Lester Samuel Levi Paulhamus

M, (21 September 1914 - 23 October 2000)
     Lester Samuel Levi Paulhamus was born on 21 September 1914 at Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1 He was the son of Sylvester William Paulhamus and Bessie Roseanna Kinley. Lester Samuel Levi Paulhamus married, at age 28, Grace Louise Hornberger, age 20, daughter of Foster Jacob Hornberger and Violet Jane Hensler, on Saturday, 28 August 1943 at Trinity Evangelical Church, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, by the Reverend John Benton Mays and Reverend Harold C. Hornbeck.2 Lester Samuel Levi Paulhamus died on 23 October 2000 at Roseview Manor, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 86 years, 1 month and 2 days.1 He was buried on 25 October 2000 in the State Road United Methodist Church Cemetery, located in Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
     He was Dairy Farmer. He was Grave Digger at Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He From the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, (Williamsport, Lycoming Co., PA) 24 October 2000, Obituaries Section.

Lester S. L. Paulhamus, 86, of 1201 Rural Ave., formerly of Cogan Station RR 2, died Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, in Rose View Center, following a brief illness. He and his wife, the former Grace Hornberger, observed their 57th wedding anniversary on Aug. 28. Paulhamus retired in 1991 as a dairy farmer. He was the gravedigger at the State Road Cemetery for more than 50 years. A former member of the State Road United Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday school, he was also a member of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association.

Born Sept. 21, 1914, in Lycoming Township, he was the son of Sylvester W. and Bessie R. Kinley Paulhamus. Surviving, besides his wife, are three sons, L. LaRue, D. Jay and Jan F., all of Cogan Station; one daughter, Joy Louise Aderhold of this city; two sisters, Grace A. Lovell of this city and Dorothy I. Fisher of Jersey Shore, and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by three brothers, Clifton, Dayton and Torrence, and one sister, Helen Waltz.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Knight-Confer s, 1914 Memorial Ave., with the Rev. Elwood L. Hollopeter, a retired United Methodist minister, officiating. Interment will be in State Road Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. The family will provide the flowers.
Last Edited=11 May 2006

Citations

  1. [S151] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at http://ssdi.rootsweb.com (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, January 2004 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. LESTER L PAULHAMUS, birth listed as 21 Sep 1914, died listed as 23 Oct 2000 (V), issued in the State of Pennsylvania. Last residence Linden, Lycoming, PA, last benefit (none specified). Accessed 3 May 2004.
  2. [S1] RD #3, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, 17740 Zella E. Stabler and (570) 323-1954, Scrapbook of: newspaper clippings containing births, marriages and obituaries; Memorial Service Cards; and personal note (n.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date).