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     Thelma Margaret Masser was born on 20 April 1915, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA.³ She married Walter Franklin Weist circa June 1936.^1,3,4 Thelma Margaret Masser died on 15 November 2008, Shamokin Area Community Hospital, Shamokin, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 93.³
Newspaper obituary:
PITMAN - Thelma M. Wiest, 93, formerly of Pitman and a resident of Polk Personal Care Center, Millersburg for four years, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at the Shamokin Area Community Hospital, Coal Township, where she had been a patient for three weeks.
Born in Pitman on April 20, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Charles M. and Margaret Salome (Bohner) Masser. She was married for 56 years to her husband, Walter F. "Dud" Wiest, who died on March 1, 1992. She was also preceded in death by a companion, Ralph A. Keim, who died Oct. 29, 2004.
She was a 1932 graduate of Pine Park High School, Leck Kill. She attended her 76th class reunion this year at which she sang the alma mater.
Thelma was a homemaker and helped her husband, Walter, with the family farm.
She enjoyed quilting, gardening and raising flowers, traveling, and spending time with her family. She was a role model while living at Polk Personal Care Center, having participated in all the activities and also encouraging other residents to participate.
She was a life member of Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church at Leck Kill, where she helped create the Ladies Aid. She was a former Sunday school teacher, a former member of the choir, the Ladies Guild, the church quilting group, and helped in the organization of the annual turkey supper and annual donut making, as well as other church fund raisers. She was a former member of the Mahantongo Valley Senior Citizens of Pitman, where she previously served as a tour director. She was also a member of the Woodmen of the World Lodge, Camp No. 433, of Pitman.
Surviving are three daughters and their partners, Lena Shadel and companion Roger Romberger, Jean, wife of Lee Bixler, and Darlene, wife of Melvin Deeter, all of Hegins; one son and daughter-in-law, Ralph and Sandra Wiest, of Pitman; 11 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; two sisters, Verna Brown, of Klingerstown and Pearl Crissinger, of Gratz; two sisters-in-law, Betty Laudenslager, of Gratz and Ruth Masser, of Leck Kill; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by one sister, May Romberger Herring in 1988; and four brothers, Clarence in 1977, Ralph in 1982, Clement in 2002, and Felix Masser in 2007; and a foster sister, Cardie (Leitzel) Masser in 1969.
A viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Stephen R. Rothermel Funeral Home, 1133 Ridge Road, Klingerstown, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, Leck Kill, where the funeral will follow at 11 with the Rev. Mark Rothermel officiating.
Burial will follow in Jacob's Cemetery, Pitman.
Memorial contributions may be made in Thelma's memory to the Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, c/o the Rev. Mark Rothermel, 1128 Ridge Road, Klingerstown, PA 17941.
Published in The Daily Item on 11/17/2008.^3,5
She was buried on 18 November 2008, at Jacob's Cemetery, Line Mountain, Northumberland County, PA.³