John Emory Fleck ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: L4MJ-L99.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded Joseph Fleck, 45, living with wife Sarah, 30; and son John, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1900 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded Joseph Fleck, farmer, 65, born May 1835, , living with wife Sarah, 54, Sep 1845; and son John E., farm laborer, 26, Feb 1874. Sarah had been married for 20 years to Joseph and she had given birth to one child, still alive in 1900. [Note: John E.'s mother was Lydia Beecher who died soon after his birth.].

3. Cause of Death: hypostatic pneumonia, cardiac decompensation, senile dementia, 4 Apr 1946, Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ⁴

4. Obituary: Gettysburg Times: obituary of John E. Fleck on 4 Apr 1946 in Gettysburg, Adams, PA. ³ John E. Fleck, 72, died at his home, Gettysburg R. 3, at 10 o'clock this morning from a complication of diseases. He had been in failing health for 10 years, was unable to work for eight years and was practically helpless for three years.

He was born and always resided in the house in which he died. He was the last survivor of the family of the late Joseph and Lydia (Beecher) Fleck. Mr. Fleck was a farmer all his life. He was a member of Arendtsville Reformed church.

Surviving is his widow, the former Miss Blanche thomas, with who he observed his 28th wedding anniversary last June.

Funeral services Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Bender funeral home conducted by the Rev. Nevin Frantz. Interment in Everygreen cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday evening after 7 o'clock.

5. Occupation: farmer on 4 Apr 1946 in Butler Twp., Adams, PA. ⁴

John married Blanche May Thoman, daughter of Rudolph Franklin Thoman and Mary Grace Slentz, on 26 Jun 1917 in Arendtsville, Adams, PA.¹ (Blanche May Thoman was born on 23 Dec 1879 in Straban Twp., Adams, PA,^{1 5 6} died on 24 Sep 1968 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA ^{6 9} and was buried in Gettysburg: Evergreen Cemetery, Adams, PA ⁶.)