Ralph Orin Paulhamus1

M, (2 February 1921 - 1 December 1971)
     Ralph Orin Paulhamus was born on 2 February 1921 at Anthony Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.2,3 He was the son of Orin William Paulhamus and Mabel Vida Edler. Ralph Orin Paulhamus married, at age 22, Gladys Edith Beach, age 23, daughter of Norman Charles Beach and Mary Jennie Durrwachter, on Sunday, 22 August 1943 at Rose Valley Union Church, Gamble Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.4,1 Ralph Orin Paulhamus died on 1 December 1971 at age 50 years, 9 months and 29 days.2,3,5 He was buried on 4 December 1971 in the State Road United Methodist Church Cemetery, located in Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3
     He was a farmer in 1960.

     The obituary for Gladys Edith Beach on 22 March 2001 in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, listed Ralph Orin Paulhamus as her deceased husband.6
Last Edited=1 Jan 2010

Citations

  1. [S1860] Blooming Grove Historical Society, compiler, Descendants of Thomas Ulmer (Cogan Station, PA: n.pub., 1998), p. 253.
  2. [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. RALPH PAULHAMUS, birth listed as 02 Feb 1921, died listed as Dec 1971, issued in the State of Pennsylvania. Last residence (not specified), last benefit (none specified). Accessed 27 Feb 2004.
  3. [S501] Memorial card from the funeral of Ralph O. Paulhamus at State Road United Methodist Church Cemetery. Presumably from a local funeral home in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 4 December 1971. The original funeral card was from a scrapbook of personal memorabilia compiled by Lena [Hafer] Bower (1915-1998). Viewed at her home, RD #5 (now Bower Road), Williamsport, PA in September of 1993, by Kevin Sholder. The scrapbook that contains this article is now owned by her daughter. Phyllis Jane Bower, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.
  4. [S500] Gladys B. Paulhamus obituary, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 22 March 2001, states, that Gladys was the wife of Ralph O. Paulhamus. 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.
  5. [S500] Gladys B. Paulhamus obituary, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 22 March 2001, states, Ralph O. Paulhamus, died December 1, 1971.
  6. [S500] Gladys B. Paulhamus obituary, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 22 March 2001.