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     Carlos Grant Klinger was born on 15 March 1923, 5:30 pm, at 1404 Lynn Street, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.² He was the son of Guy Edwin Klinger and Helen Lorene Lemon. Carlos Grant Klinger was baptized on 3 May 1923, Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA.³ According to a newspaper article about students at Herndon High School (c. 1941), Carlos, nicknamed "Dewberry," lived in Shamokin for about 4 years, until his family purchased the gas station in Herndon and moved to Herndon, PA.
A newspaper article published on May 22, 1941, reported that Herndon High School was to graduate a class of 14 students at its commencement on May 26, 1941. The students expected to receive diplomas were: "Roland F. Wolfe, Guy J. Latsha, Kathryn A. Lemon, L. Mae Brosious, Mark G. Bobb, Robert M. Johnson, Carlos G. Klinger, Crystal M. Rebuck, Fred E. Ross Mark R. Shappell, Thomas F. Wolfe, Robert W. Wise, Helen Jeanette Zeigler and Charles E. Zeigler."⁴ Following graduation from Herndon High School, Class of 1941, Carlos enlisted in the US Navy 12 Dec 1942. At the time of enlistment, he was working as a machine operator at Glenn L. Martin Comany, Middle River, Baltimore MD, where he had been employed since April, 1942. At the time he registgered for the draft in June, 1942, he was living at 4013 Fleetwood Ave. in Baltimore.
Carlos completed boot camp at Bainbridge, MD, and then received additional Naval training at Norfolk, MD.
Most of his active duty time was spent aboard the USS Burke (DE 215/APD 65), where he was a water tender/boiler tender, second class. Carlos (Service # 245 33 21) reported for duty on the ship in Philadelphia, PA, the day it was commissioned, 20 August 1943, with Lt. Comdr. Edwin K. Winn in command.
From late October 1943 until January 25, 1945, the Burke made 9 uneventful convoy crossings to Europe and North Africa. Between January 25 and April 8, 1945, the Burke was converted to an APD (high speed transport), after which it transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet. Part of its mission was to transport underwater demolition teams to assault areas in preparation for beach clearance on Pacific islands. After arriving at Okinawa in late June, 1945, it sailed to the Philippines in July to prepare for an invasion of the Japanese home islands. After the Japanese surrender on August 15, the Burke escorted occupation forces to Japan, where it remained until October 26, when it sailed to Manila, where it transported men and equipment among the Philippine islands until embarking for San Diego. Leaving the West Coast, the Burke sailed for the East Coast, where Carlos disembarked on February 7, 1946, after the ship arrived at Norfolk, VA.
Carlos was discharged from the Navy on 3 Mar 1946 in Bainbridge, MD. His WWII service was from December 22, 1942 to March 3, 1946. From August 20, 1943 until February 7, 1946, he was in foreign service.^5,6 According to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships:
"Following shakedown off Bermuda, the [Burke] participated in general type training in late September and October. On 29 October, she joined a convoy bound for Ireland and arrived safely at Londonderry on 11 November. Burke soon returned to New York and made eight more uneventful round-trip transatlantic voyages to escort convoys to Europe or North Africa and back. On 25 January 1945, the warship entered Sullivan's Dry Dock and Repair Corp. in Brooklyn, N.Y., for conversion to a high speed transport.
"Redesignated APD-65, Burke left the shipyard on 8 April and was slated for service in the war against Japan. Burke transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet on 1 May at Balboa. There, she also embarked officers and sailors for transportation to San Diego and, after reaching southern California, took on board more passengers for passage to Pearl Harbor. The high-speed transport's mission was to carry underwater demolition teams (UDT's) to assault areas for prelanding beach clearance. Burke trained with UDT's on Maui in preparation for service in the conquest of Okinawa.
"The fast transport arrived off Okinawa on 27 June after the major part of the struggle to take that island was over. She briefly served on picket duty off Ie Shima, but Burke's duty was cut short on 30 June, and she sailed for the Philippines. The high-speed transport trained near Legaspi on southeastern Luzon with other amphibious ships in preparation for the expected invasion of the Japanese home islands. However, the explosion of atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki early in August demonstrated to Japan the futility of continuing the war, so Burke never had an opportunity to participate in an assault. She returned to Leyte and was there when the Japanese capitulated on 15 August.
"Burke escorted occupation forces to Japan and, as the formal surrender ceremony took place on board the battleship Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay on 2 September, the transport steamed up the channel and into the bay. Burke escorted convoys of occupation troops until 26 October then proceeded to Manila. After transporting men and equipment among the islands of the Philippine archipelago, Burke embarked returning veterans and headed for home. Upon arrival at San Diego, the fast transport disembarked her passengers and got underway for the east coast of the United States.
"In January 1946, Burke became the flagship for Transport Division (TransDiv) 121 and commenced operations with the Atlantic Fleet. She participated in fleet antisubmarine and amphibious exercises along the east coast and in the West Indies. She also trained UDT's and naval reservists."      Carlos Grant Klinger married Marion Thurston Long, daughter of Max Adam Long and Rhoda Alaura Thurston, on 2 January 1947, North Avenue Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD.⁷ A newspaper article carried the following report of Carlos and Marion's wedding:
Marion Long Bride Of Carlos Klinger
A dinner was held Sunday at he home of Mr. and Mrs. Max A. Long, of Hickory Corners, to celebrate the wedding at noon last Thursday of their daughter, Marion Long, to Carlos G. Klinger, Navy veteran of World War II, of Herndon. The wedding took place in the North Avenue Methodist Church in Baltimore, Md., with Rev. Norman A. Scribner, performing the double ring ceremony. The bride wore a white wool dress with black accessories and had a corsage of tortoise shell roses. There were no attendants.
Mrs. Klinger was formerly employed as a cashier at the J. C. Penney Company store in Sunbury. She was graduated in 1943 from the Lower Mahanoy Township High School.
Mr. Klinger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Klinger, of Herndon. He was graduated from Herndon High School in 1941. He served for several years in the Navy and is now employed at the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore. The couple will live in that city.
Guests at the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Guy Klinger and twin sons, Merle and Kenneth Klinger; Mr. and Mrs. Max Long, daughter Sarah and sons Eugene and Marvin Long; Ira C. Klinger, of Indianapolis, Ind; Mrs. Mary Whitling, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sproat, of Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Dell and son, Donald, and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Dell, all of Middletown; Mrs. Sarah Long, of Hickory Corners; and Mary Bitting, of Sunbury.
The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 06 Jan 1947, Mon, Page 15.⁸ On March 2, 1950, when he filed his Application for WWII compensation, Carlos was living at 1025 Market Street, Sunbury, PA. On May 2, 1950, the 1950 Census listed Carlos and Marion as living at 1025 Market Street, Sunbury, PA, where Carlos worked as a truck driver for a liquor distributor and Marion was a secretary in an insurance agency.
On May 15, 1950, Carlos went to work as a stationary fireman at Letterkenny Army Depot near Chambersburg, PA.
On October 30, 1951, Carlos was recalled from reserve duty to active duty, and was assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL. He served until 20 Dec 1952, when he was again discharged.
He returned to work at Letterkenney Army Depot, Franklin County, PA, and remained there until his retirement in October, 1979. Carlos and Marion lived in Chambersburg, PA for more than 50 years before relocating to Laramie, WY in 2007.⁹ Carlos Grant Klinger died on 25 May 2014, Ivinson Memorial Hospital, Laramie, Albany County, WY, at age 91.¹⁰
Funeral home obituary:
Carlos Grant Klinger
May 25, 2014
Carlos Grant Klinger, 91, of Laramie died Sunday May 25, 2014 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 15, 1923 in Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA, the son of Guy Edwin and Helen Lorene (Lemon) Klinger.
He graduated from high school in Herndon, PA and enlisted in the US Navy on December 12,1942. Most of his active duty time was spent aboard the USS Burke (DE 215/APD 65) until about February of 1946, when the ship arrived at Norfolk, VA, just prior to his discharge from the Navy.      
He married Marion Thurston Long, daughter of Max Adam Long and Rhoda Alaura Thurston, on January 2, 1947 at the North Avenue Methodist Church in Baltimore, MD. At the time of the marriage, Carlos was employed at the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, where they planned to live.
Carlos returned to active duty with the Navy in the early 1950’s serving at Great Lakes Naval Base, Waukegan, IL from the 1950's until his retirement, Carlos worked at Letterkenney Army Depot, Franklin County, PA, living in Chambersburg, PA for more than 50 years before relocating to Laramie, WY in 2007.
He is survived by Marion, his wife of 67 years, a daughter Suzanne Klinger of Gig Harbor, WA, and two sons, David Klinger and Max Klinger both of Laramie, WY.
Memorial services will be held Friday May 30 at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with Pastor Keith Prekker officiating.
Memorials may be made in his memory to a charity of one’s choice.¹¹
His cremated remains were interred on 25 April 2017, at Lincoln Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA.

     Marion Thurston Long was born on 17 February 1925, Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, PA, on Long Family Homestead.² She was the daughter of Max Adam Long and Rhoda Alaura Thurston.      Marion Thurston Long married Carlos Grant Klinger, son of Guy Edwin Klinger and Helen Lorene Lemon, on 2 January 1947, North Avenue Methodist Church, Baltimore, MD.³ A newspaper article carried the following report of Carlos and Marion's wedding:
Marion Long Bride Of Carlos Klinger
A dinner was held Sunday at he home of Mr. and Mrs. Max A. Long, of Hickory Corners, to celebrate the wedding at noon last Thursday of their daughter, Marion Long, to Carlos G. Klinger, Navy veteran of World War II, of Herndon. The wedding took place in the North Avenue Methodist Church in Baltimore, Md., with Rev. Norman A. Scribner, performing the double ring ceremony. The bride wore a white wool dress with black accessories and had a corsage of tortoise shell roses. There were no attendants.
Mrs. Klinger was formerly employed as a cashier at the J. C. Penney Company store in Sunbury. She was graduated in 1943 from the Lower Mahanoy Township High School.
Mr. Klinger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Klinger, of Herndon. He was graduated from Herndon High School in 1941. He served for several years in the Navy and is now employed at the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore. The couple will live in that city.
Guests at the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Guy Klinger and twin sons, Merle and Kenneth Klinger; Mr. and Mrs. Max Long, daughter Sarah and sons Eugene and Marvin Long; Ira C. Klinger, of Indianapolis, Ind; Mrs. Mary Whitling, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Sproat, of Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Dell and son, Donald, and Mr. and Mrs. Neil Dell, all of Middletown; Mrs. Sarah Long, of Hickory Corners; and Mary Bitting, of Sunbury.
The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 06 Jan 1947, Mon, Page 15.³ Marion Thurston Long died on 25 July 2016, Laramie Care Center, Laramie, Albany County, WY, at age 91.^4,5
Funeral home obituary:
Marion Klinger
Marion (née Long) Klinger, 91, of Laramie, died Monday, July 25, 2016, at Laramie Care Center. She was born Feb. 17, 1925, to Max Adam Long and Rhoda Alaura (née Thurston) Long on her family’s dairy farm in Hickory Corners, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
In 1947, in Baltimore, she married Carlos Klinger, who died May 25, 2014, in Laramie. They lived in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, for more than 50 years before moving to Laramie in 2007.
She was predeceased in death by sister Sarah Jane “Sally” Shatzer; and two brothers, Eugene and Marvin “Pete” Long.
She is survived by daughter Suzanne A. Klinger, of Gig Harbor, Washington; and two sons, David G. Klinger and Max E. Klinger, both of Laramie.
Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Reverend Rachel Larsen officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to a charity of your choice in Marion’s name.
Services are under the direction of Montgomery-Stryker Funeral Home.⁶
Her cremated remains were interred on 25 April 2017, at Lincoln Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA.

     Simon Grant Lemon was born on 7 July 1866, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA.^1,2 He married Maggie Verdilla Snyder on 18 March 1893, at the Lutheran parsonage, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA. The marriage was performed by Rev. W. H. Geiger. A Lutheran Service book (copyright 1868) for the German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States, in the possession of Carlos G. Klinger, contains a newspaper wedding announcement stating: "Lemon-Snyder-At the Lutheran parsonage in Uniontown, March 18, 1893, by Rev. W. H. Geiger, Mr. S.G. Lemon and Miss Maggie V. Snyder, both of Paxton".¹ The 1900 Census for Lower Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland County, PA, lists the following household:
Lamen, Grant, Head, M, July 1866, 33, Married 7 years
______, Maggie, Wife, F, June 1873, 26, Married 7 years, 3 children born, 3 living
______, James, Son, M, Dec. 1894, 5, Single
______, Helen, Daughter, F, Mov. 1896, 3, Single
______, Russel, Son, M, Nov. 1898, 1, Single.³ The 1910 Census, Jackson Twp., Northumberland County, PA, lists the following household:
Lemon, S. G., Head, M, 43, Married 16 years
_____, Maggie, Wife, 36, Married 16 years, 6 children born, 6 living
_____, James W., Son, M, 15, Single
_____, Helen L., Daughter, F, 13, Single
_____, Russell W., Son, M, 11, Single
_____, Catherine A., Daughter, F, 9, Single
_____, Mary V., Daughter, F, 7, Single
_____, Marcus D., Son, M, 6, Single.⁴ The Sunbury American reported that "Grant Lemon was called to Mahantongo last week to see his father, who fell on the ice and was seriously hurt, but is improving again." The Sunbury American, January 21, 1910, Page 6.⁵ A newspaper reported that "Grant Lemon, Lloyd Tressler's farmer, will quit farm life." The Daily Item, January 3, 1918, Page 2. About a month later, the paper reported that "Grant Lemon who had intended to retire from farming Lloyd Tressler's farm consented to remain again on the farm for another year, and recall his sale bills." The Daily Item, February 1, 1918, Page 6. About a year later, the same paper reported on the sale: "Grant Lemon's sale was largely attended, and things brought fair prices. Mr. Lemon retired from farming after having farmed for a number of years for Lloyd Tressler." The Daily Item, March 20, 1919, Page 6.^6,7,8 The 1920 Census, Borough of Herndon, Northumberland County (Enumeration District No. 11, sheet 2), lists Simon Grant's family as follows:
     Lemon, Grant S., Head [of Household], M, 54 [years old], Operator, Planning Mill
     _____, Maggie E., Wife, F, 46
     _____, James W., Son, M, 28, Operator, R---- Factory
     _____, Helen L., Daughter, F, 23, Operator, Silk Mill
     _____, Marcus D., Son, M, 15. Simon Grant Lemon died on 16 March 1930, home, north of Herndon, Jackson Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 63. The cause of death was intestinal cancer.^1,9 He was buried on 19 March 1930, at Herndon Cemetery, Herndon, Northumberland County, PA; Rothermel Funeral Home records indicate: "Simon Grant Lemon died at his home north of Herndon on March 16th [1930]. Buried in the Herndon Union Cemetery on March 19th. Cause of death was cancer of the intestines. Age 63.^10,11
Obituary from the Herndon Star:
Simon G. Lemon, a respected resident of Jackson Township for many years, passed to his final reward shortly after four o'clock Sunday morning at his home north of town. He has been in ill health for the past several years, but appeared to be recuperating until the end came to relieve his suffering. He suffered with a complication of diseases.
Simon Grant Lemon, a son or Wm. K. Lemon and Anna C. (Heckert) Lemon, was born in Paxton Township, Dauphin County on July 7th, 1866 and died March 16th, 1930 at the age of 63 years, 8 months and 9 days. He was united in marriage to Maggie Snyder on March 18th, 1893. This union was blessed with three sons and three daughters, one daughter having preceded him to the grave in September 1919. He was a faithful member of the Herndon Lutheran Church and of Camp No. 182 P.O.S. of A.
Surviving are the widow, three sons, James, of Wilkinsburg, Russell, of town, and Marcus, of Willow Grove; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Klinger, of town, and Catherine, of New York City. Eight grandchildren and the followings sisters and a brother also survive: Misses Katie and Mamie Lemon, of Millersburg and James H. Lemon, of Middletown.
Funeral services in charge of his pastor, Rev. M. M. Enders will be held this afternoon (Wednesday) at 2.30 o'clock from his late home, after which the funeral cortege will move to the L. & R. Church where further services will be held. Interment in the Herndon Cemetery. Undertaker Chas. Rothermel has charge of the remains.^12,13
Recollections of Simon Grant and Maggie Snyder Lemon, My Grandparents, by Carlos Grant Klinger:
"I was born in Shamokin and lived there until three months past my fifth birthday. I can recall a time grandpa Lemon came to Shamokin on the Reading Railroad passenger train that made two trips to Herndon and return daily except Sunday. I'm not sure about Saturday, but I think it also ran on Saturday. This particular day he must have shopped over town, as we then called the downtown. He bought me a wind-up train. He returned to Herndon the same day.
"In June, 1928 we moved to a farm at the Herndon Borough line next to my grandparents’ home. In summer when we went in my dad's car (grandpa Lemon did not have a car) I would sit in the front seat between grandpa's legs. One day we took grandpa and grandma to the circus in Sunbury.
"Grandpa had a lot of chickens; he shipped eggs to H & T. Loffler in N.Y. city. Once I went with grandpa to take a crate of eggs to the R.R. station in his one horse wagon pulled by a horse named “Pet.” I also remember a time when my parents and sister Mary were visiting my grandparents and I was sent to tell grandpa dinner was ready. He was in one of his several chicken houses, and when I went in I scared the chickens. They flew in all directions. Grandpa scolded me mildly.
"Grandpa and grandma had a wonderful garden, they grew large beds of celery, and my dad would take it to Shamokin and sell it. Grandpa also had apple and cherry trees. He grafted branches onto cherry trees so they gave two different kinds of cherries.
"In 1930. March 15, my seventh birthday, we were at grandpa’s place in the evening and he was sick in bed. When they took me to his room to see him he told grandma to give me a dime. He died during the night which was Sunday.
"I also remember Uncle Mark (Marcus) well. I remember him playing a piccolo. He visited Herndon after he and Aunt Sara moved to Willow Grove. In 1932 my dad was a patient at the U.S. Naval hospital in Philadelphia. Uncle Russell took my mother, sister and me to visit him, and we stayed overnight with Uncle Mark and Aunt Sara. I think Dean was a baby."¹⁴

     Maggie Verdilla Snyder is also referred to as Mary in some sources. She was born on 19 June 1873, Jackson Township, Northumberland County, PA.¹ She married Simon Grant Lemon on 18 March 1893, at the Lutheran parsonage, Pillow, Dauphin County, PA. The marriage was performed by Rev. W. H. Geiger. A Lutheran Service book (copyright 1868) for the German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States, in the possession of Carlos G. Klinger, contains a newspaper wedding announcement stating: "Lemon-Snyder-At the Lutheran parsonage in Uniontown, March 18, 1893, by Rev. W. H. Geiger, Mr. S.G. Lemon and Miss Maggie V. Snyder, both of Paxton".² Maggie Verdilla Snyder died on 6 August 1952, Jackson Township, Northumberland County, PA, at age 79 at her home north of Herndon, PA. She died while getting ready for breakfast.^2,3,4 She was buried on 9 August 1952, at Herndon Cemetery, Herndon, Northumberland County, PA; Rothermel Funeral Home records indicate: "Maggie Verdilla Lemon dies on August 6th at her home north of Herndon. She died while getting ready for her breakfast. Buried in Herndon Cemetery on August 9th. Age 79-1-17."⁵
Newspaper Obituary:
Mrs. Maggie Verdilla Lemon, 79, of near Herndon, widow of Grant Lemon, died suddenly Wednesday morning while eating breakfast. Death was attributed to a heart condition from which she had suffered for some time. Her husband preceded her in death Mar. [16], 1930. She made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Guy Klinger.
She was a daughter of the late James and Anna Witmer Snyder and was born in Jackson Township, June 19, 1873 and died August 6, 1952 at the age of 79 years, 1 month, and 17 days. She was united in marriage to Grant Lemon on March 18, 1983 by the late Rev. Geiger.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Helen Klinger, off Herndon, R.D., Mrs. Catherine Pearson, of New York City; eleven grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. David Lower, Sunbury, and one brother, Clarence Snyder, of Northampton.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday from the Rothermel funeral home, Herndon, with burial in Herndon Cemetery. Rev. Charles A. Snyder, Lutheran past, of Herndon, officiated.
The following relatives were in attendance at the funeral services of the late Maggie Lemon on Saturday: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pearson and daughter Linda Jane and Merl Klinger, New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Snyder, Northampton; Mr. and Mrs. Rodman Lemon, Phila; Wm. Lemon and daughter, Middletown; Mrs. Annie Lauer and family, of Sunbury; Carlos Klinger, Chicago, Ill; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lemon, Lemoyne.⁶