Henry Sensenig Bicher Sr. ^{1 2 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: LK5Y-2X5.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Ephrata Twp., Lancaster, PA. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded at 114 Murrell: Henry Bicher, farmer, 49, living with wife Lillie, 44; Emma, shirt factory, 20; Minnie, house maid, 19; Ada, 15; Jacob, 13; Mary, 11; Elsie, 8; Edna, 5. Henry Jr., 4; and Warren, 1 month. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They lived in the same place in 1935.

2. Census in 1950 in Bethel, Berks, PA. ¹¹ The 1950 census recorded Henry F. Bicher, farmer, 57, living with wife Lillie w., 52; Edna S., 15; Henry S., 15; Warren S., 10. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Newspaper: The Ephrata Review: Bicher-Stover Marriage, 31 May 1956, Ephrata, Lancaster, PA. ³ The marriage of Miss Mabel Mae Stover, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stover, 495 N. Maple street, Ephrata, to Henry S. Bicher, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bicher, Bethel R1, took place at 2 p. m. Saturday at the home of the Rev. Mahlon Zimmerman, Ephrata, who officiated. The attendants were Miss Elizabeth Stover, Ephrata, and Warren Bicher, Behtel R1. A reception followed at Akron Fire Hall. After a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and the Great Smoky Mountains, the couple will reside at Ephrata R1. The bride is employed at Waler W. Moyer Co., Ephrata, and the bridegroom is employed by Sico Co.

4. Residence: R1 Bethel, PA on 31 May 1956 in Bethel, Berks, PA. ³

5. Residence: on 18 Aug 1962 in Lititz, Lancaster, PA. ¹²

6. Newspaper: Lancaster New Era: Births: Bicher, Mr. And Mrs. Henry (Mabel Stover), Lititz R4, a duaghter, at Osteopathic Hospital, Saturday., 20 Aug 1962, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ¹²

7. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: "It's a girl for Mr. And Mrs. Henry S. Bicher of Bethel RD 1. The infant was born at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Lebanon Valley General Hospital. The mother's maiden name was Mabel M. Stover. The father is employed by Modern Concrete,., 1 Jun 1972, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹³

8. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Baby Has A Name: Joyce Elaine, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Henry S.Bicher of Bethel RD 1, 13 Jun 1972, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁴

9. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily New: Births: A boy was born to Mr. And Mrs. Henry S. Bicher of Bethel RD 1 yesterday in Lebanon Valley General Hospital. The infant arrived at 11:16 p.m. Mabel Mae Stoever was the mother's maiden name.Her husband is a self-employed carpenter, 10 Jun 1976, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁵

10. Newspaper: Lebanon Daily News: Baby Has A Name: Gerald Ray, son of Mr. And Mrs. Henry S. Bicher of Bethel RD1. Dwaine Nelson, son of Mr. And Mrs. Henry S. Bicher of Bethel RD 1., 22 Jun 1976, Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁶

11. Residence: in 1992 in Bethel Twp., Berks, PA. ⁶

12. Residence: in 2005 in Myerstown, Lebanon, PA. ¹⁷

13. Obituary: Obituary of Henry S. Bicher Jr. On 20 Jan 2024 in Lebanon, Lebanon, PA. ⁹ Henry S. Bicher Jr., 88, of Bethel, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, at the StoneRidge Towne Centre, Myerstown. He was the husband of the late Mabel "Mae" Stover Bicher.
Born in Murrell, Lancaster County, on April 28, 1935, he was the son of the late Henry and Lillie Sensenig Bicher.
He was the former owner of Better Built Barns in Bethel, where he was still employed. Henry was a member of the Little Mt. Mennonite Church.
He is survived by his sons, Kevin R. (Rachel) Bicher, of Pine Grove, John E. (Nancy) Bicher, of Bethel, and Gerald R. (Jeanelle) Bicher Sr., of Bethel; daughters, Mary Ann Walleigh, of Bethel, Mabel "Jean" (Christopher) Wine, of Schaefferstown, and Joyce E. (Donald) Weingard, of Pine Grove; sister, Mary Hoover, of Ephrata; 34 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the Little Mt. Mennonite Church, 301 Musselman Road, Fredericksburg. There will be a viewing on Monday evening from 5-8 p.m. at the church. Interment will follow the service in the adjoining church cemetery.

Henry married Mabel Mae Stover, daughter of Harry Stover and Mabel Mae Levering, on 26 May 1956 in , Lancaster, PA.^{1 2 3} (Mabel Mae Stover was born on 30 Jan 1935 in Ephrata, Lancaster, PA,¹ died on 16 May 2017 in Willow Street, Lancaster, PA ¹ and was buried on 21 May 2017 in Meckville: Little Mountain Mennonite Church Cemetery, Berks, PA ¹.)