Hazel Verna Geiselman
(1900-1987)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Earl Franklin Hershey

Hazel Verna Geiselman 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 6 Nov 1900, York, York, PA 2 6
  • Marriage (1): Earl Franklin Hershey in Jul 1919 in Frederick, Frederick, MD 1
  • Died: 12 May 1987, York, York, PA at age 86 2 6 7
  • Buried: 15 May 1987, York.: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA 2 7

   Another name for Hazel was Hazel Verna Heffner.8

   FamilySearch ID: K2BW-X8Z.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in York, York, PA. 3 The 1910 census recorded at 329 Garfield Street; Joseph W. Geiselman, watchman at silk mill, 44, living with wife Mary R., 34; Mary, laundress at laundry, 18; Virginia, 16; Maud, 14; Arthur, 12; Grace, 98; Hazel, 8; Florence, 7; Lenore, 5; Nellie, 3; and James, 1. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Newspaper: Gazette and Daily: "Fifteen Years Ago: Miss Hazel Geiselman, York, and Earl F. Hershey, Dover, were married in Frederick, Md., by Rev. E. H. Hummelgaugh, formerly of North York.", 19 Jul 1934, York, York, PA.

3. Residence: 1927 West Filbert St., York, PA on 6 Sep 1947 in York, York, PA. 5

4. Obituary: York Daily Record: obituary of Hazel V. Heffner on 13 May 1987 in York, York, PA. 7 Hazel V. Heffner, 86, of York County Hospital and Home, formerly of 350 E. Philadelphia St., died at 9 a.m. Tuesday at York Hospital. She was the wife of the late Joseph W. Heffner. The service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Etzweiler Funeral Home, 1111 E. Market St. Burial will be in Mount Rose Cemetery. Viewing will be 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Pauls Lutheran Church, 25 W. Springettsbury Ave., York, 17403. Mrs. Heffner was born in York, the daughter of the late Joseph W. and Mary R. (Mann) Geiselman. She was a retired employee of Bayuk Cigar Co. She was a member of St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Mrs. Heffner is survived by two daughters, Pauline Schlegel and Betty Beecher, both of York; a stepson, Mark K. Heffner, Oakland, Calif.; two granddaughters, four great-grandchildren; a brother, James R. Geiselman, York; two sisters, Florence McClain, Dallastown, and Lenora Rabenstine, 350 E. Philadelphia St. Officiating at the service will be her pastor, the Rev. F. Mark Walters.


Hazel married Earl Franklin Hershey, son of Harry Thomas Hershey and Anna Catherine Rohrbaugh, in Jul 1919 in Frederick, Frederick, MD.1 (Earl Franklin Hershey was born on 20 May 1901 in Dover, York, PA 9 10 11 12, christened on 4 Feb 1902 in Jacobus: Salem Lutheran Church, York, PA, USA,11 died on 14 May 1960 in York, York, PA 10 12 13 14 and was buried on 17 May 1960 in York.: Mount Rose Cemetery, York, PA 10 12 13.)


Sources


1 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 19 Jul 1934, page 2. Fifteen Years Ago.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125578671.

3 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGC5-XWT Joseph W Geiselman, York Ward 5, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 6B, family 141.

4 The York Dispatch (York, PA), 18 Aug 1988, obituary of Bette J. Beecher.

5 York County History Center (250 E Market St, York, PA 17403 https://www.yorkhistorycenter.org/), Hershey-Beecher newspaper clipping in the library's Beecher surname file, newspaper name not cited.

6 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VM5Z-549 Hazel Heffner.

7 York Daily Record (York, PA), 13 May 1987, page 12. Obituary of Hazel Geiselman Heffner.

8 York Daily Record (York, PA), 17 Sep 1975, page 11. Obituary of Harry F. Hershey, father Earl F. Hershey, mother Hazel V. Heffner, sister Bette Beecher.

9 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQZM-DHW Earl F Hershey in household of Anna C Hershey, West York Borough, York, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-100, sheet 11B, family 259.

10 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100470742.

11 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > York > Jacobus > Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church, printed page 154, online image 186.

12 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death Certificate 52676. Earl F. Hershey. Father Harry Hershey. Mother Anna Kate Rohrbaugh. Spouse: Jessie Mae Hershey.

13 The Gazette and Daily (York, PA) (York, York, Pennsylvania.), 16 May 1960, page 30. Obituary of Earl F. Hershey.

14 Lancaster Sunday News (Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.), 15 May 1960, page 50. Obituary of Earl Hershey.



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