Mary Emma Saylor
(1887-1975)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Abraham Wanger Sr.

Mary Emma Saylor 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 1 Apr 1887, Ringing Hills, Montgomery, PA 2 5
  • Christened: 11 Jun 1887, New Hanover Twp.: New Hanover Lutheran Church, Montgomery, PA 5
  • Marriage (1): John Abraham Wanger Sr. on 16 Oct 1913
  • Died: 12 Nov 1975, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA at age 88 4
  • Buried: 15 Nov 1975, Pottstown: Edgewood Cemetery, Montgomery, PA 4

   FamilySearch ID: 9VHM-LW3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Stroudsburg, Monroe, PA. 2 The 1920 census recorded renting at 205 Wallace Street: John A. Wanger, occupation makes gas, 29, living with wife Mary, 31; son Paul, 5; daughter Louisa A., 5; son George F., 1, and son John A. 1 month. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Obituary: Pottstown Mercury: obituary of Mary E. Wanger on 13 Nov 1975 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. 4 Mrs. Mary E. Wanger, 88, widow of John Wanger, 20 1st Ave., Lower Pottsgrove, died yesterday morning on arrival at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
Born in Lower Pottsgrove, Mrs. Wanger was a daughter of Adam and Rosa (Schneider) Saylor. She was a member of St. James Lutheran Church and of the church's women's group.
She is survived by two sons, George F., 145 1st Ave. and John A., 36 1st Ave. and two daughters, Pauline, wife of Dr.; Philip Rettew, Reading, and Louise, wife of Donal Fegley, Cleveland, Ohio.
She is also survived by one brother and two sisters, Elmer Saylor, 71 N. Roland Ave., Susan, wife of Frederick Emery, Spring City, and Mrs. Martha Ludwick, Coventry East Apts., North Coventry Township.
Mrs. Wanger has seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Schumacher and Reber Funeral Home, 355 King St. Officiating will be the Rev. Edward S. Horn, pastor of St. James Lutheran Church. Interment will be in Edgewood Cemetery.
A viewing will be Friday, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.


Mary married John Abraham Wanger Sr. on 16 Oct 1913. (John Abraham Wanger Sr. was born on 31 Jul 1890 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA,2 6 died on 5 Feb 1959 in Upper Providence Twp., Montgomery, PA 6 and was buried on 7 Feb 1959 in North Coventry Twp.: Mount Zion Cemetery, Chester, PA 6.)


Sources


1 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 8 Mar 1948, page 6. Engagement of Margaret M. Tyson and George F. Wanger.

2 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1603; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 63; Image: 1073.

3 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 6 Oct 2014, obituary of John Abraham Wanger Jr., d. 4 Oct 2014, son of John A. Wanger Sr. and Mary E. Saylor. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pottsmerc/obituary.aspx?pid=172699310.

4 Pottstown Mercury (Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), 13 Nov 1975, page 2. Obituary of Mary E. Wanger.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 667. PA > Montgomery > New Hanover > New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970 (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 16171. John A. Wanger. Father George F. P. Wanger. Mother M. Ada Grubb. Spouse Mary Wanger.



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