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He was educated in the public schools, but when sixteen years of age was drowned while swimming in the Swatara Creek near Middletown. The tragedy ".....filled the town with sorrow and cast a deep gloom over the various activities in which he took an active interest. He was a leader in high school activities. He had the making of a fine business man and a leader in the community. At the early age of sixteen and a half he has been taken from time into eternity......" [History of the Gerberich Family in America, 1925]
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Researcher for this family: GerbLady
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He was educated in the public schools, but when sixteen years of age was drowned while swimming in the Swatara Creek near Middletown. The tragedy ".....filled the town with sorrow and cast a deep gloom over the various activities in which he took an active interest. He was a leader in high school activities. He had the making of a fine business man and a leader in the community. At the early age of sixteen and a half he has been taken from time into eternity......" [History of the Gerberich Family in America, 1925]
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Researcher for this family: GerbLady
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