Martin H. Lutz Sr.
(1843-1929)
Eliza Ann Steffy
(1857-1947)
Savilla Steffy Lutz
(1876-1955)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Bicher Keller

2. Harry Wills

Savilla Steffy Lutz 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 29 Mar 1876, Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA 1 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Charles Bicher Keller on 3 Nov 1900 in Terre Hill, Lancaster, PA 1
  • Partnership (2): Harry Wills
  • Died: 3 Mar 1955, Reading, Berks, PA at age 78 2 3 4
  • Buried: 5 Mar 1955, Mohnton: Mohnsville Cemetery, Berks, PA 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: 98GY-BY6.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Lancaster New Era: Marriage Licenses Issued. Charles Keller and Savilla Lutz, both of East Earl., 2 Nov 1900, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. 5

2. Residence: on 3 Nov 1900 in East Earl Twp., Lancaster, PA. 1

3. Census in 1910 in Mohnton, Berks, PA. 6 The 1910 census recorded renting a home on Maple Street: Savilla Keller, cuff maker in shirt factory, widow, 34, living with daughter Bertha, 8; Norman, 7; Mabel, 5; Minerva, 4, and Esther, 9 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Cause of Death: coronary occusion, arteriosclerosis, 28 Feb 1955, Reading, Berks, PA. 3

5. Occupation: collar setter is shirt factory on 28 Feb 1955 in Reading, Berks, PA. 3

6. Obituary: Ephrata Review: obituary of Savilla Keller on 3 Mar 1955 in Ephrata, Lancaster, PA. 2 Savilla Keller, 78, widow of Charles B. Keller, and formerly of Mohnton, died Monday in the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griswold, 1661 N 10th street. Born in Lancaster county, a daughter of Martin H. and Eliza (Steffy) Lutz, Mrs. Keller was a member of Zion Evangelical Congregational church, Mohnton, and its Sunday school. She also was a member of the auxiliary of the Mohnton Civic League, She is survived by four daughters: Bertha, wife of Afred Miller, West Lawn; Mabel, wife of Frank Griswold, with whom she resided; Minerva, wife of William Yerger, Reading, and Esther, wife of Earl Shaffer, Mohnton. Also a. son Norman, Reading; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren; 3 sister, Phoebe, Mohnton, two brothers: Harry, Mohnton, and Martin, Ephrata. Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Kroninger Funeral Home, Mohnton the Rev. H. E. Kettering officiating. Burial will be in Mohnton Cemetery.


Savilla married Charles Bicher Keller, son of Harrison Keller and Lydia Bicher, on 3 Nov 1900 in Terre Hill, Lancaster, PA.1 (Charles Bicher Keller was born on 14 Mar 1878 in Brecknock Twp., Lancaster, PA,7 died in 1905 in , Berks, PA 8 and was buried in Mohnton: Mohnsville Cemetery, Berks, PA 8.)


Savilla had a relationship with Harry Wills. (Harry Wills was born about 1874 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 9.)


Sources


1 Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1854 ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Secretary of the Commonwealth. Series 26.28, Record and Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Microfilm, rolls 668-673. Records of the Department of State, Record Group 26. Pennsylvania State Archives, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Lancaster Co. 2 Nov 1900 Charles Keller m. Savilla Lutz on 3 Nov 1900 at Terre Hill PA.

2 Ephrata Review (Ephrata, PA), 3 Mar 1955, page 3. Obituary of Savilla Keller.

3 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 11613 Savilla Keller b. 29 Mar 1876 d. 28 Feb 1955, father Martin H. Lutz, mother Eliza Steffy, widowed. Informant Mrs. Frank Griswald.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212444521.

5 Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, PA), 2 Nov 1900, page 2.

6 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGWQ-D6J Savilla Keller Mohtnon PA.

7 Lancaster County Historical Society, Collection File APR 1879 F067 QS - Lancaster County Quarter Sessions Court April 1879 - Bastard Cihld of Lydia Bicher fathered by Harrison Keller.

8 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212444360.

9 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1913, Certificate 104051, Esther Wills Lutz, b. 17 Jul 1909, legitimate: no, father Harry Wills of Philadelphia, PA, mother Savilla Lutz, Mohnton PA.



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