Individual Notes

Note for: Kathleen Yencha, 6 JUL 1963 - 26 AUG 2001 Index

Burial:
     Date:   29 AUG 2001
     Place:   St. Nicholas Cemetery, Shavertown, PA

Individual Note:
     (Have her obituary).

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Note for: Richard P. Butler, 1942 - 31 MAY 1996 Index

Individual Note:
Richard graduated from St. Nicholas High School in 1960. He was a member of the school's champion basketball team in 1959.
Graduate of King's College.

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Note for: Richard Castignoli, - Index

Individual Note:
Pat says Richard works for Polaroid.
Living in Andover, Mass.

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Note for: Richard Grieshaber, 24 MAR 1900 - 14 JUL 1993 Index

Burial:
     Date:   16 JUL 1993
     Place:   Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, Shavertown, PA

Individual Note:
     Richard and Peter came to America from Germany in 1924 per Mary Mehm Pahler. (Also Richard's obituary). They came from near Obereshack.

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Richard's Obituary: July 14, 1993 (don't know what newspaper)
     Richard Grieshaber, 93, formerly of Huntsville Road, Dallas, died Wednesday morning at Leader East Nursing and Rehab Center, Kingston.
     Born in Germany, March 24, 1900, he was the son of the late Wilhelm and Victoria Hall Grieshaber.
     He moved to the US in 1924, settling in Wilkes-Barre, where he resided for many years. He had also resided in Luzerne, prior to moving to Dallas in 1975. He was a member of St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre. He was also a member of the Knights of St. George, Branch 75; and was a former member of the St. Conrad's Young Men's Society.
     He was employed for 20 years at the former Okonite Manufacturing Company, Wilkes-Barre. Later, he and his family owned and operated the Continental Inn on the Luzerne-Dallas Highway from 1956 until his retirement in 1975.
     He was preceeded in death by his wife, the former Paula Vogel, in 1985; brothers, Nicholas, Conrad and Peter; sister, Hilda.
     Surviving are a son, Bernard, Dallas; one granddaughter; two great-grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Josephine Merkle.
     Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday from the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, Park Avenue and South Street, Wilkes-Barre, with a funeral mass at 11:30 a.m. in St. Nicholas Church.
     Interment will be in Mount Greenwood Cemetery, Shavertown.
     Friends may call from 10:30 a.m. until time of services.
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Birth Note:    Social Security records list a Richard Grieshaber born 1926, died 1984.
Is this he?

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Note for: Peter Grieshaber, - Index

Individual Note:
Came to America with his brother Richard in 1924.

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Note for: Josephine unknown, 1866 - 1945 Index

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1930 Census lists Josephine (60), living at 297 Park Ave, with daughter Elizabeth, her husband William Mehm and William's 6 sons. Both parents born Germany. Married at age 17.

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Note for: Paula Vogel, 3 DEC 1908 - JAN 1985 Index

Burial:
     Date:   8 JAN 1985
     Place:   Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, Shavertown, PA

Individual Note:
     Was living in Dallas, PA at time of death.