Person:Elsie Gockley (1)

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  1. Elsie H. Gockley1903 - 2003
  1. Jacob S. Schannauer1922 - 2008
  2. Edith S. Schannauer1927 - 2013
Facts and Events
Name[2] Elsie H. Gockley
Married Name[1] Elsie H. Schannauer
Gender Female
Birth[2] 25 Oct 1903 West Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Christening[2] 1905 Schoeneck, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesMellinger's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Marriage to Harvey Claude Schannauer
Other[1][2] 25 Oct 2003 Centenarian
Death[1][2] 5 Dec 2003 Lititz, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesUnited Zion Retirement Community
Burial[2] Schoeneck, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United StatesMellingers Cemetery
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 E.H. Schannauer obituary, in GoogleNews: Reading Eagle - Dec 6, 2003
    Page B4, column 2, 6 December 2003.

    E.H. Schannauer, area centenarian
    Elsie H. Schannauer, 100, of United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz, formerly of Schoeneck, died Friday morning of natural causes in the home, where she had resided for five years. Her husband, Harvey C. Schannauer, died May 22, 1981. Born in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Scott and Joanna (Hehnly) Gockley. Schannauer was a member of Mellinger's Lutheran Church, Schoeneck. She is survived by a son and a daughter. There are also five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Mellinger's Church. Burial will be in Mellinger's Cemetery, Schoeneck. The Roseboro Funeral Home, Denver, Lancaster County, is in charge of arrangement.

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Elsie H Gockley Schannauer, in Find A Grave: Mellingers Cemetery, Schoeneck, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
    Memorial# 123081085, Jan 10, 2014.

    Birth: Oct. 25, 1903, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Death: Dec. 5, 2003, Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Burial: Mellingers Cemetery, Schoeneck, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

    "Elsie H. Schannauer, 100, of United Zion Retirement Community, Lititz, formerly of Schoeneck, died Friday morning of natural causes in the home, where she had resided for five years. She was a homemaker. She was the oldest member of Mellinger's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schoeneck, where she was baptised in 1905. She enjoyed crocheting, quilting, making braided rugs, canning and baking. Her husband, Harvey C. Schannauer, died in 1981. Born in West Cocalico Township, she was a daughter of the late Scott and Joanna Hehnly Gockley. She is survived by one son, Jacob S., married to Edna M. Shirk Schannauer of Stevens; one daughter, Edith S., married to Charles R. Leed of York; and five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren."
    Lancaster Newspapers Inc.,
    Intelligencer Journal
    Lancaster, PA
    December 6, 2003
    Page B-3