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Ellen Jane Helt Bostian

Birth: 18 Oct 1861
Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 11 Dec 1941 (aged 80)
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Orchard Hills Cemetery

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Daughter of Augustus "Gart" Helt and Hester Raker . Wife of William B Bostian.

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Augustus "Gus" Helt

1842–1917
Esther Raker Landau

1842–1888

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William Bowman Bostian

1856–1923

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Emma Matilda Landau Webber

1870–1940

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Charles Franklin Bostian

1881–1959
Dora Mae Bostian Treas

1884–1955
William David Bostian

1887–1936
Pearl Roselle Bostian Mottern

1890–1938
Roy Adam Bostian

1891–1955
Matilda I. "Tillie" Bostian Zeigler

1900–1994

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She was daughter of Augustus (Gart) Helt and Hester Raker-The Shamokin
News-Dispatch on December 12, 1941

Mrs. Ellen Bostian, native of Shamokin, died last night in her home at
Sunbury after an illness of many weeks. The departed was married here a
number of years ago to William Bostian, a Pennsylvania Railroad employee and
following marriage the couple took up residence at Sunbury. The husband
died a number of years ago. Included among the survivors are several
cousins residing in Shamokin and the vicinity.

Tuesday Dec 16,1941 Sunbury Daily Item

Death Calls Mrs. Bostian "Ellen Jane HELT"

Mrs. Ellen J. Bostian of 1111 Susquehanna avenue died in Mary M. Packer Hospital at 4:45
o'clock this morning after an illness of three years with complications. Her condition had been serious since July. She was age 80 years one month and 20 days.

She was the widow of William Bostian Pennsylvania Railroad freight Conductor who died 18 years ago.

She was born at Shamokin and spent her early girl hood there, coming to this city 70 years and residing here ever since.

She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church and the daughters of Pocahontas.

She is survived by five children, Charles Bostian, Mrs. Dora Treas, Mrs. Carrie Toolan, Roy Bostian and Mrs. Tillie Zeigler all of Sunbury, 31 grandchildren and one sister.
Mrs Clara Mckinney of Detroit Mich.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Dornsife Funeral Home. Rev. J.M. Janson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be made in the West Side Cemetery. Remains may be viewed any time Monday evening and Tuesday until the time of funeral at the Dornsife Funeral Home.

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Death certificate for Ellen Jane Helt Bostian. Parents list the father as John Healt and the mother as Mary. Esther Landau is not a Raker, but a Landau. Her husband is Gideon Landau who died in 1887. Esther Landau died in 1889, having remained a widow of Gideon Landau.

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Dora Mae Bostian Treas

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