George M. Bicher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10}

   FamilySearch ID: 9C6N-5SM.

  Christening Notes:

Sponsor was Sadie M. Spangler.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in S. Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. ³ Living on Richland Street in 1910 is Morris Bicher, laborer in a road yard, age 36, living with his wife, Emma, age 36. They had been married 12 years and had five children, all still living in 1910. With them is Edna, age 11; Anna J., 8; ?illis Marie, 6; George, 4; Henry F., 1/2?; and Lucy, mother, 75, widow who had four children with one still living in 1910, obviously Morris.

2. Census in 1920 in Jackson Twp., Lebanon, PA. ⁵ Renting at 35 W Maine Ave was Morris H. Bicher, teamster in baker shop, 42; wife Emma, 43; Anna J., laborer in shirt factory, 17; Phyllis M., 15; George M., 13; Henry J., 11; and Morris T., 7. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: on 27 Sep 1927 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁷

4. Census in 1930 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁴ The 1930 census recorded at 27 E. Main Avenue: Morris H. Bicher, teamster in brickery, widowed, 56, living with daughter Edna M., laborer in shirt factory, 30; sons George M., clerk textile work, 22; Henry J., truck driver pretzel stick factory, 20; and Morris, 17.

5. Military from 1931 to 1945 in , , PA: U.S. Army, Co. C., 31st Division. ⁹

6. Newspaper: Lancaster New Era: Myerstown Man Held, 13 May 1937, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹⁵ George Bicher, 27 East Main street, Myerstown, is being held by Lebanon police on charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident following a collision with a parked car at 3 A. M. today. Police said Bicher's car crashed into a parked car belonging to Tony Parise, Reading. Mrs. Catherine Nugent, 241 1/2 Cumberland street, Lebanon, an occupant of the parked car, suffered cuts of the head and face. She was treated at Good Smaritan hospital, Lebanon.

7. Census in 1940 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁶ The 1940 census recorded Morris Bicher, 64, living with son George, 34; Henry, 31; Morris S., 27; son-in-law Allen Bamberger, 45; daughter Edna Bamberger, 40; granddaughter Lucy May Bamberger, 7; and grandson Allen M. Bamberger, 3. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

8. Military from 8 Jan 1942 to 24 Oct 1945 in , , PA: World War II: Co. C, 31st Engineers, Sargeant. ^{8 11}

9. Residence: 27 E. Main St., Myerstown, PA on 8 Jan 1942 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. ⁸

10. Newspaper: The Daily News, 25 Oct 1945, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁷ ENDS 54 MONTHS DUTY WITH STAFF SGT. RANK
Staff Sergeant George Bicher has received an honorable discharge from the U. S. Army through the Separation Center, Indiantown Gap. He is the son of Morris Bicher, Sr., 27 East Main Street, Myerstown, and has been in the service for fifty-four months.
He trained at Camp Wheeler, Ga. White overseas he served in Austria. His brother, Henry Bicher, was also recently discharged.

11. Census in 1950 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA. ¹⁸ The 1950 census recorded at 224 E. High Street: George M. Bicher, salesman for nursery, 43, living with wife Emma U. Bicher, elementary school teacher, 46, and his mother-in-law Annie J. Wilhelm, 76. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

12. Residence: 224 E. High St., Womelsdorf, PA on 18 Jan 1950 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA. ⁸

13. Residence: on 2 Dec 1952 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA. ¹⁹

14. Residence: 505 W. Franklin St., Womelsdorf, PA on 4 Apr 1967 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA. ²⁰

15. Residence: on 14 Oct 1967 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA. ²¹

16. Residence: on 13 Oct 1969 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA. ¹⁰

17. Obituary: Lebanon Daily News: obituary of George M. Bicher on 9 Aug 1975 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁹ George M. Bicher, husband of the late Emma Wilhelm Bicher who died in 1967, died yesterday in the C. H. Mengel Health Care Center, Myerstown, were he had been residing. He was 69.
Born in Myerstown, he was a son of the late Morris H. and C. Emma Spangler Bicher. He was retired from Farr's Nursey, Womelsdorf, where he had worked for 30 years as a landscape architect. He was a member of Zion United Church of Christ, Womelsdorf; Elks Lodge of Lebanon; American Legion Post 55, Myerstown; the Goodwill Fire Co., Myerstown; the Cleona Fire Co., and the Karko Fishing Club, Myerstown.
He served in the US Army from 1931 to 1945 in the Engineering Co. C. 31st Division. He served in the European and African Theatre as a staff sargeant.
He is survived by a sister, Phyllis Barrett, Arcadia, Calif., and several neices and nephews.

18. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Funeral of George M. Bicher, 12 Aug 1975, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹³ Services were held this afternoon in the Kercher Funeral Home, Mystertown, for George M. Bicher, husband of the late Emma Wilhelm Bicher, Evangelical Congregational Retirement Village, Myerstown. The Rev. Harry Ferio and the Rev. Kenneth Texter officiated.
Interment was in the Womelsdorf Cemetery. Pallbearers were Thomas Wilhelm, J. Ray Bickel, Allen M. Bomberger and Glen and Jack Bicher.

George married Emma Unger Wilhelm, daughter of Thomas Morgan Wilhelm and Annie J. Unger. (Emma Unger Wilhelm was born on 21 Dec 1903 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA,^{20 22 23} died on 4 Apr 1967 in Womelsdorf, Berks, PA ^{20 22 23} and was buried on 6 Apr 1967 in Womelsdorf: Union Cemetery, Berks, PA ^{20 22}.)

George next married Sally Ella Kreider, daughter of Irvin K. Kreider and Lizzie S. Krall, on 13 Nov 1969 in , Lancaster, PA.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce on 19 Jan 1973. (Sally Ella Kreider was born on 26 Jul 1916 in S. Lebanon Twp., Lebanon, PA,^{24 25} died on 20 Jun 2000 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA ^{24 25} and was buried in Cornwall Twp.: Cornwall Cemetery, Lebanon, PA ²⁵.)