JOHN E. PLANK PASSES AWAY
John E. Plank. 78, a retired farmer of Gettysburg R. 4, died this morning at 12:45 o'clock at the Warner Hospital. Two weeks ago he fractured a hip in a fall and had been a hospital patient since that time.
He was a native of Adams County and had lived here all his life. He was a son of the late Henry J. and Virginia E. (Shank) Plank. His wife, the former Tressie Meals, died May 12, 1932. Mr. Plank was a member of the Bender's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are eight children, Mrs. Edward Keefauver and Mrs. Howard Beck, Biglerville R. 1; Mrs. Roy Martin, Gettysburg R. 4; Mrs. Milford Wickline, Biglerville, R. 1; Albert, Elmer and Carol Plank, all of Gettysburg R. 4, and Lawrence Plank. Idaville. There are 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Three brothers and a sister also survive: Eugene, Hagerstown; Norman, Orrtanna; Allen, Fairfield, R. 2, and Mrs. Mary Jacobs, Baltimore.
Funeral services Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Dugan Funeral Home in Bendersville with his pastor, the Rev. Dr. Henry W. Sternat, officiating. Interment in Bender's Church Cemetry.
JOHN E. PLANK PASSES AWAY
John E. Plank. 78, a retired farmer of Gettysburg R. 4, died this morning at 12:45 o'clock at the Warner Hospital. Two weeks ago he fractured a hip in a fall and had been a hospital patient since that time.
He was a native of Adams County and had lived here all his life. He was a son of the late Henry J. and Virginia E. (Shank) Plank. His wife, the former Tressie Meals, died May 12, 1932. Mr. Plank was a member of the Bender's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are eight children, Mrs. Edward Keefauver and Mrs. Howard Beck, Biglerville R. 1; Mrs. Roy Martin, Gettysburg R. 4; Mrs. Milford Wickline, Biglerville, R. 1; Albert, Elmer and Carol Plank, all of Gettysburg R. 4, and Lawrence Plank. Idaville. There are 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Three brothers and a sister also survive: Eugene, Hagerstown; Norman, Orrtanna; Allen, Fairfield, R. 2, and Mrs. Mary Jacobs, Baltimore.
Funeral services Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Dugan Funeral Home in Bendersville with his pastor, the Rev. Dr. Henry W. Sternat, officiating. Interment in Bender's Church Cemetry.
Family Members
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May Elizabeth Plank Keefauver
1902–1994
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Alice Virginia Plank Beck
1905–1980
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Albert Jacob Plank Sr
1908–1975
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Ruth Idella Plank Martin
1910–2007
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Mary Marguerite Plank Wickline
1913–1998
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Elmer Curtis Plank
1917–2002
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Carroll Emory Plank
1919–1974
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Burnell Lloyd Plank
1922–1922
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Lawrence Edward Plank
1926–1976
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