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Mary Elizabeth Williard¹

• Last Edited: 4 Aug 2022

• Mary Elizabeth Williard was born on 8 February 1917, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.³
• She was the daughter of Henry Clarence Williard and Elsie Louise Umholtz.²
• Mary Elizabeth Williard married Russell Alfred Updegrave, son of Charles Ray Updegrave and Mary Rebecca Schwalm, on 3 November 1934, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,4
• Mary Elizabeth Williard died on 11 September 1995, Pottsville Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 78.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  Updegrave rites
  Funeral services for Mary E. Updegrave, 78, of 1303 West Maple St., Valley View, who died Monday at Pottsville Hospital, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View.
  The Rev. Mark Woodring will officiate. Interment will be in Union Cemetery, Gratz.
  There will be no viewing Wednesday evening.
  Born in Gratz, Feb. 8, 1917, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Elsie Umholtz Williard.
  She was retired from the former Valley View Manufacturing Company.
  Her husband, Russell, died in 1990.
  Surviving are a son, Harold Updegrave, Valley View; two daughters, Jeannette Smith, Valley View, and Ruth Flannery, Hegins; a sister, Lillian Stiely, Klingers-town; nine grandchildren, six great-grandchildren.
  Republican and Herald (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 12 Sep 1995, Tue, Page 2.³
  

• Father*: Henry Clarence Williard²
• Mother*: Elsie Louise Umholtz²

Darlene Florence Herring¹

• Last Edited: 28 Nov 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger (#1), Descendants of Peter Klinger (#2), Descendants of Peter Klinger (#3)

• Darlene Florence Herring was born on 3 June 1942, Ashland, Schuylkill County, PA.^3,1
• She was the daughter of Paul Allen Herring and Miriam O. Artman.²
• Darlene Florence Herring married James Henry Masser, son of John J. Masser and Leah Esther Rothermel, circa January 1995.^4,3
• Darlene Florence Herring died on 5 March 2021, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 78.³
• Funeral home obituary:
  Darlene Florence Masser
  June 03, 1942 - March 05, 2021
  Darlene Florence Masser, 78, of Klingerstown, passed away Friday, March 5, 2020 at her home.
  Darlene was born in Ashland, PA on June 3, 1942, a daughter of the late Miriam (Artman) Herring and Paul Herring.
  She is survived by her husband James Henry Masser.
  She was employed first as a dietician at the Friendly Nursing Home, then worked in home health care for 25 years and had last worked at Walmart until her retirement.
  She was a member of the Gratz VFW Diamond Jubilee Post 2385 and served with the Mahantongo Ambulance Association as an EMT for many years.
  She enjoyed gardening, arranging flowers, sewing, and ran a French Fry stand at the Paxinos Flea Market with her husband. She especially enjoyed spending time and laughing with her family.
  Darlene is survived by two daughters, Tami, wife of Stephen Wagner, of Ashland; Tonia Wolfgang and William Billus, of Ashland; a son,Troy, husband of Susan Klinger, of Pitman; grandchildren, Kenneth and Sarah Beury, Janessa Klinger, Cody and Kimber Wolfgang and Lauren and Sierra Wagner; four sisters, Karen Schreffler, of Pitman; Brenda, wife of Daniel Reed, of Ashland; Donna Wolfgang, of Ashland; Diane Grose, of Pitman; a brother, Rick, husband of Cindy Herring, of Hegins; three step-children, Penny Rissinger, Phillip Masser, and Angela Masser and their families.
  She was preceded in death by a daughter Kathy D.(Klinger) Beury who passed in 1986.
  Visitation will be held on Thursday March 11, 2021 from 10-11 at the Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, Ridge Road, Klingerstown with the funeral service following at 11:00 AM with Pastor Bob Cassell officiating Private interment will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.³
  

• Father*: Paul Allen Herring² b. 21 Dec 1917, d. 7 Sep 1964
• Mother*: Miriam O. Artman² b. 12 Sep 1918, d. 7 Jul 1989

Kathy D. Klinger¹

• Last Edited: 28 Nov 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Kathy D. Klinger was born on 18 March 1961, Ashland Hospital, Ashland, Schuylkill County, PA.¹
• She was the daughter of Bruce James Klinger and Darlene Florence Herring.¹
• Kathy D. Klinger died on 23 June 1986, Good Samaritan Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 25.¹
• Newspaper obituary:
  Kathy D. Beury
  Kathy D. Beury, 25, of Church Street, Locust Gap, died Monday in Good Samaritan Hospital, shortly after being admitted.
  She was bom in Ashland Hospital March 18, 1961, she was a daughter of Bruce J. Klinger, Sacramento, and Arlene Herring Klinger Novitsky, Pitman area.
  She was married March 23, 1979, to Kenneth P. Beury.
  Surviving, in addition to her parents and husband, are a son, Kenneth Jr., and a daughter, Sarah Marie, both at home; her stepfather, Anthony Novitsky; maternal grandmother, Miriam Herring, Pitman area; paternal grandmother, Eva Klinger, Valley View; four brothers, Roy Klinger, Pitman area, Stacy, Brian and Jonathan Klinger, all of Sacramento; two sisters, Tami and Tonia, both of Pitman area.
  Services will be held at 1 : 30 p.m. Thursday in St Paul's United Church of Christ, Gowen City. The Rev. Bonnie Dalious will officiate. Interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Fountain Springs. Joseph J. Stutz Jr. Funeral Home, Mount Carmel, is in charge of arrangements.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 24 Jun 1986, Tue, Page 2.¹
  
• She was buried at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Fountain Springs, Schuylkill County, PA.¹

• Father*: Bruce James Klinger¹
• Mother*: Darlene Florence Herring¹ b. 3 Jun 1942, d. 5 Mar 2021

Paul Allen Herring¹

• Last Edited: 25 Oct 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Paul Allen Herring was born on 21 September 1917, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA.³
• He was born on 21 December 1917.¹
• He was the son of Clarence Wayne Herring and Elizabeth Katherine Deitrich.²
• Paul Allen Herring married Miriam O. Artman, daughter of George Artman and Florence Henninger, circa 1939.⁴
• Paul Allen Herring died on 7 September 1964, Shamokin State General Hospital, Coal Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 46.^3,2
• Newspaper obituary:
  Truck Upset; Driver Dies Of Injuries
  Paul A. Herring, 46, lifelong resident and businessman of Pitman, died Monday at 1:15 p.m. in Shamokin General Hospital as the result of injuries received in an auto accident Sept 3.
  Mr. Herring was driving his walkin butcher truck between Gowen Gty and Helfenstein when the vehicle overturned. When he was pinned underneath it his left hand was amputated.
  Born in Pitman. Sept 21, 1917, he was the son of Clarence and Elizabeth Deitrich Herring, of Pitman.
  A member of St Paul's United Church of Christ Gowen City, be was owner and operator of Herring's Meat Market Pitman.
  He was a member of the East Cameron Township Hose Com pany, the Mah an tango Fire Co. of Pitman, the Independent Hose Co. of Shamokin, the ' Ranger Hose Co., of Girardville, the Nimrod Gun Club of West Cameron, the Mowry Rod and Gun Club of Mowry, and the Good Fellowship Club, of Ashland.
  Surviving in addition to his parents are his widow, the former Miriam Artman, of Pitman, six children, Darlene, wife of Bruce Klinger, and Karen, wife of Ronald Herb, both of Hegins RD2, and Brenda, Donna, Dianne, and Rickey, all at home; three grandchildren; and five sisters, Mrs. Ben Fertig and Mrs. Lamar Heyer, both of Lavelle; Mrs. Kenneth Wilde, of Ambler; Mrs. Leonard Maurer, of Coopersburg; and Mrs. Mark Masser, of Beury's Grove.
  Funeral services Thursday afternoon at St Paul's UCC, Gowen City. Interment in the adjoining parish cemetery. Rev, Thomas Rissinger of Gowen City will officiate.
  Lawrence E. Rothermel Funeral Director, Klingerstown RD is in charge of arrangements.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 08 Sep 1964, Tue, Page 16.⁵
  
• He was buried on 10 September 1984, at St. Paul's Reformed Church Cemetery, Gowen City, Northumberland County, PA.^3,6

• Father*: Clarence Wayne Herring² b. 31 Jul 1893, d. Oct 1969
• Mother*: Elizabeth Katherine Deitrich² b. 28 Mar 1895, d. 9 Nov 1974

Miriam O. Artman^1,2

• Last Edited: 25 Oct 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Miriam O. Artman was born on 12 September 1918, Doutyville, Northumberland County, PA.³
• She was the daughter of George Artman and Florence Henninger.³
• Miriam O. Artman married Paul Allen Herring, son of Clarence Wayne Herring and Elizabeth Katherine Deitrich, circa 1939.⁴
• Miriam O. Artman died on 7 July 1989, Pottsville Hospital, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 70.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  Miriam O. Herring, 70
  PITMAN -- Miriam O. Herring, 70, of Pitman RDI died Friday evening, July 7, 1989, in the Pottsville Hospital, where she had been a patient for five days.She had been in ill health for the past year.
  Born in Doutyville, Sept. 12, 1918, she was a daughter of the late George and Florence (Kenninger) Artman. She was preceded in death by her hus-! band, Paul A. Herring, in 1964.
  Mrs. Herring was a former employee of the Twin Valley Farmers Exchange, Hegins, and was last employed as a cook at the Friendly Nursing Home, Pitman, retiring in 1981. She was a member of St: Paul's United Church of Christ, Gowen City, and the Mahantongo Valley Senior Citizens, Pitman.
  She is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Darlene Novitsky of Klingerstown, Mrs. Karen Schreffler of Lock Haven, Mrs. Glenda Reed and Mrs. Donna Wolfgang, both of Ashland RDI, and Mrs. Diane Grose of Pitman RDI. a son, Rickey of Hegins; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
  A granddaughter, Mrs. Kathy Berry, died in 1986. She was also preceded in death by a sister.
  The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Gowen City, by the Rev. Bonnie Dalious. Burial will be in the adjoining church cemetery.
  Visitors may call from 7 to 9 tonight in the Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, Klingerstown RD1, and in the church after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 10 Jul 1989, Mon, Page 8.³
  

• Father*: George Artman³
• Mother*: Florence Henninger³