Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Records, 1947-2010
Agnes McGlynn
January 23, 1999
Agnes McGlynn, 67, of Patterson, N.Y., died Saturday, Jan. 23, in the Putnam Memorial Hospital, Carmel, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Rose (Prost) McGlynn. She was a resident of the Brimstone House in Patterson, N.Y., for 22 years and prior to that she lived in the Wessig State, New York area. She was of the Catholic faith.
She is survived by a brother, John McGlynn of Stroudsburg; a sister, Arlene Asam of Mineola, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Catherine Gerold of Glendale, N.Y.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, from St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Bushkill, with Monsignor Kevin O'Neil as celebrant. Interment will be in Prospect Cemetery, East Stroudsburg.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, Jan. 26, from 2 to 4 and from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home.
Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home
Ralph Ravell
January 23, 1999
Ralph Ravell, 84, formerly of Swiftwater, died Saturday, Jan. 23, in New York City. The European born son of German movie producer Rudolph Meinert, Ralph Ravell loved America and dreamed of immigrating here long before his plans and dreams were interrupted by the Nazis.
After escaping Hitler's Army, he aided the Allies in the Underground, transporting information to the English and later to the American Army. After being liberated by the Americans, he assisted the Occupation Army in Frankfort by building a theater from a bombed out building and producing shows to promote amicable relations between the Germans and Americans. His work for the U.S. Special Services was so highly valued and appreciated that he was awarded honorary citizenship and arrived on the shores of New York City in April 1948 as an American.
While preparing a dance act with his first partner, German born Corine, he worked as a maitre d' at Longchamps Restaurant. With the act Corine & Ravell, he performed on the remaining Vaudeville Circuit including a one night stand at a quaint country inn that had no stage, no band, no lights and had to leave without doing the show. That was Mount Airy Lodge in the Poconos, 1957.
The owners, John and Suzanne Martens, embarrassed at their leaving without performing, called with an invitation to return as their guests so they could learn what Mount Airy needed to do to have professional entertainment at their lodge.
This was the start of a more than 30 year relationship not only with Mount Airy, but with the Pocono Mountain area as a new frontier for entertainers.
Ralph Ravell brought show business to the Poconos. He put Mount Airy Lodge on the map by creating night clubs, house bands and providing new talent with a place to break in their new routines and try out their musical arrangements and acts — great talent the likes of Pat Cooper, Norm Crosby, London Lee, Pat Henry, Rodney Dangerfield, Rip Taylor, Corbit Monica, King Henry and the Showmen, and broke racial barriers with Jimmy Randolf, Melba Moore, Maurice and Gregory Hines. The list of artists that Ralph Ravell introduced on the stages of Mount Airy Lodge and later Pocono Gardens Lodge that established the prestige and notoriety that provided the impetus for their success is endless.
After Corine retired her dancing shoes, Ralph expanded his impresarial efforts with full production shows in which one of the featured dancers was Marcella, later to become his wife and partner of the celebrated dance team Marcella & Ravell.
Together they performed in the top theaters and night clubs, including Las Vegas, Lincoln Center, the Concord Resort, the Fountainbleu, the Hollywood Bowl, the London Palladium, etc., opening shows for great headliners such as Joan Rivers, Englebert Humperdink, Lisa Minelli, Joel Gray, Anthony Newley, Yul Brynner, Sammy Davis Jr., Louise O'Brien, Tony Martin and on and on.
After an accident forced Marcella off the stage, the Ravells launched their building company, Marvell Designer Homes. Designing was Ralph's avocation which turned into a successful vocation inspired by the home the Ravells built with their own hands that won accolades and awards and brought attention to their innate design talent. The theatrical stylization of the homes attracted professional and artistic clients including Italian singing star Enzo Stuarti.
They returned to the stage with a come back from 1979 to 1985 when they hung up their dancing shoes and went on to create the first interior design firm in the Poconos, Marcelle Design Inc., which brought their design talents to new heights and continues today under the direction of Marcella.
Besides Ralph's closest friend to the end, Marcella, Ralph is survived by his lovely god-daughter Aralee Dorough, whom he loved dearly and his loving and devoted friends whose lives he touched as a man with multiple talents, integrity, charity and truth. His endearing personality and gentleman-like manner was unique and not soon to be forgotten.
A memorial service to "Celebrate: Ralph Ravell, a Life Worth Living" will be held 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Best Western Pocono Inn, corner of Seventh and Main streets, Stroudsburg.
Memorial donations can be made to the United Way of Monroe County, Route 715 and Warner Road, Tannersville, PA 18372.
The Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Joseph J. Pula Funeral Home
Lenore Martha Strauser
January 24, 1999
Lenore Martha "Norie" Strauser, 88, of East Stroudsburg, died on Sunday, Jan. 24, in her home. She was the wife of the late Fred R. Strauser.
Born in Berwick, she was a daughter of the late Clayton Monroe and Helen (Shive) Lehman. She was a resident of Monroe County for the past 68 years.
Prior to retirement, she was employed by the former Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania for 23 years. She was a member of the East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and the Davis Sunday School Class and Silver Threads. She was a 1929 graduate of Bloomsburg High School.
She is survived by a daughter, Nancy E. Strauser of East Stroudsburg, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, in the Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home, with the Rev. Drena Miller officiating.
A viewing will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Interment will take place in the New Rosemont Cemetery, Columbia County, Espy.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church, 83 S. Courtland St., East Stroudsburg, PA 18301.
Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home
H. Stanley Weidner
January 24, 1999
H. Stanley Weidner, 94, of Tannersville, died Sunday evening in the Brookmont Health Care Center, Effort. He was the husband of Evelyn (Hopmann) Roes Weidner, at home.
Born on December 2, 1904 in Reading, he was the son of the late John and Wilhelmina (Benzel) Weidner and had lived in the Poconos for the past twenty-three years moving here from Elizabeth, N.J. He had worked as a civil engineer for Sandoz Pharmaceutical in East Hanover, N.J.
He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Tannersville and a 50 year member of the Pocono Lodge 780 F&AM, Cresco.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters : Colleen W. Marr of Tobyhanna; Mary DiGiovanni of West Palm Beach, Fla.; and Constance Ilsley of Bateman's Bay, N.S.W. Australia; a step daughter, Deanna Bozek of Randolph, N.J.; a sister, Dorothy Hauptman of Shillington; fourteen grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary B. Weidner in 1980; a brother, Earl Weidner and a sister, Viola Weidner.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 28 at 1 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Fish Hill Road, Tannersville, with Rev. Thomas E. Richards Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Pike County.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lehigh Valley Hospice, 5003 Route 611, Stroudsburg, PA 18360 or to St. Paul Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 196, Tannersville, PA 18372.
William H. Clark Funeral Home, Inc.
Alberta L. Yutz
January 25, 1999
Alberta L. Yutz, 84, of East Stroudsburg, died Monday in the Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. She was the wife of the late Herbert A. Yutz, who died in 1991.
Born on August 5, 1914, in Tobyhanna, she was the daughter of the late James S. and Margaret (Cramer) Strunk and had lived in the area all of her life. She and her late husband had owned and operated the Yutz Insurance Company in East Stroudsburg and was recognized as Insurance Agent of the Year several times.
She was a member of the Zion United Church of Christ, Stroudsburg and a member of its choir for over 65 years. She was a guest soloist for the church services, weddings and funerals. She was a member of the Pocono Community Chorus; an avid swimmer and an amateur photographer where she had some of her pictures published in the Pocono Record. She was a seamstress and made things for the church bazaar. A former Board Member of the YMCA, Stroudsburg, she participated in numerous fund-raisers.
She is survived by a daughter, Kay L. Shubrooks of Winchester, Mass.; a grandson, Jeffrey Shubrooks of South Boston, Mass.; a granddaughter, Kimberly Shubrooks of Winchester, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the William H. Clark Funeral Home, 1003 Main Street, Stroudsburg, with Rev. John Steitz and Rev. Richard Aulenbach officiating. Burial will follow in the Laurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg.
There will be a viewing on Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Zion United Church of Christ, 14 North 8th Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360.
William H. Clark Funeral Home, Inc.
Marian Trexler Krum
January 22, 1999
Marian Trexler Krum, the wife of the late Lester William Krum, passed peacefully in her sleep Friday evening, the 22nd of January at the age of 88. She was the third daughter of the late Dr. Jacob Amos Trexler, a long time doctor in the Lehighton area and former doctor to the Lehighton School District and the late Sallie (Knappenberger) Trexler.
She was born on October 7, 1910 in Brodheadsville, attended school in Lehighton through high school, graduated from Goucher College in 1932 with a teaching degree, and received her librarians certification from Columbia University in New York City in 1933. She worked for two years for the New York City Public Library System before marrying, and moved to Chicago, Ill., living on the south side on 85th Street, while her husband worked for the Southworks Plant of U.S. Steel as a metallurgist, and where she had the first two of their three children. She lived in Chicago from 1935 to 1941 then moved to Johnstown, where her husband worked for the U.S. Steel Plant from 1941 to 1957. From 1957 to 1960, they relocated in Buffalo, N.Y., where her husband was the Plant general manager for Strong Steel Foundry Company, Inc. then moving to Lansdowne and Quakertown, from 1960 to 1964. They then moved to Memphis, Tenn., from 1964 to 1968, where she worked part-time for the Memphis Public Library in Raleigh and he was the general manager for Chromium Mining and Smelting Co., a Canadian based company of the Timmons Group. From 1968 to 1970, they moved to Montreal, PQ, Canada, returning to Memphis, Tenn., from 1970 to 1973. Retiring in 1973, they moved to Cresco, for nineteen years, from 1973 to 1992 before moving to Mansfield Center, Conn., with her daughter.
She was the youngest sister to the late Lois Trexler Bryan, a columnist for the AllentownMorning Call , and the late Olga Trexler Spieker of San Francisco, Calif. She is survived by her daughter, Susan Marian Krum Tepas of Mansfield Center, Conn.; and her two sons , William Trexler Krum of Omaha, Neb., and Peter James Krum of Memphis, Tenn.; four grandchildren: Randall Krum of Cheraw, S.C.; Matthew Tepas of New Haven, Conn.; Brian Krum of Kokomo, Ind.; and Katherine Tepas of Mansfield, Conn.; and one great-granddaughter, Gwendalin Valentia Tepas, born on December 9, 1998.
Services will be held on Saturday, January 30 at 11 a.m. in the Canadensis United Methodist Church, Canadensis, with Rev. Russell E. Walters officiating. Burial will follow in the Lehighton Cemetery, Lehighton.
Rather than flowers, the family asks that a small donation be made to one of three charities in her name: the Second Harvest, the American Farmland Trust, or the Jacque Cousteau Society.
Cards and letters can be sent to Mrs. Susan Tepas, 47 Elizabeth Road, Mansfield Center, Conn. 06250-1117.
Mrs. Krum raised a fine family and we will miss her dearly.
William H. Clark Funeral Home, Inc.
Edward W. Gordon
January 25, 1999
Edward W. Gordon, 74, of Stroudsburg, died on Monday morning at Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg.
Born in East Stroudsburg, he was the son of the late Edward and Ethel Gordon.
He worked at Line Material in East Stroudsburg as a galvanizer for nearly 30 years.
He was a member of East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church. He served as president of the council at Pleasant Valley Manor.
He is survived by a son, Larry Gordon of East Stroudsburg; two daughters , Linda Mutchler of Jefferson ville, Ind., and Jane Slack of East Stroudsburg; eight grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 29 at 11 a.m. from the Thomas Funeral Home, 401 North Fifth Street, Stroudsburg. Burial will be in the Prospect Cemetery in East Stroudsburg.
There will be a viewing on Wednesday, January 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial donations should be made to the Pleasant Valley Manor Residence Association, 4227 Manor Drive, Stroudsburg, PA 18360.
Thomas Funeral Home
401 N. Fifth Street, Stroudsburg
Lenore Martha Strauser
January 24, 1999
Lenore Martha "Norie" Strauser, 88, of East Stroudsburg, died on Sunday, Jan. 24, in her home. She was the wife of the late Fred R. Strauser.
Born in Berwick, she was a daughter of the late Clayton Monroe and Helen (Shive) Lehman. She was a resident of Monroe County for the past 68 years.
Prior to retirement, she was employed by the former Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania for 23 years. She was a member of the East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and the Davis Sunday School Class and Silver Threads. She was a 1929 graduate of Bloomsburg High School.
She is survived by a daughter, Nancy E. Strauser of East Stroudsburg, and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by a brother, James Monroe Lehman.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, in the Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home, with the Rev. Drena Miller officiating.
A viewing will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Interment will take place in the New Rosemont Cemetery, Columbia County, Espy.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the East Stroudsburg United Methodist Church, 83 S. Courtland St., East Stroudsburg, PA 18301.
Lanterman & Allen Funeral Home
Keith D. Tyler
January 18, 1999
Keith D. Tyler, 60, of 2266 Lakeview Blvd., died Sunday, January 18, 1999 at the St. Vincent Health Center, following an apparent heart attack.
He was born in Weatherly on March 17, 1938, a son of Howard Tyler and Anna (Deubler) Tyler Kahistorf, both of Hazleton.
Mr. Tyler graduated with a business degree from the Susquehanna University. He moved to Erie from New Jersey 12 years ago and was presently the president of the Progressive Technology Inc. He enjoyed golf and bowling.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a daughter, Brenda Magrosky of East Stroudsburg; a son, Brian K. Tyler of Tobyhanna; four grandchildren: Jennifer, Stephanie and Nicole Magrosky and Briana Tyler; two sisters , Mrs. Pierce (Glennys) Sanute and Mrs. Louis (Marianne) Romano, both of Weatherly.
A Memorial service will be held January 31, 1999 in St. Matthew's Church in Weatherly at 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers the family request memorials to be made to Mr. Tyler's granddaughter, Jennifer Magrosky's Cancer Fund, R.R. 7685, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301.
Francis V. Kloecker Funeral Home
