Henry K. Bucher
(1849-1928)
Sarah Ann Bicher
(1853-1926)
Rev. Horace Laudenschlager Yeakel
(1864-1921)
Katherine Gehman Schoenly
(1863-1958)
Harry Bicher Bucher
(1890-1973)
Elizabeth M. Yeakel
(1894-1953)
Rebecca Yeakel Bucher
(1916-2002)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Wilbur Lee Glass

Rebecca Yeakel Bucher 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 23 Apr 1916, Adamstown, Lancaster, PA 3 4 6
  • Marriage (1): Wilbur Lee Glass on 9 Apr 1938 in Adamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States 1 2
  • Died: 13 Nov 2002, West Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States at age 86 1 6
  • Buried: Adamstown: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lancaster, PA

   FamilySearch ID: L6BJ-P6M.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 3 The 1930 census recorded at 180 Main Street renting a home valued at $6000: Harry B. Bucher, foreman hosiery mill, 39, living with wife Elizabeth, 36; and daughter Rebecca, 13. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Ephrata Review: Glass-Bucher Wedding, 14 Apr 1938, Ephrata, Lancaster, PA. 2 GLASS-BUCHER
The marriage of Miss Rebecca Bucher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bucher, of Adamstown, to Wilbur Glass, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glass, of Adamstown, took place last Saturday evening at 6:30 o'clock in Emmanuel E. C. Church, Adamstown. The Rev. R. D. Kriebel officiated and the members of the immediate families attended.

3. Newspaper: Intelligencer Journal: Births: Glass - Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Glass, Adamstown, a daughter in the Reading hospital at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, 22 Apr 1940, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 7

4. Newspaper: Intelligencer Journal: Births: Glass - Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Glass, Adamstown, a son in the Reading hospital Friday, 5 May 1942, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 8

5. Residence: 253 Main St. East, Adamstown, PA on 1 May 1953 in Adamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. 9

6. Residence: on 5 Feb 1973 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA. 5

7. Obituary: Lancaster New Era: obituary of Rebecca B. Glass on 15 Nov 2002 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 1 Rebecca B. Glass, 86, of The Highlands, 2000 Cambridge Ave., Wyomissing, died of natural causes Wednesday at Reading Hospital and Medical Center. Mrs. Glass was a member of Adamstown Womens Club and St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Adamstown. She was a graduate of Shillington High School. Bom in Adamstown, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Elizabeth Yeakel Bucher. She was married 64 years on April 9 to Wilbur L. Glass. Surviving, besides her husband, are a daughter, Linda Tomlinson of West Lawn; two sons, Curtis A., husband of Sandra J. Glass of Wyomissing, and Gordon L., husband of Calli Glass of Denver; four grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Henry.

8. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Rebecca B. Glass on 15 Nov 2002 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 10 Rebecca B. Glass, 86, of the Highlands at Wyomissing, formerly of Adamstown, was dead on arrival Nov. 13 at 4:10 p.m. in Reading Hospital. She was the wife of Wilbur L. Glass, also a resident of the Highlands at Wyomissing. Born in Adamstown, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Elizabeth (Yeakel) Bucher. Glass is also survived by a daughter, Linda (Glass) Tomlinson, Spring Township, and two sons, Curtis A., Wyomissing, and Gordon L., Denver, Lancaster County. Other survivors include four grandchildren and four great- grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Henry Glass. Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Adamstown. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Adamstown. The Roseboro Funeral Home, Denver, is in charge of arrangements.


Rebecca married Wilbur Lee Glass on 9 Apr 1938 in Adamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.1 2 (Wilbur Lee Glass was born on 3 Jun 1916 in Adamstown, Lancaster, PA 11 12 and died on 3 Jun 2008 in Wyomissing, Berks, PA 11 12.)


Sources


1 Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, PA), 15 Nov 2002, page 15. Obituaryof Rebecca B. Glass.

2 Ephrata Review (Ephrata, PA), 14 Apr 1938, page 2.

3 1930 United States Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Adamstown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2055; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 1005.0; FHL microfilm: 2341789.

4 The Genealogical record of the Schwenkfelder families (New York: Rand McNally & Co., 1923.), Page 549.

5 Ephrata Review (Ephrata, PA), 8 Feb 1973, page 13. Obituary of Harry B. Bucher.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263911968.

7 Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), 22 Apr 1940, page 2.

8 Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), 5 May 1942, page 2.

9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 44286 Henry Wilson Glass b. 27 Nov 1945 d. 1 May 1953 father Wilbur L. Glass mother Rebecca Y. Bucher.

10 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 15 Nov 2002, page B4 obituary of Rebecca B. Glass.

11 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249935348.

12 Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), 5 Jun 2008, page 14. Obituary of Wilbur L. Glass.



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