Cora Catherine Brucklacher1,2

F, (29 November 1910 - 14 June 2004)
     Cora Catherine Brucklacher was born on 29 November 1910 at Cogan Station, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3,1,2 She was the daughter of Norman Edward Brucklacher and Catherine Jane Frey.1 Cora Catherine Brucklacher married, at age 21, Carl Edwin Kiess, age 23, son of Charles Franklin Kiess and Salome Anne Shafer, on Monday, 30 November 1931.3,1 Cora Catherine Brucklacher died on 14 June 2004 at Avis, Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, at age 93 years, 6 months and 16 days.1,2 She was buried on 18 June 2004 in the Blooming Grove Cemetery, located in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The funeral service was officiated by Reverend Wayne Gary Stebbins and Reverend Phil Meanor.1
     Her obituary was published on 16 June 2004 in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Her obituary stated:

     Cora C. Kiess, 93, of Avis, and formerly of Hepburn Twp., died Monday, June 14, 2004, at her residence. Born Nov. 29, 1910, in Cogan Station, she was a daughter of Norman and Catherine Frey Brucklacher.

Cora retired from Trimtex and was a member of the Pine Run United Methodist Church and the Hepburn Twp. Volunteer Fire Co. Auxiliary.

She is survived by a daughter, Doris A. (Dave) Jarrett, with whom she resided; a daughter-in-law, Dorothy Kiess; 12 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl E. Kiess; a son, F. Edwin Kiess; a great-grandson, Jason Rogers; a brother, John Brucklacher; and a sister, Mary Dunkleberger.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Spitler Funeral Home, 733 Broad St., Montoursville, with the Rev. Phil Meanor, her pastor, and the Rev. Wayne G. Stebbins Sr. officiating. Friends may call on Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Blooming Grove Cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Pine Run United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 1719 Pine Run Road, Linden, PA 17744.1
The Social Security Death Index gives the last residence of record for Cora as Avis, Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania.2

Children of Cora Catherine Brucklacher and Carl Edwin Kiess

Last Edited=7 Oct 2007

Citations

  1. [S333] Cora C. Kiess obituary, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 16 June 2004. Original obituary from the Williamsport Sun-Gazette 30 day obituary archive found at: http://www.sungazette.com/obituary/obituaryArchive.asp. Kevin Leonard Sholder, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
  2. [S1248] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at <http://ssdi.rootsweb.com> (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, 20 August 2007 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. CORA C KIESS, birth listed as 29 Nov 1910, died listed as 14 Jun 2004 (V), issued in the State of Pennsylvania. Last residence Avis, Clinton, PA, last benefit (none specified). Accessed 7 Oct 2007.
  3. [S22] Thomas J. S. Heim, The Fourth Generation of the Frederick Shafer Family in America (West Chester, Pennsylvania: n.pub., unknown publish date), p. 94.