Lester L. Scheib1
M, #31090, b. 3 June 1909, d. 14 December 1984
Last Edited=15 Nov 2024
Lester L. Scheib was born on 3 June 1909.2 He was the son of Francis Washington Scheib and Salome Ellen Welker.2 Lester L. Scheib married Margaret E. Troutman on 5 July 1930.3,2 Lester L. Scheib died on 14 December 1984, Spring Glen, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 75.4,2
Newspaper obituary:
Scheib Rites
Services for Lester L. Scheib, 75, of Spring Glen, who died Friday afternoon at his home, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, with the Rev. Robert Stewart of Hegins officiating. Interment will be in Fountain Community Cemetery, Hegins area.
Born in Lykens Township, June 3, 1909, he was a son of the late Francis and Salome Welker Scheib.
Mr. Scheib was a retired farmer and miner. He was a member of Christ United Church of Christ, Hegins area.
A son, Charles, died in 1964.
Surviving are his wife, the former Margaret Troutman; a daughter, Betty Scheib, Schuylkill Haven; two sons, Robert Hegins area, and Donald, Spring Glen; two brothers, Carlos, Pillow and Nevin, Elizabethville area; a sister, Dorothy, wife of Raymond Brosious, Millersburg; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Pottsville Republican, December 17, 1984, Page 2.4
He was buried at Christ Evangelical Union Cemetery, Fountain, Schuylkill County, PA.2
Newspaper obituary:
Scheib Rites
Services for Lester L. Scheib, 75, of Spring Glen, who died Friday afternoon at his home, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from Buffington Funeral Home, Valley View, with the Rev. Robert Stewart of Hegins officiating. Interment will be in Fountain Community Cemetery, Hegins area.
Born in Lykens Township, June 3, 1909, he was a son of the late Francis and Salome Welker Scheib.
Mr. Scheib was a retired farmer and miner. He was a member of Christ United Church of Christ, Hegins area.
A son, Charles, died in 1964.
Surviving are his wife, the former Margaret Troutman; a daughter, Betty Scheib, Schuylkill Haven; two sons, Robert Hegins area, and Donald, Spring Glen; two brothers, Carlos, Pillow and Nevin, Elizabethville area; a sister, Dorothy, wife of Raymond Brosious, Millersburg; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
Pottsville Republican, December 17, 1984, Page 2.4
He was buried at Christ Evangelical Union Cemetery, Fountain, Schuylkill County, PA.2
| Father* | Francis Washington Scheib2 b. 22 Feb 1883, d. 8 Apr 1967 |
| Mother* | Salome Ellen Welker2 b. 4 Jun 1887, d. 28 Aug 1976 |
Children of Lester L. Scheib and Margaret E. Troutman
- Betty A. Scheib5 b. 1 Dec 1930, d. 29 Jan 2012
- Robert Francis Scheib+5 b. 1 Nov 1932, d. 25 May 2019
- Clarence Edward Scheib+2 b. 1 Aug 1934, d. 9 Aug 1964
- Donald Eugene Scheib+6 b. 3 Feb 1937, d. 18 Jul 1998
Citations
- [S250] George H. Schwalm and N. Daniel Schwalm, "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 6, no. 3 (1999): p. 98.
- [S282] Greg Welker, Welkers in the U.S.A., online http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi, downloaded June 4, 2005.
- [S107] Newspaper Article, "Scheib-Troutman," Elizabethville Echo, July 10, 1930, Page 1. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/elizabethville-echo/… : accessed November 15, 2024).
- [S108] Newspaper Obituary, for Lester L. Scheib, Pottsville Republican, December 17, 1984, Page 2. via Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/… : accessed May 13, 2023).
- [S914] Scheib, Betty A., Obituary, Republican & Herald, Pottsville, PA, January 31, 2012. Hereinafter cited as Betty A. Scheib Obituary.
- [S250] "All In The Family," Journal of the Johannes Schwalm Historical Association, vol. 6, no. 3, p. 102.