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Object Name |
Recording, Audio |
Scope & Content |
Interview by Denise Landis of Ruth Claire Harman Schaefer (Hacker) (b. 12/13/1919), daughter of George & Claire Vetter Harman. |
Date |
1981 |
Object ID # |
2013.25.941 |
Manuscript Collection # |
z.Audio |
Notes |
Ruth S. Hacker, 95, of Quakertown, formerly Sellersville, died Tuesday May 26th in Quakertown Center. She was the widow of Carl J. Schaefer and Frank E. Hacker. For over 35 years she worked for the former Whispee Co., Perkasie before retiring as a floor lady in 1984. Born in Brooklyn, New York she was a daughter of the late George F. and Claire (Vetter) Harmon [sic]. She was a 1938 graduate of the former Sell-Perk High School. Surviving are sons, John R. Schaefer, wife Patia of Quakertown, Joseph Schaefer, wife Roseanne of Boyertown, Jerome "Jerry" Schaefer, wife Lee of Princeton, NJ; daughters Mary Ann Kaspszyk, Fleetwood, Claire Daniel, husband Robert of Westminster, SC, Gail Bender, husband Joel of Shichshinny; sisters Florence Byers of Pennsburg, Margaret Sheller of Sellersville; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held 11 am Sat. May 30 in the Jeffrey A. Naugle Funeral & Cremation Service, 135 W. Pumping Station Rd., Quakertown. Call at the funeral home 10 – 11 am. Interment Sellersville Cemetery. Memorial contributions to Grand View Hospital, 700 Lawn Ave., Sellersville, PA 18960. |
Source |
Gift of S. Duane Kauffman |