. “We cannot account for this discrepancy,” Ms. Campbell wrote in an e-mail.
  Another question about Lieutenant Schwenk’s college days arose when his name turned up on the membership roll of the Sigma Chi fraternity’s Kappa chapter at the University of Lewisburg, in Pennsylvania. When he died, Sigma Chi reprinted The New York Journal’s obituary in its quarterly magazine beneath this comment from one of his fraternity brothers: “Brother Schwenk was one of the best ‘Sigs’ who ever lived.”
  Noah Phelps, the archivist of the Sigma Chi Foundation and director of the Sigma Chi Historical Initiative, found a photograph of Lieutenant Schwenk in the fraternity’s files. But he could not say why someone attending the Naval Academy had been allowed to join.
  Neither could a spokesman for Bucknell University, as the University of Lewisburg has been known since 1886. The school has no record that Lieutenant Schwenk attended, although two younger brothers did.
  The Navy was also at a loss to explain Lieutenant Schwenk’s connection to Sigma Chi, according to Dr. Timothy L. Francis, a Navy historian. “The Academy does not have fraternities,” he wrote in an e-mail.
  The U.S.S. VermontLibrary of Congress The U.S.S. Vermont in the Brooklyn Navy Yard around 1898. Lieutenant Schwenk served on the ship during the Spanish-American War.
  The Times and The Tribune could have said more about Lieutenant Schwenk in their obituaries, because The New York Sun and The New York Journal did. The Sun and The Journal covered Lieutenant Schwenk’s funeral, at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn — now Evergreens Cemetery, on Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn — four days after he died.
  The Sun said that a chaplain from the Brooklyn Navy Yard officiated. The Journal said that “a squad of Marines fired a salute over an open grave” just after the flag-draped coffin had been lowered. (Lieutenant Schwenk’s body was moved to the Kensico Cemetery three months later.)
  But the Journal’s article was not without mistakes. It said that he had graduated from Annapolis in 1871. It also said that Lieutenant Schwenk had headed an Arctic expedition. Actually, he only served on a ship sent to find Lt. Cmdr. George DeLong, who had disappeared on a mission to find a route from the Bering Strait to the North Pole. The bodies of DeLong and his crew were eventually found not by the Alliance, which had been hunting in Iceland and Norway, but in Siberia.
  The Journal also touched on the episode in 1887 that appears to have all but ended Lieutenant Schwenk’s career. “Off the Isthmus of Panama he accidentally shot himself in the hand,” The Journal said.
  The story that was passed down in the family was that Lieutenant Schwenk tripped and fell while serving on the U.S.S. Alert, and that his revolver went off.
  But there were newspaper articles that suggested something sinister was going on. “Assassin on the Man-of-War Alert,” The New York Tribune declared.
  The Alert sent a report from Costa Rica that said the episode had happened in the darkness before dawn, when Lieutenant Schwenk had been the officer of the watch. “In walking up and down the port side of the poop,” the report said, Lieutenant Schwenk “struck his foot against something.”
  “It proved to be a revolver, which was at once discharged,” the report said. The bullet tore through his wrist.
  The report said a line had been knotted around the trigger. The report blamed a sailor who had deserted.
  “Wound serious,” the commander of the Alert telegraphed the Navy Department in Washington. The Navy convened an inquiry that took testimony from witnesses. The record, now in the National Archives, filled 65 pages.
  Lieutenant Schwenk left the Navy in 1889 and moved to New York. He volunteered for duty during the Spanish-American War in 1898, and The Times reported that he had been ordered to the Vermont, a 2,633-ton storeship that had been docked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard since the Civil War. Daniella Romano, a vice president of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, said the Vermont had served as a barracks for enlisted men because there was no housing in the yard.
  He died the following year. “He was about to undergo an operation,” The New York Journal said, “and an ambulance was at the door to take him to St. Luke’s Hospital, where the surgeons were waiting. ‘Are you afraid?’ His wife leaned over his couch as she asked the question.
  “‘Afraid? No. Never fear, I’ll soon be back to take care of you.’ These brave words were his dying speech.”.¹⁰

• Father*: Abraham S. Schwenk¹ b. 10 Jan 1816, d. 10 Mar 1885
• Mother*: Eva Catharina Klinger¹ b. 29 May 1820, d. 10 Nov 1887

Mary Emma (?)¹

• Last Edited: 2 Dec 2024

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Mary Emma (?) was born in 1850, England.^1,2
• She married Milton K. Schwenk, son of Abraham S. Schwenk and Eva Catharina Klinger.¹
• Her estate was probated on 25 June 1904 New York, NY. Mary's will makes reference to two daughters in addition to Lillian, "Stella Bowlant" and "Amelia Fowley," although it is not clear if these were daughters of Milton Schwenk. She left the bulk of her estate to her minor daughter Lillian.³
• Mary Emma (?) died on 30 June 1904, Manhattan, New York County, NY.^1,4
• She was buried at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, NY.¹

M. Arlene Herner¹

• Last Edited: 27 Apr 2023

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• M. Arlene Herner was born on 14 October 1929, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• She was the daughter of Valentine E. Herner and Mabel L. Williams.^1,2
• M. Arlene Herner died on 5 March 2023, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 93.²
• Funeral home obituary:
  M. Arlene Lesher
  October 14, 1929 - March 5, 2023
  M Arlene Lesher, age 93, of Ridge Road, Pitman, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023 at her residence.
  She was born on Monday, October 14, 1929, in Hegins, a daughter of the late Valentine E Herner and the late Mabel L (Williams) Herner.
  She was a 1947 graduate of the former Hegins Twp High School.
  Arlene was a seamstress for Playtimers, Elizabethville, prior to her retirement.
  She was a member of St. John's United Methodist Church, Hegins.
  Arlene was also a member of Woodman of the World, Pitman and the Mahantongo Fire Company.
  She was preceded in death by her parents; by her step mother, Verna Herner; and by two brothers, Bruce Herner and Valentine Herner.
  She is survived by her husband Paul H Lesher, to whom she was married for 75 years.
  She is also survived by two daughters, Judy A Schreffler and her husband Jack of Pitman and Carol L Brosius of Pitman; a son, Paul B Lesher and his wife Beverly of Mt. Airy, MD; seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren.
  Funeral services will be held at St. John's United Methodist Church, Hegins, on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at 11:00 am, with Rev. Benjamin Scholl and Rev. Daniel Herner officiating.
  A viewing will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Saturday at the church.
  Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Hegins.
  Memorial contributions can be made to St. John's United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 285, Hegins, PA 17938.
  Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Inc., Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
  Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com.²
  
• She was buried on 11 March 2023, at St. John's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.²

• Father*: Valentine E. Herner¹
• Mother*: Mabel L. Williams²

Valentine E. Herner¹

• Last Edited: 27 Apr 2023

• Valentine E. Herner married Mabel L. Williams.²

Carl J. Snyder¹

• Last Edited: 20 May 2021

• Carl J. Snyder was born on 27 March 1933, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA.³
• He was the son of John W. Snyder and Hannah A. Herb.²
• Carl J. Snyder married Alice Kehler on 4 October 1952.⁴
• Carl J. Snyder died on 18 May 2021, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 88.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  Carl J. Snyder
  Carl J. Snyder, 88, of Pitman, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at his home.
  Carl was born in Pitman, on March 27, 1933, a son of the late Hannah A. (Herb) and John W. Snyder.
  He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice (Kehler) Snyder, who passed away June 4, 2012.
  He was a lifelong dairy farmer and owned and operated Carl-A Farms in Pitman.
  He was preceded in death by two daughters, Debra A. Kroh, in 1994 and Carol J. Rebuck, in 2006; three grandchildren, Baby Rebuck and Baby Kroh and Karli Snyder, in 2021; three brothers, Tim, Ralph and P. Dean Snyder; two sisters, June Kehres and Margie Schwartz.
  He is survived by a daughter, Beverly Lesher and her husband, Paul, of Md; four sons, Pastor Donald Snyder and his wife, Tammy, of Carlisle, Steve Snyder and his wife, Melissa, of Coatesville, Mark Snyder and his wife, Tammy, of Hegins, and Tracy Snyder and his wife, Michele, of Pitman; 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
  Viewing will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, May 21, at Zion E.C. Church, Pitman, with the funeral service following at 11 a.m. with Don Snyder officiating. Interment will follow in Zion E.C. Cemetery, Pitman.
  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Karli M. Snyders Scholarship Fund, C/O Zion E.C. Church, PO Box 53, Pitman, PA 17964. Please make checks payable to Zion E.C. Church and add Karli's Memorial on the memo line.
  The Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown, has been entrusted with the arrangements. To sign the online guest book please visit www.srrfh.com.
  Published by Republican & Herald on May 20, 2021.³
  
• He was buried on 21 May 2021, at Zion Evangelical Congregational Church Cemetery, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,5

• Father*: John W. Snyder² b. 23 Feb 1893, d. Apr 1971
• Mother*: Hannah A. Herb² b. 1904, d. 1955