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Franklin M. Smeltz¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2024

• Franklin M. Smeltz was born on 11 July 1908, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.²
• He was the son of Daniel Monroe Smeltz and Catherine E. Ritzman.²
• Franklin M. Smeltz married Alvena Mandy Bixler, daughter of Joseph Almon Bixler and Mabel Bessie Morgan, circa December 1941. A marriage license was obtained in December, 1941, but the 1940 Census and a birth announcement for their daughter Anna Mae suggest that they were married before December, 1941.^1,2,3,4
• Franklin M. Smeltz died on 26 April 1974, Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA, at age 65.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  FRANK M.SMELTZ
  Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Hoover Funeral Home in Berrysburg for Frank M. Smeltz. The Rev. Richard B. Starr officiated and interment was in Gratz Union Cemetery.
  Mr. Smeltz, age 65, of Elizabethville, died Friday in Polyclinic Hospital in Harrisburg. He is survived by his widow, Aldena [Alvena]; one son, Richard of Hartford, Conn; four daughters, Mrs. Carl Miller and Mrs. Ralph Miller, both of Halifax RD; Mrs. William Hoffman of Tower City; Mrs. Richard Shade of Gratz; twelve grandchildren and one great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Hartman of Pine Grove and a brother, Allen of Valley View.
  The Press Herald (Pine Grove, Pennsylvania), 02 May 1974, Thu, Page 4.⁵
  

• Father*: Daniel Monroe Smeltz² b. 2 Feb 1874, d. 1 Nov 1941
• Mother*: Catherine E. Ritzman² b. 30 Sep 1869, d. 26 Feb 1916

Alvena Mandy Bixler¹

• Last Edited: 12 Jan 2024

• Alvena Mandy Bixler was born on 4 March 1911, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• She was the daughter of Joseph Almon Bixler and Mabel Bessie Morgan.²
• Alvena Mandy Bixler married Franklin M. Smeltz, son of Daniel Monroe Smeltz and Catherine E. Ritzman, circa December 1941. A marriage license was obtained in December, 1941, but the 1940 Census and a birth announcement for their daughter Anna Mae suggest that they were married before December, 1941.^1,3,4,5
• Alvena Mandy Bixler died on 10 July 1975, Dauphin County, PA, at age 64.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  Mrs. Alvena Smeltz
  ELIZABETHVILLE - A funeral was conducted today, in Gratz for Mrs. Alvena Smeltz, 64, of Elizabethville RD who died Thursday in her home.
  She was a member of the United Methodist Church.
  Survivors are a son, Richard of Hartford, Conn; four daughters, Mrs. Mrs. Carl Miller and Mrs. Ralph Miller, both of Halifax RD, Mrs. William Hoffman of Tower City and Mrs. Richard Shade of Elizabethville; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Deibert of Valley View; two brothers, Marlin Bixler of Valley View and Herman Bixler of Chambersburg RD; 12 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
  The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), 12 Jul 1975, Sat, Page 8.⁶
  
• She was buried on 12 July 1975, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.^2,4

• Father*: Joseph Almon Bixler² b. 29 Apr 1887, d. 25 Nov 1948
• Mother*: Mabel Bessie Morgan² b. 18 Oct 1890, d. 14 Jun 1961

Anna Mae Smeltz¹

• Last Edited: 23 Jan 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Anna Mae Smeltz was born on 3 August 1941, Dauphin County, PA.²
• She was the daughter of Franklin M. Smeltz and Alvena Mandy Bixler.²
• Anna Mae Smeltz married Ralph Leroy Miller, son of Floyd Allen Miller and Alverta Mae Lenker, on 28 June 1958.^1,3
• Anna Mae Smeltz died on 10 March 2003, Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Cumberland County, PA, at age 61.^2,4
• Newspaper obituary:
  Anna M. Miller
  HALIFAX - Anna M. Miller, 61, of 215 Baddorf Road, died Monday, March 10, 2003 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill.
  She was born in Harrisburg, the daughter of the late Frank and Alvena Bixler Smeltz.
  She had worked at the former Olivetti office machine plant in Harrisburg.
  She was the widow of Ralph L. Miller. Surviving are a daughter, Debbie A. Miller of Shermans Dale; three sons, Dale L. of Duncannon, Dean L. of Chicago, IL, and David L. of Shermans Dale; a brother, Richard Smeltz of Hartford, CT; three sisters, June Miller of Halifax, Marilyn Shade of Elizabethville, Joyce Hoffman of Tower City; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
  Services will be held on Thursday at 2 p.m., at the Hoover Funeral Homes, Inc., Millersburg. Burial will be in Riverview Memorial Gardens, Halifax. There will be no viewing or visitation.
  Memorial contributions may be made to Halifax Ambulance Association, 225 Bunker Hill Road, Halifax, PA 17032; or to Halifax Fire Co., 22 S. River Road, Halifax, PA 17032.
  To sign the guest book go to hooverfuneralhomes.com.
  www.pennlive.com/obits
  Published by Patriot-News on Mar. 12, 2003.⁴
  
• She was buried on 13 March 2003, at Riverview Memorial Gardens, Halifax, Dauphin County, PA.^4,5

• Father*: Franklin M. Smeltz² b. 11 Jul 1908, d. 26 Apr 1974
• Mother*: Alvena Mandy Bixler² b. 4 Mar 1911, d. 10 Jul 1975

Roseanna Marie Schwalm¹

• Last Edited: 25 Jan 2022

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Roseanna Marie Schwalm was the daughter of Stephen L. Schwalm and Joan Haederer.¹
• Roseanna Marie Schwalm died before 20 January 2022.¹

• Father*: Stephen L. Schwalm¹ b. 11 Oct 1948, d. 20 Jan 2022
• Mother*: Joan Haederer¹

Rutherford Clyde Warfield¹

• Last Edited: 21 Nov 2022

• Rutherford Clyde Warfield is also referred to as Rudy C. Warfield in some sources.²
• He was born on 17 October 1867, Sacramento, Schuylkill County, PA.³
• He married Minnie Jemima Morgan, daughter of Isaac Bixler Morgan and Elizabeth Bixler, circa 1898.²
• Rutherford Clyde Warfield died on 21 May 1950, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 82.³
• Newspaper obituary:
  RUTHERFORD WARFIELD
  Rutherford Warfield, 73, of Orwin, a retired miner, died in the Pottsville Hospital on Sunday.
  Mr. Warfield was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frarfklin Warfield and was a native of Sacramento. He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Morgan Warfield, one daughter, Mrs. Roy Schwalm, Orwin; one son, Allan Warfield, at home; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
  Other survivors are three brothers, Frank Warfield, Elizabethville R. D; Ernest Warfield, Reinerton; and Chanson Warfield, Tower City; and five sisters, Mrs. William Bohret, of Chalfont, Pa; Mrs. John Felker, Bethlehem; Mrs. J. D. Schreiner, Millersburg; Mrs. Rodney Bohret; Norristown; and Mrs. Harry Goodman of Annville.
  Services were held from the H. E. Miller Funeral Home, Valley View, at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Rev. H. M. Mentzer, pastor of the Valley View Evangelical United Brethren Church officiated and interment was made in the Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery at Valley View.
  Elizabethville Echo (Elizabethville, Pennsylvania), 25 May 1950, Thu, Page 1.⁴
  
• He was buried at Saint Andrew's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.³

Minnie Jemima Morgan¹

• Last Edited: 21 Nov 2022

• Minnie Jemima Morgan was born on 17 February 1881, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• She was the daughter of Isaac Bixler Morgan and Elizabeth Bixler.²
• Minnie Jemima Morgan married Rutherford Clyde Warfield circa 1898.³
• Minnie Jemima Morgan died on 28 January 1952, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 70.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  MRS. MINNIE WARFIELD
  The funeral of Mrs. Minnie Warfield, Tower City R. D., who died in Pottsville Hospital Monday, will be held Thursday afternoon from the Miller Funeral Home, Valley View. The service will be conducted by the Rev. H. M. Mentzer, and interment will be in the United Brethren Cemetery.
  Mrs. Warfield, the former Minnie Morgan, was born February 17, 1881, a daughter of the late Isaac and Elizabeth Bixler Morgan.
  Surviving are one son, Allan and one daughter, Mrs. Eva Schwalm both of Tower City; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; two brothers, David and Wilson, Valley View, and one sister, Mrs. Henry Harner, Sacramento.
  Funeral services Thursday afternoon at the Miller Funeral Home, Valley View. The Rev. H. M. Mentzer will officiate, and interment mill be in the United Brethren Cemetery.
  Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 29 Jan 1952, Tue, Page 16.⁴
  
• She was buried on 31 January 1952, at Saint Andrew's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.^4,2

• Father*: Isaac Bixler Morgan² b. 23 Jan 1844, d. 29 Oct 1886
• Mother*: Elizabeth Bixler² b. 17 Aug 1851, d. 5 Feb 1915