Joseph Priestly Kistner
(1869-1936)
Mary Jane Hoover
(1878-1954)
Lena Mae Kistner
(1895-1969)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. George Samuel Bucher Sr.

Lena Mae Kistner 1 2 3

  • Born: 1 Oct 1895, Northumberland, Northumberland, PA 3 4
  • Marriage (1): George Samuel Bucher Sr. on 29 Jun 1915 in Northumberland, Northumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 27 Apr 1969, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA at age 73 3
  • Buried: Stonington: Northumberland Memorial Park, Northumberland, PA 3

   FamilySearch ID: L1YF-VZ3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Public Press, 2 Jul 1915, Northumberland, Northumberland, PA. 1 Kistner-Bucher
George S. Bucher, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bucher of Duke street, and Miss Lena Maud Kistner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kistner of Water street, were married at the parsonage of the United Evangelical church by Rev. I. C. Shearer on Tuesday evening at 9:45 o'clock.
Mr. Bucher is a fireman on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The couple will reside for the present with Mr. Bucher's parents on Duke street.

2. Obituary: The Daily Item on 28 Apr 1969 in Sunbury, Northumberland, PA. 4 Mrs. Bucher, Once Of Area
Mrs. Lena Bucher, 73, a former resident of Northumberland, passed away at her home at 4013 Locust Lane, Harrisburg, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
She was born in Northumberland on Oct. 1, 1895. a daughter of the late Joseph Priestley and Mary Jane Hoover Kistner. Her husband, George Bucher, died in 1951.
Mrs. Bucher was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Northumberland and the Eagles Auxiliary, Sunbury.
Among survivors are the following children: Huston, Sunbury; William, Northumberland; George Jr., Ford City; David, Northumberland; Harry, en route from Vietnam; Mrs. Harry Renninger, and Miss Helen Bucher, Harrisburg; also 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Burk funerals home, 395 Front St., Northumberland, and will be at a time to be announced pending the arrival of her son from Vietnam. Burial will be in the Northumberland Memorial Park, Stonington.


Lena married George Samuel Bucher Sr., son of William Henry Bucher and Sarah Catharine Kelley, on 29 Jun 1915 in Northumberland, Northumberland, PA.1 (George Samuel Bucher Sr. was born on 27 Jul 1891 in Milton, Northumberland, PA,5 6 7 died on 16 Jun 1951 in Danville, Montour, PA 6 7 and was buried on 19 Jun 1951 in Stonington: Northumberland Memorial Park, Northumberland, PA 6 7.)


Sources


1 Public Press (Northumberland, PA), 2 Jul 1915, page 5.

2 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 13 Jan 2004, page 13.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52212981.

4 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 28 Apr 1969 page 4 obituary of Lena Bucher.

5 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Milton, Series: T623 Roll: 1449 Page: 269.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52212961.

7 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 18 Jun 1951 page 8.



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