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Ruth Shimer

(04 Jun 1899 - 15 Nov 1995)

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Ruth Shimer

Austin Heater
Bertha Hineline

Children
Dorothy Heater
Living Daughter

 

Notes:

RUTH HEATER; TAUGHT IN ONE-ROOM SCHOOL
Morning Call. Allentown, Pa.: Nov 16, 1995. pg. B.10

Ruth N. Heater, 96, of 121 Main St., Freemansburg, died Wednesday in Blough Nursing Home, Bethlehem. She was the wife of the late Austin A. "Chappy" Heater.

A graduate of the former East Stroudsburg Normal School, she was a teacher for 45 years, starting in the Lutz-Franklin one-room schoolhouse, Lower Saucon Township, and retiring from Lower Saucon Elementary School in 1969.

Born in Lower Saucon Township, she was a daughter of the late Alexander Hamilton and Bertha (Hineline) Shimer.

She was a council and choir member, and Sunday school superintendent for 35 years of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Freemansburg.

Survivors: Daughters, Dorothy Derr Heiselmeyer of Bethlehem and ***** of Sarasota, Fla.; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services: At the convenience of the family. No calling hours. Arrangements, Lester S. Pearson Funeral Home, Bethlehem.

Sibling(s):

Esther
Ruth
Miriam
Evelyn
Franklin T.

 

Last Updated on: March 25, 2006

Daughter of William Knauss and Elizabeth
Born: July 1860
Died 09 Oct 1927.