Hanover – Mrs. Elma Janette Peterman, 64, wife of Jacob E. Peterman, Hanover RD 2, Penn Township, died yesterday at 3:10 a.m. at Hanover General Hospital after an illness of several years.
A daughter of the late Oliver and Elizabeth Hale Runk, she was a member of Hanover Gospel Tabernacle and Sunday school. Her first husband, Silas S. Smith, died in 1918.
Surviving in addition to her second husband are: Four children by her first marriage, Mrs. Florence Toot, 812 Baltimore Street; Norman Smith, Branchville, N.J.; Mrs. Viola Clouser, rear 201 East Chestnut Street, and Wilford Smith, 529 York Street; four children by her second marriage, Burnell Peterman, Harrisburg; Mrs. Arlene Gehling, Mt. Vernon Avenue; Levere Peterman, 409 Eagle Avenue, and Mrs. Marian Auchey, Hanover RD 1; 20 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, one brother, William Runk, Spring Grove RD 3, and five sisters, Mrs. Resh Wildasin, Brodbeck; Mrs. Arthur Feltch, Allegheny Avenue; Mrs. Cora Trish, Hanover RD 2; Mrs. Paul Louey, 640 East Middle Street, and Mrs. Clarence Wright, North Street.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Hanover Gospel Tabernacle. Revs. J. Austin Cline and Ralph Rudisill will officiate. Interment will be in Black Rock Cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of the Bucher Funeral Home, Frederick Street.
Hanover – Mrs. Elma Janette Peterman, 64, wife of Jacob E. Peterman, Hanover RD 2, Penn Township, died yesterday at 3:10 a.m. at Hanover General Hospital after an illness of several years.
A daughter of the late Oliver and Elizabeth Hale Runk, she was a member of Hanover Gospel Tabernacle and Sunday school. Her first husband, Silas S. Smith, died in 1918.
Surviving in addition to her second husband are: Four children by her first marriage, Mrs. Florence Toot, 812 Baltimore Street; Norman Smith, Branchville, N.J.; Mrs. Viola Clouser, rear 201 East Chestnut Street, and Wilford Smith, 529 York Street; four children by her second marriage, Burnell Peterman, Harrisburg; Mrs. Arlene Gehling, Mt. Vernon Avenue; Levere Peterman, 409 Eagle Avenue, and Mrs. Marian Auchey, Hanover RD 1; 20 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, one brother, William Runk, Spring Grove RD 3, and five sisters, Mrs. Resh Wildasin, Brodbeck; Mrs. Arthur Feltch, Allegheny Avenue; Mrs. Cora Trish, Hanover RD 2; Mrs. Paul Louey, 640 East Middle Street, and Mrs. Clarence Wright, North Street.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Hanover Gospel Tabernacle. Revs. J. Austin Cline and Ralph Rudisill will officiate. Interment will be in Black Rock Cemetery. Arrangements are in charge of the Bucher Funeral Home, Frederick Street.
Family Members
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William Oliver Runk
1881–1963
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Minnie May Runk Arthur
1883–1944
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Laura Elizabeth Runk Wildasin
1885–1959
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Daisy Lucinda Runk Danner
1887–1931
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Esther Jane Runk Feltch
1888–1967
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Cora Ann Runk Markle
1890–1965
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Curvin Edmund Hale Runk
1896–1918
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Harvey Hale Runk
1899–1958
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Bertha Joanna Runk Louey
1902–1992
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Agnes Naomi Runk Wright
1905–1971
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Florence Leona Smith Toot
1911–1986
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Norman Sylvester Smith
1913–2001
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Viola Mae Smith Clouser
1915–1983
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Wilford Woodrow Smith
1917–1996
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Bernell Jacob Peterman
1920–1992
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Arlean Romaine Peterman Gehling
1922–1989
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Levere Ervin Peterman
1924–1987
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Martha L. Peterman
1927–1949
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Marian Irene Peterman Auchey
1937–2023
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