Hiram J. Rhoads
Sallie A. Moyer
Lewis Hiram Rhoads
(1892-1976)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Anna Emily Meinel

Lewis Hiram Rhoads 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 24 Oct 1892, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 1 4
  • Marriage (1): Anna Emily Meinel on 3 Jan 1916 in York, York, PA 1
  • Died: 10 May 1976, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS at age 83 5
  • Buried: Wichita, Sedgwick, KS 5

   FamilySearch ID: L486-DB7.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: on 4 Jan 1916 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 3

2. Military from 20 Sep 1917 to 12 Dec 1918 in York, York, PA: WWI : 13 Tng Bn 154 Dep Brig to Oct 3/17; Co H 316 Inf to Jul 6/18; Co 2 Dev Bn 154 Dep Brig to disch. Corp Aug 16/18.

3. Residence: on 13 Jan 1921 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 2

4. Census in 1930 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 6 The 1930 census recorded owning a $6500 home at 956 N. 11th Street: Lewis H. Rhoads, machinist in auto body works, 37, living with wife Anna E., 39, and daughter Dorothy E. Straub, cigar marker in cigar factory, 20. They and their parents were all born in Pennsylvania, except Anna's father in Connecticut.

5. Residence: 956 N 11th St., Reading, PA on 7 Mar 1934 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 4

6. Census in 1940 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 946 N. 11th Street: Lewis Rhoads, plumber helper for school board, 48, living with wife Anna, 49. They were born in Pennsylvania and lived in the same house in 1935.

7. Census in 1950 in Camden, Camden, NJ. 7 The 1950 census recorded Lewis Rhodes, machinist in machine shop, 58, married, living as a lodger in the home of 75-year-old widow Anna Hertz. He was born in Pennsylvania.

8. Obituary: Reading Eagle: Obituary of Dorothy Staub Heffelfinger on 16 Apr 2006 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 8 Dorothy Heffelfinger, owned city craft shop
Dorothy E. Heffelfinger, 96, a former city resident and craft store owner, died April 14 at 10:45 a.m. in Mifflin Center, Cumru Township, where she had been a resident since July 7, 2005. Her husband, W. Jack Heffelfinger, died Dec. 19, 1991.
Born in York, she was a daughter of the late Jay W. and Anna E. (Minel) Staub.
Heffelfinger was owner-operator of The Arts & Crafts Shop of Reading from 1953 until her retirement in 1994. She was also president of Heffelfinger's Arts and Crafts Inc. from 1976-94.
During her working career, Heffelfinger also was employed as a department manager by S. S. Kresge's; a master cigar wrapper by Eisenloah and Yocum Brothers; a lens inspec- tor by Willson Safety Products Inc.; and a technical paint consultant by Devoe Reynolds Inc.
She was a member of Holy Spirit Evangelical Lutheran Church, Reading.
Surviving is a son, Jack W., Reading.
Services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. in Gallman-Sonoski Funeral Home Inc., Temple. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton.


Lewis married Anna Emily Meinel, daughter of Harry George Meinel and Keziah Alverta Beecher, on 3 Jan 1916 in York, York, PA.1 (Anna Emily Meinel was born on 28 Jan 1891 in Seven Valleys, York, PA 9 10, christened on 26 Mar 1894 in Glen Rock: Emmanuel United Methodist Church, York, PA 10 and died on 8 Oct 1978 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3C-NZF Lewis H. Rhoads and Annie E. Meinel, 1916.

2 York County History Center (250 E Market St, York, PA 17403 https://www.yorkhistorycenter.org/), Newspaper obituary for Mrs. Keziah A. Meinel dated 14 Jan 1921, name of newspaper for clipping not cited, found in library's Beecher surname file.

3 The York Daily (York, PA), 4 Jan 1916, page 7. Rhoads-Meinel Wedding.

4 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, WWI Veterans Service and Compensation Files, 1917-1919, 1934-1948 (World War I Veterans Service and Compensation File, 1934–1948. RG 19, Series 19.91. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg Pennsylvania), Lewis H. Rhoads, SN 1787170. Application 246827 image 567 of 3908.

5 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50403125.

6 1930 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZG-ZZQ Lewis Rhoads Reading PA.

7 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F9G-7T5Z Lewis Rhodes Camden NJ.

8 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 16 Apr 2006, page B8, Obituary of Dorothy Staub Heffelfinger.

9 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3H4-TVN Henry Minel, York city Ward 4, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 190, sheet 5A, family 105.

10 Pennsylvania, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (Ancestry.com. Original data: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania.), Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records; Reel: 301. Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Glen Rock, PA.



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