John Milton Himmelreich Weidner
(1874-1918)
Wilhelmina Minnie Benzel
(1877-1968)
William Howard Bicher
(1880-1955)
Wilhelmina B. Schmid
(1879-1975)
Harry Stanley Weidner
(1904-1999)
Mary Edna Bicher
(1909-1980)
Colleen Marie Weidner
(1926-2015)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Walter H. Marr

Colleen Marie Weidner 1 2 3

  • Born: 4 Dec 1926, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 1 2
  • Christened: 12 Jun 1927, Reading: Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery, Berks, PA 2
  • Marriage (1): Walter H. Marr
  • Died: 12 Sep 2015, Thornhurst, Lackawanna, PA, USA at age 88 1
  • Buried: 19 Sep 2015, Linden: Rosedale Cemetery, Union, NJ, USA 1

   FamilySearch ID: L5G3-9HC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Muhlenberg, Berks, PA. 4 The 1930 census recorded owning a $5900 home at 205 George Street: Stanley H. Weidner, draftsman for public utility, 25, living with wife Mary E., 21; daughter Colleen B., 3 years 3 months, and daughter Mary V., 4 months old when the census was recorded 16 April, 1930. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1940 in Roselle, Union, NJ, USA. 5 The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 246 W. 5th Avenue: H. Stanley Weidner, draftsman, 36, living with wife Mary, 32; Colleen, 13; Mary V. 10; and Constance, 8. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania and in 1935 lived in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania.

3. Residence: on 24 Jan 1999 in Tobyhanna, Monroe, PA, USA. 3

4. Obituary: Strauch Funeral Home: obituary of Colleen Marr on 13 Sep 2015 in Spring Brook, Lackawanna, PA, USA. 1 Colleen Weidner Marr, 88, of Thornhurst, died Saturday, September 12 at home. She was the widow of Walter H. Marr, who passed away in 1975.

Born in Reading, she was the daughter of the late H. Stanley and Mary (Bicher) Weidner. Before retiring, Colleen worked in the personnel department at Roadway Trucking.

She is survived by her daughters: Colleen Marr of Thornhurst and Joanne Marr of Sydney, Australia; her sons: Howard of Rahway, NJ and Keith of Thornhurst and her sister: Connie Weidner of Batemans Bay, Australia: 10 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her sons: Ronald and Jeffrey and her sister: Mary DiGiovanni.

The viewing and funeral service will be held on Friday, September 18 from 10:00 am until 11:00 am at Brian Arthur Strauch Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, LLC 3 First St. in Spring Brook Twp. Interment will be at 2:00 pm on Friday at Rosedale Cemetery in Linden, NJ.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Hospice Advantage, 700 South State Street, Suite A Clarks Summit, Pa 18411. To leave an online condolance, please visit the funeral home's website or Facebook page.


Colleen married Walter H. Marr. (Walter H. Marr was born on 23 Feb 1925 in , , NJ,6 died on 16 Aug 1975 1 6 7 and was buried in Linden: Rosedale Cemetery, Union, NJ, USA 7.)


Sources


1 Strauch Funeral Home (Spring Brook, Lackawanna, PA), http://www.strauchfuneralhomes.com/obits/obituaries.php/obitID/173812 obituary of Colleen Marr.

2 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Berks > Reading > Alsace Lutheran Church. Colleen Marie Weidner baptized 12 Jun1927.

3 GenLookups.com, http://www.genlookups.com/pa/webbbs_config.pl/read/493 Obituary of H. Stanley Weidner.

4 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZV-W3H Stanley H. Weidner.

5 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4Y8-6M9 H Stakley Weidner, Ward 5, Roselle Borough, Union, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-127, sheet 2A, family 26.

6 U.S. Social Security Death Index, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKBP-YZ3 Walter Marr, Aug 1975.

7 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106223093.



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