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     James Franklin Mace was born on 8 June 1886, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, PA.² He married Erma Aquilla Weiss.
Newspaper obituary:
James F. Mace
James F. Mace, 75, of Spring Glen, died suddenly Monday morning at his home, of a heart attack.
He was a son of the late George and Clara Mace, Berrysburg. He was a member of Simeon's Lutheran Church, Gratz and the Gratz I OOF Lodge 563.
His wife, the former Irma A. Weiss, died 28 years ago.
Surviving are these children, Charles, Millersburg; Chester, Hegins; Allen, Spring Glen; Homer, Millersburg; Mrs. Hannah Wagner of Blain, Pa; Mrs. Elsa Straub, Lykens, RD; Mrs. Lilliam Schwalm, Valley View; Spring Glen; Herbert, Spring Glen; Mrs. Bette Shade, Mephanicsburg; 41 grandchildren, 30 greatgrandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Hannah Fritz, Mrs.. Lillian Zimmerman, Philadelphia; two brothers, Henry, Philadelphia; George, Yardley.
Funeral services Thursday afternoon from Marlin S. Reed Funeral Home, Pillow. Rev. W. D. Artz will officiate. Interment in Gratz Union Cemetery.
Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 13 Nov 1961, Mon, Page 13.³
James Franklin Mace died on 13 November 1961, Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 75.³ He was buried on 16 November 1961, at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.^3,4

     Erma Aquilla Weiss was born on 8 July 1886, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.² She married James Franklin Mace. Erma Aquilla Weiss died on 9 July 1933, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 47.² She was buried at Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.²