• On Friday, April 23, 1976, CATHERINE MAY (nee Reese) of Edgemere, devoted mother of Emily E. Dillon, Edna M. Smith and Robert F. Altvater, Jr., sister of Harry S. Reese. Also survived by five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services from the Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue on Tuesday at 11 A.M. Interment in Moreland Memorial Park. Friends may call Saturday, Sunday and Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. (Baltimore Sun)

• December 7, [1940] of 1912 N. 8th St., ALICE MORGAN, wife of the late David Lane Call. Relatives and friends are invited to the service Wed. 2:30 P.M. at parlors of Harold B. Mulligan, 1119 W. Lehigh Ave. Int. Northwood Cemetery. Friends call Tues. eve. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• March 18 [1929], DAVID LANE, husband of Alice Morgan Call. Relatives and friends, also Shekinah Lodge No. 246, F. and A.M.; Tall Cedars of Lebanon, No. 10; Camp No. 294, P.O.S. of A.; L.O.O.M. No. 54; and all other organizations of which he was a member, invited to services Thurs. 2:30 P.M. at parlors of Harold B. Mulligan, 1119 W. Lehigh Ave. Int. Northwood Cemetery. Viewing Wed. eve. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• June 6 [1925], formerly of 1917 N. 8th St., EMMA C., wife of the late Joseph Call, Sr. Relatives and friends are invited to funeral services, Wed. 2:30 P.M. at the parlors of Harold B. Mulligan, 1119 W. Lehigh Ave. Int. Northwood Cemetery. Friends may call Tues. eve. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Joseph Call, sales manager of Williard, Inc., mechanical contractors, Germantown and Sedgley Aves., died Sunday [September 15, 1963] in Bryn Mawr Hospital. He was 55 and lived at 730 Sproul Road, Bryn Mawr. Mr. Call, formerly from Brookline, was a member of the Union Methodist Church, Havertown; Havertown Lions Club; Masons; Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, and American Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Surviving are his wife, the former Marjorie Reese; a daughter, Sally, and his mother, Mrs. Lena Erb Call. Services will be at 11 A.M. tomorrow at Spencer T. Videon & Son, 400 Shadeland Ave., Drexel Hill. Burial will be in Valley Forge Memorial Gardens. (Philadelphia Bulletin)

• On December 4, 1951, of 4401 Sansom Street, JOSEPH, husband of the late Nellie McDonald Call. Relatives and friends are invited to the service Sat. 10 A.M., parlors of Harold B. Mulligan, 1119 W. Lehigh Ave. Int. Northwood Cemetery. Friends invited Fri. eve. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• March 20 [1917], JOSEPH, husband of Emma C. Call (nee Brewer), in 61st year. Relatives and friends, Shekinah Lodge No. 246, F. and A.M.; Minnewa Tribe No. 79, I.O.R.M.; L.O. of M.; F.O.E., No. 42; Board of Magistrates, Fidelity Club of the 20th Ward, all other organizations of which he was a member, invited to funeral services, Sun. 1:30 P.M. sharp, 1917 N. 8th Street. Int. Northwood Cemetery. Remains may be viewed Sat. 8 to 10 P.M. Auto funeral. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Oct. 18, 1982, at Simpson House of the United Methodist Church, (formerly of Havertown), LENA (nee Erb) wife of the late Morris Call. Funeral service and interment private. (FOUNDERS AND D'ALLURA) (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• On April 22, 1994, MARJORIE G., of Dunwoody Village, wife of the late Joseph Call, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Sally and Christopher Maurer, 2 grandchildren Jennifer and Jason Maurer. Services and int. are private. Memorial gifts in her name may be made to the American Heart Assoc., 408 E. 4th St., Bridgeport, PA 19405. (STUARD, Ardmore) (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Marjorie G. Call, 87, a long time resident of the Dunwoody Village retirement community in Newtown Square, died Friday at her home there. Mrs. Call, a nurse, was born in Sharon, Pa., but spent her childhood in Hazleton, Pa. She moved to the Philadelphia area after graduating from high school, and attended the Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing. She later taught at the school. A member of the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church, Mrs. Call loved to play bridge. She was the wife of the late Joseph Call. Survivors: a daughter, Sally Maurer, a son-in-law and two grandchildren. Services: private. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Marjorie G. Call of Dunwoody Village died April 22. Before moving to Dunwoody, she had lived in Havertown, Radnor, and Wynnewood for nearly 60 years. Born in Sharon, she was the daughter of Margaret (Hood) and John [sic, should be Amos] Reese. She was raised in Hazleton and moved to the Philadelphia area after graduating from high school. She graduated from the Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing and later taught there. She was a member of Drexel Hill United Methodist Church. She enjoyed playing bridge. The widow of the late Joseph Call, she is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Sally and Christopher Maurer; and two grandchildren, Jennifer and Jason Maurer. Services and interment were private. (Main Line Times)

• Suddenly, July 6 [1930], MORRIS M., husband of Lena Call (nee Erb). Relatives and friends, Firemen of Engine Co. No. 2, are invited to services Thurs. 2:30 P.M. at parlors of Harold B. Mulligan, 1119 W. Lehigh Avenue. Int. Northwood Cemetery. Friends may call Wed. eve. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Suddenly, on November 11, 1914, WILLIAM H., son of Joseph and Emma C. Call, aged 33 years. Relatives and friends of the family, and all organizations of which he was a member, are invited to attend funeral services on Sunday at 2 P.M. at the residence of his parents, 1917 N. 8th St. Interment Northwood Cemetery. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Suddenly, January 9 [1917], JOSEPH, husband of Kate Forsyth (nee Brewer). Relatives and friends and City Hall Guards invited to funeral services Fri. 2 P.M., 1015 W. Somerset St. Int. private, Northwood Cemetery. Remains may be viewed Thurs., 8 to 10 P.M. Auto funeral. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Suddenly, Nov. 6 [1918], KATE, wife of the late Joseph Forsyth (nee Brewer). Relatives and friends invited to funeral services, Sat. 12:30 P.M. at the parlors of Harold B. Mulligan, 2526 N. 10th St. (corner 10th St. and Germantown Ave.). Int. private, Northwood Cemetery. Remains may be viewed Fri., 8 to 10 P.M. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• August 19 [1935] at 1217 N. 11th St., J. CEASE, husband of Mae Jacoby (nee Hughes). Relatives and friends are invited to services Fri. 1:30 P.M. at the parlors of Harold B. Mulligan, 1119 W. Lehigh Ave. Int. Northwood Cemetery. Viewing Thurs. eve. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

• On Aug. 18, 1989, CHARLES O., age 68, beloved husband of Lois (nee Prange) of Broomall; also survived by his sisters, Ruth Maurer, of Ohio, Irma Lehr, of Havertown and his [half] brother, Wayne Kissinger, of N.J. Funeral services Tues. 10:30 AM in St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Sproul and Lewis Rds. Broomall, Pa. 19008 where friends will be received after 10 AM. Friends may attend his viewing Mon. eve 7 to 9 PM in THE FRANK C. VIDEON FUNERAL HOME, Sproul and Lawrence Rds., Broomall. Memorial gifts may be sent in his name to Feed My Sheep Hunger Ministry in care of the above church. Int. Edgewood Cem., Glen Mills, Pa.

MAURER, J. Leon

• J. Leon, Oct. 6 [1977], formerly of Roxborough, husband of the late Jennie Dunkelberger Maurer; father of Lenwood F. Maurer. Relatives and friends are invited to viewing Mon. 10 AM, and to funeral services 11 AM, at The Roxborough Presbyterian Church, 8230 Ridge Ave. Int. Arlington Cem. Expressions of sympathy in the form of donations to The Roxborough Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund would be appreciated.

• MAURER, SALLY (nee Call) on Sept. 18, 2002, of Bryn Mawr, wife of Christopher; mother of Jennifer E. & Jason C. Maurer; also survived by her cousins, Patricia Sullivan and E. Addison Hulit. A memorial service will be held on Mon., Sept. 23rd, at 11A.M. STUARD FUNERAL HOME, 104 Cricket Ave., Ardmore. Int. private.

• Mrs. Olive Gladys Peguesse, 76, 1907 Harvard Ave., Bayshore Gardens, died Sunday [October 21, 1973] at Manatee Memorial Hospital. Born in Hazleton, Pa., she moved to this area 16 years ago from Emmaus, Pa. She was past president of the Emmaus Graden Club, past president of Manatee and Bayshore Gardens Republican Club, a member of Emmaus Women's Club, and State Committee Woman of the Republican Club. She attended the Evangelical Church. She leaves her husband, George P. Peguesse; a son, George W. Peguesse of Lancaster, Cal.; two daughters, Mrs. Naomi Joos of Jacksonville and Mrs. Dorothy J. Huftill of Dinsmore; a brother, LeRoy Volke of Elmonte, Cal.; a sister, Miss Uldene Volke of Bradenton; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Friends may call this afternoon and evening at Griffith-Cline Cortez Road Chapel. The Rev. Ralph E. Robrahn will conduct a service at 10 A.M. at Griffith-Cline Cortez Road Chapel. Burial will be at Skyway Memorial Gardens.

• Amos P. Reese, aged 59, who was stricken with a heart attack October 10 while on a bus coming from Allentown to Hazleton, died at 6:15 a.m. yesterday [October 30, 1942] at the Coaldale Hospital, where he had since been a patient. He was born in Hazleton and educated in the local schools. For over 30 years he was the manager of the Furniture Department of the Sasso Department Store, and when that firm went out of business, he took a similar post with the Zollinger and Harned Department Store at Allentown. He was a member of Zion's E.C. church, Hazle Lodge No. 327, F. & A. M.; Hazleton Chapter No. 277, Royal Arch Masons; Mount Vernon Commandery, No. 73, Knight Templar of this city, and of Irem Temple at Wilkes-Barre. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Margaret Hood, native of Pittsburgh, and three daughters: Mrs. Joseph Call, of Brookline Park, Philadelphia; Mrs. E.A. Hulit, of Lambertsville, N.J.; and Miss Dorothy Reese, at home. Also surviving are a brother, Benjamin Reese of Sparrows Point, MD; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Volke of Easton; two step-brothers, William and Harry Krapf of West Hazleton; two step-sisters, Ida Krapf of West Hazleton; and Mrs. Edward Brill of Philadelphia; and three grandchildren. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with services at the family residence in charge of Rev. Dr. W. H. Russell, pastor of St. John's P. M. church. The place of burial will be announced later. (Allentown papers please copy.)(Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• Amos P. Reese, 43 W. Seventh St., who died at the Coaldale Hospital last Friday, was buried yesterday [November 1, 1942] afternoon with services in charge of Rev. Dr. W. H. Russell, pastor of St. John's P.M. church. Interment was in the Vine Street Cemetery with members of Hazle Lodge, No. 327, F. and A.M. conducting the Masonic ritual at the grave. Pallbearers, all members of Hazle Lodge, were: Alexander S. Saul, Henry L. Knies, Frank E. Miller, George W. Kline, William J. Schwartz, and Erwin G. Woodring. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• Mrs. Anna M. (Krapf) Reese, aged 86 years, died yesterday [December 11, 1937] at 9 a.m. at her home at 102 North Broad Street, West Hazleton, after a long illness due to ailments incidental to her advanced years. She was one of West Hazleton's pioneer residents and her maiden name was Miss Anna Martha Grebey. Mrs. Reese was brought to this city as a baby a few weeks old, her parents locating first at Cranberry. She was the last of the original family, one of her brothers being the late Casper Grebey of Hazleton, veteran Valley railroad engineer and for years a city police officer. Mrs. Reese was married twice, first to the late John Krapf. He died in 1893. Later she became the wife of Benjamin Reese, West Hazleton community leader and councilman who passed away in 1918. Mrs. Reese was a member of the First Presbyterian church of this city. She is survived by the following children: William Krapf, George F. Krapf, Miss Ida Krapf, all of West Hazleton; Mrs. Edward Brill, of Philadelphia; Amos Reese of Hazleton; Harry at home, and Benjamin Reese of Baltimore, MD. Seventeen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren also survive. The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. and will be private. Services will be held at the home and interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery. Friends may call [rest of article is cut off].(Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• The funeral of Mrs. Anna M. (Krapf) Reese of West Hazleton, who died Monday, was held privately yesterday. Serviced were conducted at the house by Rev. Fiore D'Isidoro of the Italian Presbyterian church and interment was in the Mt. View cemetery. Pallbearers were members of the Luzerne County Funeral Directors' Association. The pallbearers were: Michael Ferrari, Charles Pitzpatrick, Charles Flynn, Charles Doron, Hugh V. Hughes and Stanley Grontkowski. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper, dated December 15, 1937)

• At West Hazleton, aged 68 years, on October 29, 1918. Funeral private Friday at 2 p.m. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery. Please omit flowers. Benjamin Reese, aged 68, treasurer of the borough of West Hazleton and former Councilman, died at 10:36 this morning from complications. He came to Hazleton from Pottsville from where he moved to West Hazleton twenty-five years ago. He was a mine foreman years ago for the late Ario Pardee at Hazleton No. 1 and was engaged in the same capacity with the Cranberry Creek Coal Co. when he was stricken ill. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and the Red Men of this city. He is survived by his wife [second wife, Anna Reese] and the following children: Mrs. Phillip Schwartz of Pottsville; Benjamin Jr. of Cape Charles, VA; Mrs. Otto Volke, Everett, Ohio; Mrs. Joseph McCracken of Philadelphia and Amos Reese of Hazleton. The following step-children survive: Mrs. Edward Brill, of Philadelphia; William, George, Harry and Ida Krapf, of West Hazleton. One brother, John Reese, of West Hazleton, also survives. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• Suddenly, on April 27, 1952, BENJAMIN D. of 3102 Whiteway Road. Beloved husband of Hazel Grammer Reese and father of Benjamin D. Reese, Jr., and son of Benjamin and Minnie Templin Reese and brother of Harry Reese and Mrs. Catherine Altvater. Funeral at the Ullrich Funeral Home of Dundalk, 2112 Dundalk Avenue, on Thursday at 11 A.M. Interment at Moreland Memorial Park. (Baltimore Sun)

• On January 2, 1956, BENJAMIN F., aged 75 years, beloved husband of Minnie Reese (nee Templin). Services at the residence of his daughter, Miss Catherine Altvater, 3119 Grace Road (Edgemere) on Thursday at 11 A.M. Interment in Moreland Memorial Park. (Baltimore Sun)

• Benjamin Reese, who moved from West Hazleton some 40 years ago, died following a three year illness at his home, 3119 Grace Road, Baltimore, MD. He was 76. Mr. Reese is survived locally by Mrs. Amos Reese, a sister-in-law. Other survivors include a step-brother and step-sister, Miss Ida Krapf and Harry Krapf, of Bethlehem, and a sister in Easton. [Elizabeth Reese Volke] In Baltimore, the deceased is survived by his wife, son and daughter. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning in Baltimore. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• On May 22, 1979, HARRY S., devoted father of Carl Reese and Charlotte Nos. Also survived by four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, six nieces and two nephews. Funeral from the Lassahn Funeral Home, 7401 Belair Road, on Saturday at 9 A.M. Interment, Moreland Memorial Park. Visiting, 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. (Baltimore Sun)

• Mrs. Margaret H. Reese, formerly of 437 W. Broad St., died at 5:15 a.m. Friday [August 9, 1969] at the Masonic Home, Elizabethtown, where she had been a guest several years. Born in Pittsburgh, April 20, 1882, a daughter of the late Harry and Margaret Hood, she had resided in this city most of her life. While in Hazleton, she was a member of Zion Evangelical Congregational Church. She was a member and past matron of Mayflower Chapter 107, O.E.S.; member and past high priestess of Hazleton White Shrine No. 4; and past president of the Ladies Auxilary of Mount Vernon Commandery. Her husband, Amos P. Reese, died Oct. 30, 1942. Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. Joseph (Marjorie) Call, Wynnewood; and Mrs. E.A. (Lila) Hulit, Lambertsville, N.J.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held Monday at 11 a.m. from the Krapf and Hughes Funeral Home, with the Rev. Benjamin Hess, pastor of Zion Evangelical Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Vine Street Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• Mrs. Margaret H. Reese, Masonic Home, Elizabethtown, former local resident who died Friday, was buried Monday morning from the Krapf & Hughes Funeral Home. The Rev. Benjamin Hess, pastor of Zion Evangelical Congregational Church conducted the service. Interment was in the Vine Street Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Addison Hulit, Jr., Frank Briding, James Flynn, and Myron Marsch. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• On March 27, 1957, MINNIE B. (nee Templin) beloved wife of the late Benjamin Reese. Services at her home, 3119 Grace Road, Edgemere, MD, on Monday at 1 P.M. Interment in Moreland Memorial Park. (Baltimore Sun)

• Wife of Benjamin Reese. Aged 44 years, 7 months and 19 days, on October 16, 1896 at corner Broad and 5th Streets, West Hazleton. Funeral Monday at 3 p.m. Interment in Hazle Cemetery [now Vine Street Cemetery]. Bachman & Sons, funeral directors. At 12:30 o'clock Mrs. Benjamin Reese of West Hazleton passed on to the great beyond, having lingered for 3 weeks with typhoid fever. A husband and 6 children are left to mourn her loss. They are Mrs. Philip Schwartz, of N.Y.; Mrs. John (Elizabeth) Rimbach; Misses Florence and Gladys, and Messrs. Benjamin and Amos, all of West Hazleton. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• At 3 o'clock on October 19, 1896, the remains of Mrs. Jane Reese, wife of Benjamin Reese, of West Hazleton, were removed to their final resting place in Vine Street Cemetery. The pallbearers were chosen from among the members of Kiowas Tribe No. 120 I.O.R.M. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• John C. Rimbach, a former resident of Jeanesville and this city, died in Pittsburg on Thursday evening [clipping dated May 13, 1905] after a prolonged illness. He was a member of the old Jeanesville Band, [word obscured] Council, Independent Order of Americans, and the West Hazleton Fire Co. He is survived by his wife and three children. Mrs. Rimbach is a daughter of Benjamin Reese of West Hazleton. The remains will arrive here at [word obscured] o'clock this evening. The funeral will take place from the home of John Scott, Union Hall, at 1:30 o'clock Monday afternoon. Interment will be made in the Vine Street Cemetery. (Unidentified Hazleton newspaper)

• On September 9, 1943, in Italy, PFC. Harold E. Sarvis, beloved son of Catherine M. Altvater. Services from his mother's home, 3119 Grave Avenue, Sparrows Point, on Monday at 11 A.M. Interment in Moreland Memorial Park. (Baltimore Sun)

• Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Reese Volke, 76, wife of Otto Volke, died today [November 8, 1952] at 2:10 AM at her home, 675 Washington Street (Easton, PA).   Mrs. Volke was born Jan. 7, 1876, at Hazelton, a daughter of the late Benjamin and Sarah Jane Wildman Reese. She was a member of First Church of the Nazarene.  Her health had been failing for 10 years, and she had been an invalid for the last five years.  Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two daughters, Mrs. George (Olive Gladys) Peguesse, of Emmaus, and Miss Uldene Florence Volke, of Crownsville, MD; two sons, Dr. John Rimbach, (DDS) of Easton, and Leroy Volke, of Los Angeles; a brother, Benjamin Reese, of Edgemere, MD; three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

• Mrs. Cora Ella Weikel, 80, Shamokin R.D. 1, east of Gowen City, died this morning [July 23, 1957] in Shamokin Hospital. Mrs. Weikel, who was ill for two years, fell last Friday and had been a patient in the hospital since last Saturday. A daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth (Haas) Dunkelberger, the last Shamokin R.D. woman was born December 7, 1876, in Hepler. She was married to Ellsworth Weikel November 11, 1894, in the parsonage of Line Mountain Church. Mr. Weikel died four years ago. Mrs. Weikel was a member of Gowen City Reformed Church, the Willing Workers Quilting Club, and the Sunday school of that congregation. Survivors include six sons, Lester, Philadelphia; Stanley, Shamokin; Elwood and Orville, Gowen City; Guy, North Canton, Ohio; and Glenn, Washington, D.C.; two daughters, Mrs. Stanley Latsha, Shamokin R.D. 1, with whom Mrs. Weikel made her home since the death of her husband, and Mrs. Frank Fertig, Northumberland; two sisters, Mrs. Leon Maurer and Mrs. Maude Yost, Philadelphia; 27 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. Two sons, Major Paul W. Weikel, and Harvey Weikel, met death in accidents. The former was killed in an airplane crash January 16, 1953, and the latter son met death in a mine accident at Locust Gap Colliery in 1941. (Shamokin News-Dispatch, "Elderly Resident of Rural Area Dies," July 23, 1957)

• Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Ella Weikel, Shamokin R.D. 1, will be held Friday morning at 10:30 in St. Paul's Reformed Church, Gowen City. Rev. Thomas Rissinger, pastor of the church, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Farrow Funeral Home, Sixth and Chestnut Streets, tomorrow evening from 7:00 to 9:00, and at the church Friday morning from 9:00 until time of service.