Earl E. Kercher ^{2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: L1VX-YVB.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: on 8 Dec 1929 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ²

2. Newspaper: Daily News: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kercher Observe 29th Anniversary, 31 Oct 1954, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹ Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kercher, of Lebanon Route 2 are receiving congratulations today on the occasion of their 29th wedding anniversary. The Kerchers were married by the late Rev. I. Calvin Fisher in St. Mark's Evangelical and Reformed Churcn. Mrs. Kercher is the former Rhoda Smith. They are the parents ol six children and have nine grandchildren. Their children are: Chester, Glenn, Doris (Mrs. Paul Wise), Donald, all of Lebanon; Fred, of Newport News, Va.; and Shirley (Mrs. Thomas Daub) of Campbelltown. Their son, Donald Kercher, will be married this afternoon in the Calvary Evangelical and Reformed Chapel to Miss Margaret Mitchell.

3. Obituary: Daily News: obituary of Earl E. Kercher on 15 Dec 1965 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ³ Earl E. Kercher, 59, 692 Cherry St., died at 7 o'clock this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital, where he had been admitted a few hours earlier. Born in Lebanon, he was a son of the late Samuel and Elmira Weirich Kercher. An employe of Foodland, he was a member of Calvary United Church of Christ and the Rural Security, Indepentent, Liberty and Good Will Fire companies. In addition to his wife, the former Rhoda Smith, he is survived by the following children: Chester E., Lebanon; Doris, wife of Paul Wise, Lebanon; Glenn R., Lebanon; Frederick S., Hampton, Va.; Donald S., Lebanon; and Shirley, wife of Thomas Daub, Campbelltown. A brother, Norman, Lebanon, and 19 grandchildren also survive.

Earl married Rhoda Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Calvin Abram Smith and Gertrude Elizabeth Brenner, on 31 Oct 1925 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA.¹ (Rhoda Elizabeth Smith was born on 19 Sep 1907 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA,^{5 6} died on 6 Dec 1996 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ⁶ and was buried on 9 Dec 1996 in North Lebanon Twp.: Kimmerling's Reformed Church (St. Jacob's), Lebanon, PA ⁶.)