Genealogical Gems

  My beloved husband John Buckle 1919 - 1955 Rest in Peace   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery, Valley Township, Chester County, PA   John is the some of Thomas and Bessie Buckle. He has three siblings: Annie, Andrew , and Michael . Although John's stone reads "my beloved husband" his wife is either not there or may simply not have a stone. He is buried to the right of his brother Andrew. He served in the US Army during WWII.   Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

James J. Kirchner Sr., 76, of North President Ave., Lancaster, died at Essa Flory Hospice Center on December 11, 2004. Born in Lancaster he was the son of the late Othmar and Elizabeth Brophy Kirchner. He was married to Margaret Welsh Kirchner. In February 2005 they would have celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary. Surviving is a daughter, Ann M. Able, wife of Tony of Wrightsville; three sons, James J. Jr., husband of Tina of Lancaster; John M., husband of Tracey of Elizabethtown; and Stephen T., husband of Susie of Lancaster; eight grandchildren, Jordan and Jenna Abel, Joshua, Laura, Alex, Erica, Gregory and Andrew Kirchner. There are two surviving brothers and two sisters, Thomas Kirchner of Douglasville; Michael Kirchner of Lancaster; Helen Bitts, and Mary Ann Welsh of Lancaster. He was preceded in death by a brother, Othmar Kirchner, and a sister, Margaret Kilhefer. He is a member of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church. Jim attended Lancaster Catholic High School. In...

Tessie (Ruczhak) Monko, 71 of Coatesville passed away on December 19, 2013. Born on June 1, 1942 in Coatesville she was the daughter of the late Theodore Ruzchak and Mary Chernecky Ruzchak. She is survived by a son Christopher M. Monko, and two grandchildren Kyle M. Monko and Brett A. Monko. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 26, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Maclean-Chamberlain Funeral Home with a time of visitation from 10 a.m. till the time of the service. Interment will follow in the Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery, Coatesville. Arrangements by the Maclean-Chamberlain Funeral Home Inc. Coatesville. NOTE: Published in the Daily Local

  Andrew Buckle 1929 - 1944 Sgt. 13th Air Force World War II   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County, PA   Andrew is the some of Thomas and Bessie Buckle. He has three siblings: Annie, John, and Michael . He was born 27 September 1929. Andrew entered service on 2 January 1943, serving in the Army Air Force during World War II. He was Killed In Action on 17 March 1944 in Vienna, Austria.     Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

My great grandparents - Panko & Bessie Hruszczak - had a child in 1916 in Coatesville, Chester County, PA. The child died of pneumonia on 13 October 1918. I have been searching for proof of this child for years. My grandfather (born in January 1917) told me he had an older brother who had died before the next brother (with the same name) was born in 1919. Since he born and died between censuses, he was never listed on them. Both my great grandparents are buried at our church's cemetery (Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery in Valley Township, Chester County, PA) so I tried there. The caretaker said there were no babies from back then. That was before our cemetery was formed he thought. I found my first written proof of the child finally thanks to the US military! Panko registered for the World War I Draft, like many men of age, in 1917. The form asks about family and he listed a wife and one child. This would have been months before my grandfather was born so I finally has proof ...

Dr. Joseph Frederick Eckman Sr., 70, of Kennett Square, left his earthly body behind on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, and moved on to eternal life with his Savior in Heaven, just five months after his diagnosis of melanoma. He was the husband of Ellen Ann (Latta) Eckman, with whom he shared 45 years of marriage. Joe was born in Coatesville, the youngest son of the late Elwood M. and Daisy Weber Eckman. Joe attended Penn State University from 1961 to 1964 and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry in 1968. Commissioned by the U.S. Navy, Lt. Cmdr. Eckman served his country at Cubi Point Naval Air Station in the Philippines from 1968 to 1970 during the Vietnam War. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve Dental Corps until 1979. Joe and Ellen Ann returned from the Philippines in 1970 and opened his first dental office in their home in Kennett Square. In 1984, he moved his office to Willowdale, where he practiced dentistry until recently. In 2006, he and his son, D...

The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum welcomes readers to a holiday open house from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, 13 December. Stroll through candle lit grounds and enjoy holiday refreshments as you listen to carolers and the Lukens Band. Tour the historic buildings, and shop at the museum store. A train display and a visit with Santa Claus is sure to excite the little ones. The Museum is located in the Lukens National Historic District, 50 South 1st Avenue, Coatesville.

  BUCKLE Thomas 1895 - 1967 Bessie 1898 - 1980   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County, PA Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

The playground of an elementary school in North Philadelphia was built on the grounds of a former cemetery. The unusual aspect of this news is that Philadelphia City Water Department workers dug up graves and skulls while excavating the playground ... A 1953 topo map on HistoricalAerials.com confirms the site as an IOOF Cemetery . IOOF is the standard abbreviation for the International Order of Odd Fellows ... Find A Grave does list 2,054 internments. Click HERE to read the full article as it appeared on Examiner.com.

  PETROVICH   John 1880 - 1949 & his wife Helenna 1889 - 1962   buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery Valley Township, Chester County, PA Tombstone Tuesday is a daily blogging prompt prompted by GeneaBloggers in which an image of a gravestone is featured. It may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor.

Levi Groff, 101, Quarryville Levi W "Pete" Groff, 101, of 695 Robert Fulton Highway, Quarryville, formerly of Georgetown Road, Christiana, died Thursday, 4 September (2003), at Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community. Groff was a retired self employed farmer in Colerain Township. He was a member of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, Quarryville. He enjoyed going to the mountains. Born in Eden Township, he was the son of the late Joseph M and Laura Groff Groff. He was married to Jennie M. Eckman Groff, who died in 1985. Surviving are two daughters, Gladys G., married to Earl Gibson of Atglen, and Martha "Marcy" Frutchey of Quarryville; a son, Donald E married to Mary Groff of Christiana; 14 grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; nine great-great grandchildren; four step-great-great grandchildren; and two sisters, Elizabeth Hastering of Kirkwood and Ada Mowrer of West Grove. He was preceded in death by a son Melvin L; a daughter Mildred Reinha...