Person:John Lenker (7)

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1.   Obituaries.

   John J. Lenker, 91, of Hopewell Township, died April 23, 2008, in the Commonwealth Medical Center.
   
   He was born December 17, 1916, in Sunbury, PA, a son of the late Ulysses and Mary Lenker. He was a graduate of Sunbury High School at the age of 16 and a graduate of Bucknell University with a Chemical Engineering degree at age 18. He was a member of the marching band and Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity at Bucknell.
   
   Prior to his retirement, he worked as a Metallurgical Engineer for J&L Steel Corp. for over 40 years. He was a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church of Aliquippa, where he sang in the choir. He was a member of the B.P.O.E. 1221 Aliquippa. He was also the oldest charter member of the Hopewell Lions Club, receiving the Milestone Chevron Award, and was a Melvin Jones Fellow, the Lions Club highest honor.
   
   In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian on February 1, 2006, and a granddaughter, Dawn Lynn Liptak on February 28, 2001.
   
   He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda and Don Liptak, Center Township, and Gerry and Paul Huntsman, Washington, PA, and two grandsons, John Liptak, Center Township, and Justin Huntsman, North Hills.
   
   https://www.timesonline.com/article/20080425/NEWS/304259858

2.   Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).

   Name: John J. Lenker
   Last Residence:
   15001 Aliquippa, Beaver, Pennsylvania
   Born: 17 Dec 1916
   Died: 23 Apr 2008
   State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

3.   United States. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. (Ancestry.com [database online], 2011).

   Name: John Jeremiah Lenker
   Gender: Male
   Race: White
   Age: 24
   Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
   Birth Date: 17 Dec 1916
   Birth Place: Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
   Residence Place: Aliquippa, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
   Registration Date: 1940
   Registration Place: Aliquippa, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
   Employer: Jones And Laughlin Steel Corp
   Weight: 135
   Complexion: Light
   Eye Color: Brown
   Hair Color: Brown
   Height: 5 9
   Next of Kin: Lillian Isabella Lenker
   Household Members:
   Name Relationship
   John Jeremiah Lenker Self (Head)
   Lillian Isabella Lenker Wife

4.   John J Lenker, in Find A Grave.

   Family Members
   Parents
   Ulysses Hosea Lenker
   1889–1933
   Mary M Phillips Lenker
   1891–1991