Lauretta Manetta Sholder1

F, (2 December 1869 - 25 February 1953)
     Lauretta Manetta Sholder was born on 2 December 1869.2 She was the daughter of Charles Emanuel Sholder and Mary Anna Kinley.1 Lauretta Manetta Sholder first married, at age 18, William Schmohl, age 24, son of William Schmohl and Catherine Schmohl, on Sunday, 8 July 1888 at Newberry, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1 Lauretta Manetta Sholder married a second time John B. Hafer, son of [—?—] Hafer, in 1908. Lauretta Manetta Sholder died on 25 February 1953 at Williamsport Hospital, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, at age 83 years, 2 months and 23 days.3 She was buried on 27 February 1953 in lot 1100W, in the Mound Cemetery, located in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.3
     Lauretta Manetta Sholder was known as Etta wife of William Schmohl in the 1892 History of Lycoming County.1 She and John B. Hafer appeared on the census of 19 April 1910 at Williamsport, 7th Ward, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Lauretta Manetta Sholder appears in group photography with her sisters circa 1915. She and John B. Hafer appeared on the census of 8 January 1920 at Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Lauretta Manetta Sholder was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church.3

Child of Lauretta Manetta Sholder and William Schmohl

Last Edited=18 Mar 2010

Citations

  1. [S14] John F Meginness, History of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (Baltimore, Maryland: prepared by Lycoming Historical Society; Gateway Press, Inc., 1990 reprint of 1892 original), p. 1135.
  2. [S42] Family records from Floyd Bixler Sholder Family Bible, Floyd Bixler Sholder (1906-1976) Family Bible original owned in 1992 by Helen Elizabeth (Shaffer) Sholder, (Williamsport, Pennsylvania). This family Bible belonged to Floyd Bixler Sholder of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and passed to his wife Helen Elizabeth (Shaffer) Sholder. The information from the Bible was recorded on 6 September 1992.
  3. [S1192] Lauretta M. Hafer obituary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, February 1953. The original article 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.