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     Boyd Luther Wedde was born on 29 November 1935, Barry Township, Schuylkill County, PA.² He was the son of Luther Vallen Wedde and Anna Margaret Hinkel.² Boyd Luther Wedde married Beverly N. Starr, daughter of Russell Woodrow Starr and Mabel Hanna Reiner, in 1956.^1,3 Boyd Luther Wedde married Grace M. Kembel circa 1982.² Boyd Luther Wedde died on 26 May 2018, Lehigh Valley Hospital East Norwegian Street, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA, at age 82.²
Funeral home obituary:
Obituary for Boyd L. Wedde
Boyd L Wedde, age 82, of Providence Place, Pine Grove, formerly of Hegins, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 at Lehigh Valley Hospital E Norwegian Street, Pottsville.
He was born on Friday, November 29, 1935, in Barry Twp, a son of the late Luther V Wedde and the late Anna M Hinkel Wedde.
He was a 1953 graduate of the former Hegins Twp High School.
Boyd retired from Bethlehem Steel, Steelton.
He was a member of St. John's "Kimmel's" Church, Ashland.
His first wife Beverly N Starr Wedde passed away in 1979.
He is survived by his second wife Grace M Kembel Wedde, to whom he was married for 36 years.
He is also survived by a son Randall A Wedde of Carlisle; four daughters, Barbara S Huntsinger and her husband Darrell of Valley View, Rose M Huntzinger of Lititz, Molly A Masser of Annville, and Peggy A Snyder and her husband Russell of Elizabethville; six grandchildren; four great grandchildren; a brother, Harry Wedde of Ashland; two sisters, Annetta Troup and Margaret Mitchell both of Ashland; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at the Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, on Thursday, May 31, 2018, at 11:00 am, with Rev. Michael C Klahr officiating.
A viewing was held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Thursday at the funeral home.
Burial will be made in St. John's "Kimmel's" Cemetery, Ashland.
Memorial contributions can be made to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312.
Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com.²
He was buried at St. Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Ashland, Schuylkill County, PA.²