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White Church Cemetery (Jacob's Church)

Part 2

Hesston, Penn Township

Latitude 40-24-13N  Longitude 078-05-52W

Transcribed and contributed by Debbie Fisher

This is the second of three transcriptions of the tombstones in the White Church Cemetery.  Most of the stones in this section are newer burials. However, there are still some graves with markers that are not inscribed. There are also a few graves that were relocated when the US Army Corps of Engineers filled Raystown Lake.

I have family connections to many of the people buried in this cemetery, and I would be happy to share any additional information I might have. - Debbie Fisher

John P. Norris
1882 � 1965
Mary E.
1885 � 1957

Inez B. Pheasant
1870 � 1955

Bernard W. Ronk
3/20/1968 � 5/25/1990

Kenneth E. Brown
87th Arm. F. Art. Bat.
4/29/1915 �
Ollic C.
6/28/1925 �

Roy L. McCabe
1/26/1963 �
Diane M.
7/5/1960 � 11/20/1995

Moses A. Ronk
1883 � 1972
Elsie V.
1891 � 1979

Elwood A. Ronk
9/4/1907 � 2/19/1983
Dorothy B.
8/19/1910 � 5/10/1999

Harry Clyde Ronk
5/3/1909 � 5/2/1993
Elizabeth Gongloff
11/24/1909 � 6/6/1987

Blair W. Heffner
7/22/1935 �
Diane R.
8/11/1943 �

Kaylee Linn Wagner d/o James & Sherry
3/11/1993

William R. Querry
11/4/1932 � 2/26/1995
Minerva J. �Jean�
5/15/1932 �
m. 1/11/1959

Jonas D. Ronk
1881 � 1962
Maud S.
1887 � 1974

Cleo Alberta Rhodes
11/1/1903 � 9/11/1977

H. M. S.

E. M. S.

Rev. J. Emerson Low
2/2/1900 � 1/3/1979
Vesta Bradley
1/22/1901 � 11/20/1989

George M. Snively
1/20/1905 � 4/28/1986
Mary Anderson
4/7/1903 � 1/23/1986

Margaret Lynn Parks
5/4/1897 � 10/18/1985

Darlene Drolsbaugh Stallman
10/30/1939 � 1/26/1996

Betty Jean (Price) Brown
4/1/1927 � 7/25/1998
from daughters Francine & Esther

Donald M. Low
Sgt. US Army WWII
1917 � 1977

Gail A. Low
11/22/1922 � 11/21/1980
Martha E. Low
2/19/1921 �

Naomi Joyce Low d/o Gail & Martha Low
5/2/1947 � 5/5/1947

B. S. K.

Miles W. Norris
1904 � 1976
Mabel M.
1903 � 1996

Thomas M. Norris
5/9/1914 �
Pauline M.
8/28/1930 � 7/22/1986

Thomas M. Norris, Jr.
3/8/1967 � 3/9/1967

Sherman Drolsbaugh (Footstone)
1902 � 1982
Pvt 1/C Corps of Eng.
US Army WWII

Alfred S. Yocum
1914 � 1987
Sophie M.
1917 � 1978

Shirley A. Bookwalter
1945 �
James E.
1939 � 1989

Ronald E. Thomas
5/24/1937 �
Carol L.
1/7/1943 � 4/19/1990

Virginia F. Lucas
3/7/1915 � 8/17/1990

Oscar E. Everetts
1925 � 1991
WW II, 345th Harbor Craft Co.
Lillian L.
1919 �

Blair B. Heffner
1906 � 1980
Pvt. 62nd General Hosp. WWII
Charlotte E.
1914 � 1999

Harold E. Heffner
1936 � 1958
HQ & HQ Co. 1st Battle Group
23rd Infantry

Sherman Drolsbaugh
1902 � 1982

Anna M. Hawn
1894 � 1986

Olive Carrie Greer
1886 � 1980

Richard W. Cale
12/20/1918 � 8/7/1987
Merchant Marine WWII
Nancy J.
7/23/1935 �

Ralph R. Rinker
1917 � 1988
E. Blanche
1916 � 1985

Fred C. States
1921 �
Marjorie E.
1928 � 1986

Jessie F. Cramer
1923 � 1987
WWII T-5 Bat C 505 Coast Art. Batt.
Jessie L.
1916 � 1986

Clarence F. Norris, Jr.
8/25/1929 �
Betty J.
7/18/1933 �

Zelda F. Itinger
1913 � 1988

Boyd M. Low
10/21/1919 �
Mildred Airgood
8/28/1922 � 6/6/1998

Nancy Lee Low
9/26/1962 � 11/7/1988

Philip A. Norris
1867 � 1945
Hannah W.
1878 � 1943

Andrew H. Norris
1907 � 1984
Amelia H.
1911 � 1997

Annie Catherine Norris
1905 � 1996

Frederick B. Kyler
10/5/1916 � 1/9/1998
Grace E.
4/3/1918 � 12/10/1969
m. 9/2/1937

Cloyd E. Parks
1910 � 1974
May V.
1910 � 1997

Charles E. Bennett
2/2/1938 � 6/28/1980

Solomon G. Norris
8/29/1924 � 3/23/1988
Leona Iva
2/21/1931 � 7/15/1998

John E. (Jack) Rosser
3/14/1920 � 10/4/1990
Tec 5 US Army WWII
Margaret E. (Peggy)
1924 �

Floyd H. Miller, Jr. (Footstone)
US Navy
9/5/1925 � 3/13/1991

Cheryl Ann Norris
5/16/1965 � 7/20/1967

Erich J. Buzilow, Jr.
1939 � 1983

William J. Smith, Jr.
5/23/1925 � 9/25/1981

Howard L. Frantz
3/24/1922 � 2/11/1982
Cpl US Army WWII
Ruth Long
4/19/1920 �
m. 1/2/1942

Thomas W. Hollobaugh
1915 � 1997
AAF WWII
Bettly L.
1922 � 1988

John D. Lape
3/12/1903 � 2/10/1985
Nora Miller
8/9/1906 � 6/13/1995

Floyd H. Miller, Jr.
9/5/1925 � 3/13/1991
from kids: Stephen, Shirley, David, Nora, Harold, Linda

Ferhn Bernard Miller
1923 � 1982
PFC 748th Railway Opr. BN
Army WWII

Gage E. Rux
9/21/1998

Unknown from Ridenour

Berton B. McCall
1912 � 1974
Edna I.
1920 � 1993

Frederick W. McCall
8/13/1938 � 4/8/1992

Orin G. Brown
8/25/1903 � 4/10/1983
Gertrude E.
7/10/1908 � 3/12/1999
m. 7/6/1926

William A. White
1885 � 1969
Edna M.
1878 � 1967

Danny L. Ross
5/27/1943 �
Sharon E.
9/10/1942 � 11/27/1996

Ralph L. Shultz, Sr.
10/31/1925 �
WWII
Mary L. (Grace)
10/8/1928 �
m. 7/5/1947

Pearl G. Taylor
1920 � 1973

Edward C. Fisher
3/31/1923 �
WW II
Naomi B. (Utley)
9/9/1924 �

Gary F. Wible
11/13/1942 � 10/28/1978

Orin J. Wible
2/14/1912 � 10/13/1997
Martha J.
11/6/1916 �
m. 10/28/1933

Donald R. Wentz
11/30/1936 �
Dolly I.
6/25/1943 �

Kenneth M. Brown
12/28/1934 � 7/6/1985
Minnie Heffner
2/2/1941 �
m. 11/24/1955

Basil Floyd Banks
1921 � 1966
WW II

Blossom Banks �Baby�
8/11/1945

Blair L. Fisher
1899 � 1997
Ora B.
1901 � 1989

Edgar L. Grove
9/5/1902 � 11/21/1971
Marie E.
3/31/1909 � 6/17/1985

Charles Roy (Gill) Hess
2/7/1913 � 12/28/1992
WW II

George P. Gill
Tec 4 US Army WWII
10/1/1918 � 4/11/1993

Mary P. Morningstar
1915 � 1966

Beulah M. Grubb
1928 � 1999
Burley M.
1925 � 1967
PFC 203rd Port Co. WWII

Paul B. Norris
6/16/1919 � 9/20/1982
Doris P.
6/4/1925 �
�Son� John S.
12/5/1952 �

Ralph A. Norris
2/15/1912 � 3/5/1999
Mary H.
4/13/1918 � 10/28/1978

Fay G. Morningstar
7/5/1922 � 7/20/1989
Tec 5 US Army WWII
Geraldine
7/8/1922 �

James M. Gill
1869 � 1956
Mary E.
1878 � 1952

John P. Gill
6/9/1908 � 2/23/1991

Catharine E. Cunha
5/21/1916 �

Aden G. Gill
10/25/1906 � 11/19/1979
Carrie M.
12/27/1907 � 2/15/1992

Gary R. Gill
3/7/1938 � 8/14/1994

Judith Ronk
b. & d. 10/19/1962

Lisa Ann Norris
7/19/1964

Gerald W. Crum
1912 � 1979
Grace E.
1912 � 1974

Gladys Heffner
1928 � 1973

Lester W. Norris
7/16/1931 � 6/19/1976

Albert L. Heffner b/o Rev. Shirley A. Heffner
1946 � 1946

Betty J. Heffner
1/16/1939 � 1/30/1939

John L. Heffner
1/16/1939 � 1/18/1939

O. R. H.

R. E. H.

Children of WW & CM Heffner
Rosanna F. d. 9/11/1886
Oscar R. d. 9/15/1886
Mary B. d. 10/11/1887
M. Carl d. 12/18/1889

M. B. H.

Mary Heffner from Shenefelt

Ethel Heffner from Shenefelt

Suzanne C. Wible
1959 � 1959

Paul C. Price
1914 � 1955
Kay H.
1923 � 1990

Kimberly Cram????? (there are letters missing from the end of her name; the grave is marked with the marker placed by the funeral home)
1960 � 1961

Thomas M. Uttley
1895 � 1988
US Navy Suicide Fleet WWI
Mabel Leona
1905 � 1972

Benjamin Bookwalter
1879 � 1952

Catherine Bookwalter
1883 � 1937

Warren J. Holland, Jr.
1934 � 1995

Baby Girl Holland
1962

John A. Robinson
1899 � 1970

John R. Reed
1906 � 1972
Mabel L.
1906 � 1994
Hazel L.
1929 � 1996

Anna G. Price
1926 �
Harry S.
1917 � 1976

Cecil B. Heffner
1897 � 1982

Donald Jack Galbraith
1910 � 1989
Sgt 317 Inf. Co. C.
WWII, purple heart recip.
Nellie Rudolph
1916 �

Henry W. (Dick) Long
12/29/1892 � 6/7/1976

Jay Irvin Brubaker
1906 � 1970
Mary Forshey
1903 �

C. Blair Hoover
1905 � 1978
Mary E.
1908 � 1998

Robert L. Forshey
1909 � 1975
Margaret D.
1911 � 1992

Rose H. Dymond
1882 � 1964

William Bruce White
1898 � 1976
Eleanor M. Barr
1907 � 1985

Carey E. White
1889 � 1975
Nellie M.
1892 � 1984

Rev. Donald R. Hurley
7/25/1925 � 9/28/1999
Lillian M.
3/15/1921 �
m. 6/14/1953
p/o Rev. Donald N.

John E. Heffner
1890 � 1968
Edna A.
1907 � 1967

William Cloyd Heffner
1900 � 1966

Ralph D. Heffner
1898 � 1971

William Heffner
1856 � 1946
Cora May
1862 � 1931

Eva Pearl Heffner
1887 � 1952

Rachel A. d/o C & Martha Heifner
d. 1/10/1863
5y 9m 22d

Grace Rinker
1882 � 1954

Esther M. Heffner
1894 - 1962