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Jack R. Troutman¹

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2024

• Jack R. Troutman married Rita Vottero.²

Rita Vottero¹

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2024

• Rita Vottero married Jack R. Troutman.¹

Raymond G. Keim¹

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2024

• Raymond G. Keim married Edna H. Brown.²

Edna H. Brown¹

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2024

• Edna H. Brown married Raymond G. Keim.¹

Norman Harry Rebuck¹

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2024

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Norman Harry Rebuck was born on 1 October 1949.¹
• He was the son of Charles Martin Rebuck and Beulah K. Smith.¹
• Norman Harry Rebuck died on 16 August 1978, Trevorton, Northumberland County, PA, at age 28; Newspaper article:
  Area man suffocates in old well
  By Jim Merkel staff writer
  TREVORTON - A 28-year-old Trevorton, father of two suffocated Wednesday as he was cleaning out an old well behind his home.
  Norman Rebuck, 636 Shamokin St., died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The deadly gas came from a gasoline pump he was using in the well.
  Northumberland County Deputy Coroner Quay Olley set the time of death as 4:30 p.m.
  Rebuck's wife, Dorothy, was taken to Shamokin State General Hospital for treatment for hysteria. Benjamin Brubaker, a member of the Zerbe Township Board of Supervisors who attempted to rescue Rebuck from the well, was taken to the same hospital for observation after being overcome by fumes. He was released at about 10:45 p.m.
  All were transported by Trevorton Fire Company ambulance.
  Neighbors said Rebuck had told them he was doing the work to find an alternative to the water supplied by the Trevorton Water Co. He had said that his wife, a beautician, could no longer use the water provided by the company.
  Rebuck, who had been a draftsman-instructor at the Northumberland County Area, Vocational-Technical School until was laid off, had been working in the approximately 55-foot deep well earlier in the afternoon, and had become sick from the fumes from the pump. He had obtained an electric pump about 3:20 p.m. and began using that. He apparently was overcome by fumes remaining in the well.
  Rebuck, who had a 4-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son, went back down the well at about 3:45. At about 4:50, a neighbor who knew Rebuck was in the well summoned help.
  There was about 3 1/2 feet of water and muck left in the well at the time of death, according to Zerbe Township Police Chief Dennis Derr. When Rebuck began cleaning the well, there was about 20 feet.
  Brubaker volunteered to go down, but was quickly overcome. "It's too thick down here. Nobody can breathe down here. Pull me up," he was quoted as saying. Unconscious before he reached the surface, he was taken to the hospital.
  Brubaker had been lowered into the well on a rope. He was pulled out by neighbors, including James Lebo and Jesse Miller, chairman of the Zerbe Township Board of Supervisors.
  Derr said that he summoned Shamokin and Coal Township police to clear Rt. 225 to Shamokin so that the ambulance could pass.
  A truck from the Shamokin Rescue Squad then came, and a member of the squad equipped with breathing apparatus was lowered into the well to pull Rebuck out.
  Mrs. Rebuck became hysterical shortly after her husband's body was removed from the scene.
  Derr said he believed she was in the house while Rebuck was working in the well.
  The body was released to the Robert Foust Funeral Home, Trevorton.
  Derr said Rebuck told a neighbor at about 3:30 that he was cleaning the well because he no longer wanted to use the water supplied by the Trevorton Water Co.
  Residents have been complaining about dirty water and a recent rate increase. Rebuck had told the neighbors that it was important that his wife have clean water for her beauty shop.
  Officials of the Roaring Creek Water Co., which supplies the water for the Trevorton Water Co., had said they had received no more complaints about dirty water, which had been partially caused by a recent break in a water line.
  However, according to Jesse Miller, "Our water in here stinks." "Something has to be done" about the situation, he said.
  Miller said Rebuck told him he was cleaning out the well, which had been out of service for at least 35 years, to get an alternative to the Trevorton Water Co.
  One neighbor, who would not identify herself, asked: "Would this have happened if the water in Zerbe Township had not been dirty and the price had not gone up on it?"^1,2,3

• Father*: Charles Martin Rebuck¹ b. 17 Oct 1915, d. 30 Nov 2005
• Mother*: Beulah K. Smith¹ b. 23 Sep 1919, d. 10 Sep 2007

Cole Gavin Johnson¹

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2024

• Charts: Descendants of Peter Klinger

• Cole Gavin Johnson was born on 30 January 2003, Evangelical Hospital, Lewisburg, Union County, PA.¹
• He was the son of Seth E. Johnson and Bonnie Jo Runkle.¹
• Cole Gavin Johnson died on 17 June 2005, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Montour County, PA, at age 2. The cause of death was suspected to be bacterial meningitis.^2,3
• Newspaper obituary:
  Cole Gavin Johnson, 2, Northumberland
  NORTHUMBERLAND -- Cole Gavin Johnson, 2, of 149 Roush Road, passed away Friday morning, June 17, 2005, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
  He was born Jan. 30, 2003, at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, a son of Seth E. and Bonny J. (Runkle) Johnson.
  Surviving, in addition to his parents, are one brother, Kale Brady Johnson; maternal grandparents, Robert and Nancy (Reynolds) Runkle of Northumberland; paternal grandparents, David and Laure (Rebuck) Johnson of Sunbury; maternal greatgrandparents, Robert and Virginia Reynolds of Watsontown, and LaMar and Betty Runkle of Watsontown; paternal greatgrandparents, Charles and Beulah Rebuck of Sunbury; and aunts and uncles, Joseph Runkle, Mark Johnson, Thadd Johnson, and Sarah Johnson.
  A time of remembrance will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Joseph W. Epler Funeral Home, Second streets, Northumberland. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday at the funeral home by the Rev. John E. Fenton of United Lutheran Church, RR4 Sunbury.
  Burial will be in the United Lutheran Church Cemetery.
  In lieu of flowers, contributions in Cole's memory may be made to the family for his brother, Kale Brady Johnson, 149 Roush Road, Northumberland, PA 17857.
  The Daily Item, June 18, 2005, Page 8.²
  
• He was buried at United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA.²

• Father*: Seth E. Johnson¹
• Mother*: Bonnie Jo Runkle¹