Son of Michael and Anna Elizabeth (Kunkle) Kifer, m. Anna Jane Klingensmith.
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KIFER- Joseph A, 82 years old, died at his home in Penn township, at 5 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Kifer has lived in the same district for the past 50 years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ida Remaley Kifer; four sons, Homer C Kifer, of Manor; Joseph H Kifer, of Pitcairn; William A Kifer, of Irwin and Simon E Kifer, of Pitcairn, and four daughters, Mrs. R.E. Bushyager, of Oakmont; Mrs. M.J. Raymaley, of Export; Mrs. Charles Lauffer, of Norvelt, and Mrs. James B. Wolfe, of Greensburg, R.D.3. Eighteen grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two brothers, John L. Kifer, of Jeannette, and Simon Kifer of Irwin, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah J. Wagoner, of Wilkinsburg, also survive. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock EST Tuesday afternoon at his home one-half mile north of Harrison City. Rev. J.F. Smeltzer, pastor of the Harrison City Reformed Church, of which Mr. Kifer was a member will be in charge, Interment will be made in the Brush Creek cemetery. J.F. Mellon, of Manor, funeral director in charge,.Greensburg Daily Tribune
Tuesday, September 13, 1938
Thanks to Jill Ingram FAG #47128984 for sending me this obit.
Family Members
Parents
Michael Kifer
1822–1892
Anna Elizabeth Kunkle Kifer
1828–1905
Spouses
Anna Jane Klingensmith Kifer
1859–1898
Ida Mae Raymaley Kifer
1865–1948
Siblings
Henry J. Kifer
1850–1879
William Albert Kifer
1853–1924
John Lawrence Kifer
1855–1942
Michael George Kifer
1859–1938
Tobias Painter Kifer
1865–1890
Simon Kifer
1869–1958
Children
Homer Carl Kifer
1883–1961
Hettie Mae Kifer Bushyeager
1885–1968
Fannie C Kifer Raymaley
1887–1990
Joseph Henry Kifer
1889–1959
William Albert Kifer
1893–1952
Simon Evans Kifer
1895–1973
Anna Grace Kifer Wolfe
1897–1969
