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Amanda Lovina  (Williard) Kissinger

Born - October 1, 1848

Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Married - August 25, 1867

Uniontown, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Died  -November 20, 1936

At The Home of  Her Daughter, Dora Schaeffer,

Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Burial  - November 24, 136

Simeon Lutheran Church Cemetery,

Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

 

Four Generations

 

 

Sarah Catherine (Kissinger) Hoy, Alfred E. Hoy,

Winifred (Hoy) Barnes, Amanda (Williard) Kissinger

Photograph Courtesy of Eva (Hoy) Haelen

 

 

 

Obituary

Mrs. Amanda Kissinger

 

 

Mrs. Amanda Kissinger passed away at the home of her

daughter, Mrs. Dora E. Schaeffer, a mile north of Rife, in

Upper Paxton Township, last Friday evening,

November 20, aged 88 years, 1 month and 19 days.

Amanda was a daughter of the late

George and Lovina (Deibler) Williard and was born

in Lykens township, October 1, 1848.

 

She was married to Jacob Kissinger, a veteran of the

Civil War, August 25, 1867, at Pillow.

Mr. Kissinger passed away at his home at Gratz in 1921.

Mrs. Kissinger became a member of

Hoffman's Reformed Church near Loyalton,

when she was ten years of age and in later years

transferred to the Gratz Reformed Church.

She resided at the Schaeffer home the past eleven years.

 

Mrs. Kissinger is survived by the following children:

Harvey F. Kissinger, Lykens township;

Mrs. Frank (Mary Ann) Hartman, Washington, D. C.:

Mrs. Daniel F. (Sarah Catherine) Hoy, Cortland, New York;

George Daniel Kissinger, Loyalton;

Charles W. Kissinger, Flint, Michigan;

Mrs. Dora E. Schaeffer, Millersburg, R.D.,

and Jacob M. Kissinger, Phoenix, Arizona;

a sister, Mrs. Sarah Troutman, Lykens township;

thirty-one grandchildren and thirty-nine great-grandchildren.

 

Funeral services were held at the Schaeffer

home at 10:00 o'clock Tuesday morning,

with subsequent services in Gratz Reformed

church, Rev. W. Z. Artz officiating.

Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 Husband -Jacob Kissinger

Born - November 14, 1843

 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Died  -November 16, 1921

To This Union 11 Children Were Born

 

 

Son - Harvey Freeman Kissinger

Born - November 11, 1868

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

1st Wife - Abbie Johanna (Miller) Kissinger

 2nd Wife - Bertha (Clouser) Kissinger

 

Daughter - Mary Ann (Kissinger) Hartman

Born - February 8, 1870

Husband - Frank Esaias Hartman

 

Daughter - Sarah Catherine (Kissinger) Hoy

Born - June 9, 1872

Husband - Daniel Franklin Hoy

 

Son - George Daniel Kissinger

(Daniel Kissinger)

Born - January 10, 1874

Dauphin  County, Pennsylvania

Married - June 1, 1895

Died - January 13, 1955

Wife - Mary Adeline (Kocher) Kissinger

Born - March 11, 1873

Died - December 3, 1949

 

Son - Edmon Oscar Kissinger

Born - November 9, 1876

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Married - August 1898

Died - April 10, 1935

Wife - Mary Ann E. (Rowe) Kissinger

Born - March 14, 1879

Died - December 3, 1949

 

Daughter - Ida Amanda Kissinger

Born - January 9, 1879

Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Died - January 19, 1881

Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Buried - Simeon Union Cemetery, Gratz,

 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

 

Daughter - Dora Elizabeth (Kissinger) Schaeffer

Born - December 13, 1880

Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Married - December 25, 1901

Died - April 10, 1949

Buried - Simeon Union Cemetery, Gratz,

 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Husband - Leander Schaeffer

Born - October 15, 1864

Died - October 15, 1933

 

Daughter - Annie Seville Kissinger

Born - September 21, 1882

Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Died - October 13, 1891

Buried - Simeon Union Cemetery, Gratz,

 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

 

Son - Charles "Chas" Wellington Kissinger

Born - September 4, 1884

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

1st Wife - Margaret L. (Snyder) Kissinger

2nd Wife - Louise Kissinger

 

Son - Jacob Milton Kissinger Jr.

"Jack M. Kissinger"

Born - August 12, 1886

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Wife - Ada (Whittenburg) Kissinger

 

Son - Thomas Harrison Kissinger

Born - October 6, 1888

Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Wife - Eva Edna (Umholtz) Kissinger

 

 

Read the Amanda Kissinger Story

 

 

Father - John George Williard

Mother - Lovina (Deibler) Williard

 

 

 

 

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