Esther E. Bicher ^{2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L818-5CN.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ² The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 234 Summit Street: John E. Bicher, machinist hosiery mill, 32, living with wife Minerva S., 31 daughter Melva I., 10; and daughter Esther E., 8. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1930 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁵ The 1930 census recorded owning an $8000 home at 133 E. Elm Street: John Bicher, baker, 44, living with wife Minerva, 43; daughter Esther, seamer at hosiery mill, 19; and daughter Melva, seamer at hosiery mill, 21. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1940 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁶ The 1940 census recorded renting a home for $20 a month at 110 Brobst St: Clinton Flickinger, ice plant engineer, 30, living with wife Esther, 29; and daughter Nancy, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1950 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁷ The 1950 census recorded at 24 Philadelphia Avenue on the 1st floor: Clint Flickinger, refrigeration engineer at ice plant, 40, living with wife Esther, 39, and daughter Nancy, sales clerk in retail store, 16. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

5. Residence: on 30 Jun 1975 in Shillington, Berks, PA. ⁸

6. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Esther E. Flickinger on 20 Apr 2006 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁴ Esther E. Flickinger, 95, Shillington, died April 19 at 5:20 a.m. in Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center, Narvon, Lancaster County, where she had resided since Nov. 11, 2004.

Her husband, Clinton O. Flickinger, died in 1982.

Born in Mohnton, she was a daughter of the late John E. and Minerva (Glassmyer) Bicher.

Flickinger was a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ, Shillngton.

Surviving is a daughter, Nancy A. (Flickinger) Swavely, with whom she last resided.

Other survivors include four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Bean Funeral Homes Inc., Shillington. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Shillington.

Esther married Clinton O. Flickinger, son of Clinton F. Flickinger and Anna G. Oberholtzer, on 10 Oct 1931.¹ (Clinton O. Flickinger was born on 20 Dec 1909 in , Berks, PA,⁹ died in 1982 in Shillington, Berks, PA ^{4 9} and was buried in Shillington: Fairview Cemetery, Berks, PA ⁹.)