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Charles Monroe Huntzinger¹

• Last Edited: 15 Mar 2025

• Charles Monroe Huntzinger was born on 25 February 1899, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.^1,2
• He was the son of Francis E. Huntzinger and Mary A. Reed.²
• Charles Monroe Huntzinger married Alma A. Smeltz, daughter of Riley Oscar Schmeltz and Kate Alice Daniels.²
• Charles Monroe Huntzinger died on 5 December 1979, Good Samaritan Hospotal, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 80.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  Huntzinger Rites
  Services for Charles Monroe Huntzinger, 80, of Valley View, will be held at Friedens Lutheran Church, Hegins, on Saturday afternoon. The Rev. Gary F. Koch will officiate. Interment will be in Friedens Cemetery, Hegins.
  Arthur R. Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
  Mr. Huntzinger died Wednesday in Good Samaritan Hospital.
  He was born at Hegins, Feb. 25, 1899, a son of the late Francis and Mary Reed Huntzinger. He was employed at regional mines early in his life and then in 1944 purchased the Valley View Hotel. He was operating it until the time of his death.
  Mr. Huntzinger was a member of Friedens Lutheran Church, Hegins.
  Surviving are his widow, the former Alma Smeltz; four sons, Wilbur and Maynard, at home, Elwood, Springfield, Charles M. Jr., Hegins; two daughters, Joan, wife of Andrew Koppenhaver, Bowie, Md. and Deanna, wife of Ronald Dietz, Hegins; 12 grandchildren, a brother, Wayne, Hegins.
  Pottsville Republican, December 6, 1979, Page 2.²
  
• He was buried at Friedens Cemetery, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.²

• Father*: Francis E. Huntzinger² b. 1878, d. 1942
• Mother*: Mary A. Reed² b. 1882, d. 1951

Alma A. Smeltz¹

• Last Edited: 15 Mar 2025

• Relationship: 1st cousin 6 times removed of Johann Peter Klinger

• Alma A. Smeltz was born on 5 June 1900, Valley View, Schuylkill County, PA.²
• She was the daughter of Riley Oscar Schmeltz and Kate Alice Daniels.²
• Alma A. Smeltz married Charles Monroe Huntzinger, son of Francis E. Huntzinger and Mary A. Reed.¹
• Alma A. Smeltz died on 19 May 1989, Ashland State General Hospital, Butler Township, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 88.²
• Newspaper obituary:
  Huntzinger Rites
  Services for Alma A. Huntzinger, who died at Ashland State General Hospital Friday, will be held 11 a.m. Monday at Friedens Lutheran Church, Hegins. The Rev. Paul Fisher of Leck Kill will officiate. Interment will be in Friedens Cemetery, Hegins. Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements.
  Mrs. Huntzinger was born in Valley View on June 5, 1900, a daughter of the late Riley and Katie Daniels Smeltz.
  She was a member of Friedens Lutheran Church and was a graduate of Hegins High School and West Chester Normal School.
  She was a teacher at the Kessler School in Barry Township.
  Mrs. Huntzinger and her husband, Charles, who died in 1979, owned and operated Huntzinger's Hotel in Valley View.
  Surviving are four sons, Wilbur and Maynard, both of Valley View, Elwood, Springfield, and Charles, Hegins; two daughters, Joan Koppenhaver, Bowie, Md., and Deanna Dietz, Hegins; 12 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; two brothers, Leo Smeltz, Inverness, Fla., and Robert Smeltz, Wilmington, Del., and one sister, Mary Strohecker, Hatboro.
  Pottsville Republican, May 20, 1989, Page 2.²
  
• She was buried at Friedens Cemetery, Hegins, Schuylkill County, PA.²

• Father*: Riley Oscar Schmeltz² b. 14 Jan 1875, d. 12 Dec 1943
• Mother*: Kate Alice Daniels² b. 30 Jun 1881, d. 2 Apr 1957