World War II – Charles E. Ziegler – Killed in Action
A portrait of Sgt. Charles E. Zeigler which appeared in a local newspaper at the time he was reported missing. An article with the photograph told the following: Sgt. Charles […]
World War II – Freeman E. Bordner – Killed in Action, 1945
LENKERVILLE SOLDIER REPORTED KILLED Mr. and Mrs. Earl G. Bordner of Lenkerville, have been advised by the War Department that their son, Sergeant Freeman E. Bordner, 26, has been reported […]
Hannah Rebecca [Michael] Daniels (1892-1951)
HANNAH DANIELS DIED 26 MAY 1951 Hannah Rebecca Daniels, 58, died 26 May 1951 in Gratz at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Rothermel. She was born in Jackson […]
Mary M. Albright (1899-1944) – Women’s Army Corps, World War II
FUNERAL YESTERDAY FOR WAC MEMBER Pvt. Mary M. Albright, age 44 years, formerly of Halifax, died in the Will Rogers Air Field Hospital, Oklahoma City, on Friday. Private Albright, who […]
Raymond B. Hoffman (1925-1944) – Killed in Air Crash in Nevada
FUNERAL FOR HALIFAX AIR CRASH VICTIM Funeral services for Pfc. Raymond B. Hoffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Hoffman Sr., of Halifax, R.D., who was killed in an […]
Jacob W. Brightbill (1886-1947)
JACOB W. BRIGHTBILL Jacob W. Brightbill, age 60 years, Millersburg merchant, died at his home at that place 29 October 1947. Mr. Brightbill became ill while attending a meeting in […]
World War II – Robert A. Miller – Missing in Action
LYKENS AIRMAN REPORTED MISSING Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Miller of Lykens have been advised by the War Department that their son, Staff Sergeant Robert A. Miller, U. S. Army Air […]
Rev. John C. Augustus Bergner (1806-1860)
Rev. John C. Augustus Bergner – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley Rev. Bergner was born on 28 March 1806, in Thaldorf, Schwarzburg Rudelstadt, Germany. He came to America in […]