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Gehret, William Charles

Gehret, William Charles[1, 2, 3]

Male 1916 - 1970  (53 years)

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  • Name Gehret, William Charles 
    Birth 6 Mar 1916  Snow Shoe, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Cemetery Mount Zion Cemetery, North Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mount Zion Cemetery 
    Address:
    Mount Zion Cemetery 
    Residence 1920  Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Marital Status: Single; Relationship: Son 
    Residence 1930  Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Residence 1935  Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Ridley Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Death 22 Jan 1970  Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Pottstown Memorial Medical Center 
    Obituary 24 Jan 1970  Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Delaware County Daily Times 
    • William C. Gehret, 53 of Laurelwood Road, Pottstown, formerly of Ridley Township, died Thursday in the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, North, after an illness of two weeks. Born in Snow Shoe, Mr. Gehret moved to Folsom with his parents when he was four years old, where he lived until moving to Pottstown 10 years ago. He was a graduate of Ridley Park High School and a veteran of World War II. He was employed 18 years as a plant accountant with Scott Paper Co. and for 10 years was transportation manager for Mrs. Smith Pies Co. until last May when he became assistant transportation manager for Mrs’s Paul’s Kitchens of Philadelphia. Before his employment with Scott’s he was a teller at the former Interboro Bank in Norwood. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Pottstown, where he was a deacon, a former chairman of its trustee board and a former Sunday School teacher. He was a past president of the Toastmaster’s Association of Pottstown, a member of the Kiwanis Club, the Gideon International Bible Association, a member and past chairman of the Owen J. Roberts Citizens Committee of Chester County and a member of the Independent Order of Foresters of Detroit, Mich. He is survived by his widow, the former Ruth Garling; tow daughters, Myra and Nancy Gehret, both at home; his mother, Mrs. Lulu Gehret of Howard and a brother, Edwin of Ridley Township. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, King and Charlotte Sts., Pottstown. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Chester County. Calling hours will be 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Wilson Funeral Home, 711 N. Franklin St., Pottstown.
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    _UID 418C23E5D3634A83B5D482E41B4FF680A72C 
    Burial North Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Mount Zion Cemetery 
    Oldest Known Ancestors
    Paternal Line: Harry David Gehret,   b. Abt 1866, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN
    Maternal Line: Susannah Ziegler,   b. 13 Jan 1806, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1883, Jacksonville, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I3578  Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2019 

    Father Gehret, Joseph Leslie,   b. 26 Oct 1890, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1960, Folsom, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Holter, Lulu Jane,   b. 9 Aug 1890, Howard, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1976, Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 4 Apr 1915  [4, 5
    Family ID F1197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Garling, Ruth,   b. 1918   d. 2007 (Age 89 years) 
    Family ID F3168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2019