OBITUARY :
JONATHAN ARTHUR "DYNAMITE" FLOHR, 92, a resident of Franklin County Nursing Home, and formerly of 216 W. Fourth St., Waynesboro, Pa., died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at the nursing home.
Born July 25, 1905, near Zullinger, Pa., he was the son of the late Daniel S. and Mary Susan Bare Flohr.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lena Mae Wingert Flohr, in 1952. They were married Jan. 1, 1933.
In his early years, he was employed on a farm in Franklin County. He later worked at Stone Quarry in Greencastle, Pa., and then at Frick Co., Waynesboro. Prior to retiring in 1970, he was a forklift operator at Landis Machine Co., Waynesboro.
He was a life member of Mechanics Steam Fire Engine and Hose Co. 1, Waynesboro; and a life member of Order of the Owls Nest 1073, Waynesboro, where he was the oldest member.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy M. Grove Flohr, whom he married Dec. 31, 1955; a daughter, Kathryn M. Bennett of Waynesboro, Pa.; a stepdaughter, Mildred Swartz of Baltimore; a sister, Daisy Knepper of Chambersburg; two granddaughters; five great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Judy Bennett, in 1968; and four sisters, Helen Wisler, Olive Eigenbrode, Isabelle Flohr and Ada Elizabeth Flohr.
Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grove Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro. Pastor Stuart Troutman will officiate. Burial will be in Price's Church Cemetery, Washington Township, near Waynesboro.
The family will receive friends Saturday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Franklin County Nursing Home, 201 Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg, Pa. 17201.
Source : The Herald Mail Newspaper - Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland - Thursday, April 9, 1998
JONATHAN ARTHUR "DYNAMITE" FLOHR, 92, a resident of Franklin County Nursing Home, and formerly of 216 W. Fourth St., Waynesboro, Pa., died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at the nursing home.
Born July 25, 1905, near Zullinger, Pa., he was the son of the late Daniel S. and Mary Susan Bare Flohr.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lena Mae Wingert Flohr, in 1952. They were married Jan. 1, 1933.
In his early years, he was employed on a farm in Franklin County. He later worked at Stone Quarry in Greencastle, Pa., and then at Frick Co., Waynesboro. Prior to retiring in 1970, he was a forklift operator at Landis Machine Co., Waynesboro.
He was a life member of Mechanics Steam Fire Engine and Hose Co. 1, Waynesboro; and a life member of Order of the Owls Nest 1073, Waynesboro, where he was the oldest member.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy M. Grove Flohr, whom he married Dec. 31, 1955; a daughter, Kathryn M. Bennett of Waynesboro, Pa.; a stepdaughter, Mildred Swartz of Baltimore; a sister, Daisy Knepper of Chambersburg; two granddaughters; five great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Judy Bennett, in 1968; and four sisters, Helen Wisler, Olive Eigenbrode, Isabelle Flohr and Ada Elizabeth Flohr.
Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grove Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro. Pastor Stuart Troutman will officiate. Burial will be in Price's Church Cemetery, Washington Township, near Waynesboro.
The family will receive friends Saturday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Franklin County Nursing Home, 201 Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg, Pa. 17201.
Source : The Herald Mail Newspaper - Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland - Thursday, April 9, 1998
OBITUARY :
JONATHAN ARTHUR "DYNAMITE" FLOHR, 92, a resident of Franklin County Nursing Home, and formerly of 216 W. Fourth St., Waynesboro, Pa., died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at the nursing home.
Born July 25, 1905, near Zullinger, Pa., he was the son of the late Daniel S. and Mary Susan Bare Flohr.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lena Mae Wingert Flohr, in 1952. They were married Jan. 1, 1933.
In his early years, he was employed on a farm in Franklin County. He later worked at Stone Quarry in Greencastle, Pa., and then at Frick Co., Waynesboro. Prior to retiring in 1970, he was a forklift operator at Landis Machine Co., Waynesboro.
He was a life member of Mechanics Steam Fire Engine and Hose Co. 1, Waynesboro; and a life member of Order of the Owls Nest 1073, Waynesboro, where he was the oldest member.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy M. Grove Flohr, whom he married Dec. 31, 1955; a daughter, Kathryn M. Bennett of Waynesboro, Pa.; a stepdaughter, Mildred Swartz of Baltimore; a sister, Daisy Knepper of Chambersburg; two granddaughters; five great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Judy Bennett, in 1968; and four sisters, Helen Wisler, Olive Eigenbrode, Isabelle Flohr and Ada Elizabeth Flohr.
Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grove Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro. Pastor Stuart Troutman will officiate. Burial will be in Price's Church Cemetery, Washington Township, near Waynesboro.
The family will receive friends Saturday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Franklin County Nursing Home, 201 Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg, Pa. 17201.
Source : The Herald Mail Newspaper - Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland - Thursday, April 9, 1998
JONATHAN ARTHUR "DYNAMITE" FLOHR, 92, a resident of Franklin County Nursing Home, and formerly of 216 W. Fourth St., Waynesboro, Pa., died Tuesday, April 7, 1998, at the nursing home.
Born July 25, 1905, near Zullinger, Pa., he was the son of the late Daniel S. and Mary Susan Bare Flohr.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Lena Mae Wingert Flohr, in 1952. They were married Jan. 1, 1933.
In his early years, he was employed on a farm in Franklin County. He later worked at Stone Quarry in Greencastle, Pa., and then at Frick Co., Waynesboro. Prior to retiring in 1970, he was a forklift operator at Landis Machine Co., Waynesboro.
He was a life member of Mechanics Steam Fire Engine and Hose Co. 1, Waynesboro; and a life member of Order of the Owls Nest 1073, Waynesboro, where he was the oldest member.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy M. Grove Flohr, whom he married Dec. 31, 1955; a daughter, Kathryn M. Bennett of Waynesboro, Pa.; a stepdaughter, Mildred Swartz of Baltimore; a sister, Daisy Knepper of Chambersburg; two granddaughters; five great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Judy Bennett, in 1968; and four sisters, Helen Wisler, Olive Eigenbrode, Isabelle Flohr and Ada Elizabeth Flohr.
Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grove Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro. Pastor Stuart Troutman will officiate. Burial will be in Price's Church Cemetery, Washington Township, near Waynesboro.
The family will receive friends Saturday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Franklin County Nursing Home, 201 Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg, Pa. 17201.
Source : The Herald Mail Newspaper - Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland - Thursday, April 9, 1998
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