Emma Strunk
(1848-1920)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Herman R. Fisher

Emma Strunk 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 15 Sep 1848, , , Pennsylvania, USA 4
  • Marriage (1): Herman R. Fisher
  • Died: 13 Nov 1920, West Reading, Berks, PA at age 72 4 5
  • Buried: 17 Nov 1920, Reading: Aulenbach's Cemetery, Berks, PA 4

   FamilySearch ID: L6YT-DWL.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Lower Alsace Twp., Berks, PA. 2 The 1900 census recorded Herman Fisher, laborer pipe mill, 54, Apr 1846, living with wife Emma, 50, Sep 1850; Alva, topper hosiery mill, 19, Jul 1881; Carrie M., topper hosiery mill, 17, May 1883; Frank, laborer hardware works, 16, Nov 1884; Willia, 10, Nov 1890; and Elsie, 7, Aug 1893. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Cause of Death: chronic valvular heart disease, chronic intestitial nephritis, 13 Nov 1920, West Reading, Berks, PA. 4

3. Residence: 20 Cherry St., West Reading PA on 13 Nov 1920 in West Reading, Berks, PA. 4

4. Obituary: Reading Times: Obituary of Mrs. Emma Fisher on 15 Nov 1920 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 5 Mrs. Emma, widow of Herman Fisher, died of dropsy at 9:30 Saturday evening at the residence of her son-in-law, Ivin D. Beecher, 20 Cherry street, West Reading. She was aged 72 years, 1 month and 28 days. Mrs. Fisher was in ill health the past 18 months.
The following daughters survive: Alva, wife of Irvin D. Beecher; Alice, wife of William Drupp, Lancaster; Annie, wife of Osaac Shell and Mary, wife of Edwin Kelm the latter two of Detroit, Mich.; Maggie, wife of Edwin Kochel; Carrie, wife of Edwin H. Adams, both of Reading, and Elsie Fisher, West Reading. Mrs. Fischer was the last of her immediate family. There are also surviving 14 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. She was a member of the Trinity Reformed congregation, Mt. Penn.
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Emma married Herman R. Fisher. (Herman R. Fisher was born on 2 Apr 1846 in Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA,2 6 died on 14 Feb 1919 in Mount Penn, Berks, PA 6 and was buried in Reading: Aulenbach's Cemetery, Berks, PA 6.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFMW-6VS Irvin Beechert and Tamie Fisher, 1902.

2 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3M2-W8M Alva Fisher in entry for Herman Fisher, 1900.

3 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.), Death Certificate 11721. Alva Beecher. Father Herman Fisher. Mother Emma Strunk.

4 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.), Death Certificate 119783. Emma Fisher. Father ? Strunk.

5 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 15 Nov 1920, page 2. Obituary of Mrs. Emma Fisher.

6 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100422109.



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