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Charlotte <I>Hacker</I> Grube

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Charlotte Hacker Grube

Birth
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1 Jan 1922 (aged 56)
Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
1910 Cemetery, Lot 169 North
Memorial ID
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Daughter of John S. & Charlotte (Thome) Hacker.
Died of a stroke.
Married to Wilson M. Grube - Oct. 11, 1892 - 1 daughter: Elizabeth
Educated in the Lititz public schools and at Millersville Normal School. Active in church and community. Her husband ran a shoe store. Active in WCTU and other social reform groups.
"A woman of strong character and great executive ability."

related:

Summary news article published in the Lititz (PA) Record Express, 11 Jun 2015, original full article published in the Friday Morning's Express (Lititz, PA), 11 Jun 1915. Out of the Past - 100 Years Ago - "Man with Lititz Ties Murdered - On June 4 Mrs. W. M. Grube received the distressing news that her nephew, Raymond Hacker, second son of her only brother Charles, of Philadelphia, was shot dead on June 3, while discharging his duty.
He was 24 years old and a member of the State Constabulary guarding the Du Pont Powder Works in Virginia. All the foreigners had recently been discharged and Hacker, seeing a man enter a place where the highest explosives were kept, ordered him to leave. The fellow turned and shot Hacker dead. The funeral of the victim took place at Philadelphia on Tuesday. From last reports the murderer, a Joseph Tyler, was arrested."

Daughter of John S. & Charlotte (Thome) Hacker.
Died of a stroke.
Married to Wilson M. Grube - Oct. 11, 1892 - 1 daughter: Elizabeth
Educated in the Lititz public schools and at Millersville Normal School. Active in church and community. Her husband ran a shoe store. Active in WCTU and other social reform groups.
"A woman of strong character and great executive ability."

related:

Summary news article published in the Lititz (PA) Record Express, 11 Jun 2015, original full article published in the Friday Morning's Express (Lititz, PA), 11 Jun 1915. Out of the Past - 100 Years Ago - "Man with Lititz Ties Murdered - On June 4 Mrs. W. M. Grube received the distressing news that her nephew, Raymond Hacker, second son of her only brother Charles, of Philadelphia, was shot dead on June 3, while discharging his duty.
He was 24 years old and a member of the State Constabulary guarding the Du Pont Powder Works in Virginia. All the foreigners had recently been discharged and Hacker, seeing a man enter a place where the highest explosives were kept, ordered him to leave. The fellow turned and shot Hacker dead. The funeral of the victim took place at Philadelphia on Tuesday. From last reports the murderer, a Joseph Tyler, was arrested."



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