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Frank Elias Helmer

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Frank Elias Helmer

Birth
Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1 Dec 1956 (aged 73)
Burial
Christmans, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The Sunday Call, Allentown PA
December 3, 1956 Page 54
Frank Helmer, Penn Forest, died unexpectedly yesterday morning in Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, Lehighton, where he had been a patient for the last week and died from a stroke at the age of 73. A native and life-long resident of Penn Forest, he was a son of the late Charles and Elvina Jane (Flickinger) Helmer. He married Sadie Florence Dotter on August 4, 1917 in East Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, PA.
He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Christmans, and was a retired employee of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Surviving are his wife, the former Sadie Dotter, Hazleton; five daughters, Mrs. Irma Schlegel, Catasauqua; Mrs. Althea Beers and Mrs. Edith Butz, Allentown; Mrs. Myrtle Ross, Weissport; Mrs. June Snyder, Jim Thorpe; three sons, Albert, Jim Thorpe, and Martin and Gordon, both of Lehighton; a brother, Henry, Penn Forest; and 17 grandchildren. Nathan Melber, Jim Thorpe, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
The Sunday Call, Allentown PA
December 3, 1956 Page 54
Frank Helmer, Penn Forest, died unexpectedly yesterday morning in Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital, Lehighton, where he had been a patient for the last week and died from a stroke at the age of 73. A native and life-long resident of Penn Forest, he was a son of the late Charles and Elvina Jane (Flickinger) Helmer. He married Sadie Florence Dotter on August 4, 1917 in East Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, PA.
He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Christmans, and was a retired employee of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Surviving are his wife, the former Sadie Dotter, Hazleton; five daughters, Mrs. Irma Schlegel, Catasauqua; Mrs. Althea Beers and Mrs. Edith Butz, Allentown; Mrs. Myrtle Ross, Weissport; Mrs. June Snyder, Jim Thorpe; three sons, Albert, Jim Thorpe, and Martin and Gordon, both of Lehighton; a brother, Henry, Penn Forest; and 17 grandchildren. Nathan Melber, Jim Thorpe, is in charge of funeral arrangements.


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