Archive Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Recording, Audio |
Title |
Steltzer, Arthur & Virginia King |
Scope & Content |
Interview by Dan Godshall of Arthur Joseph Steltzer (1903-1987) and Virginia B. King Steltzer (1907-1994). Digital copy available. (mostly poor audio in beginning) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start time Subject 00:00:00 genealogical information 00:08:35 occupations 00:18:10 hobbies/pasttimes 00:20:15 early home life 00:24:01 historical events 00:29:00 school/school remembrances 00:32:47 courtship/marriage 00:34:24 what is better in the present than the past? 00:37:07 church/church life 00:41:32 end of audio |
Date |
1982 |
Object ID # |
2013.25.1005 |
Length of Interview |
00:41:42 |
Manuscript Collection # |
z.Audio |
Notes |
Obituaries: Arthur J. Steltzer Sr., 84, of Abington, a retired self-employed home decorator and an amateur artist, died May 20 at Abington Memorial Hospital. He was a resident of Abington for more than 35 years. Before his retirement in 1968, he worked in the Abington area for many years as a home decorator, painter, paperhanger and sign painter. After his retirement, he worked for about 20 years at his avocation, painting still lifes and nature scenes in oils, watercolors and acrylics. "He painted lots of pictures. The kids have been coming over grabbing them up. . . . He painted mostly scenes, fruits and flowers," said his wife, the former Virginia King. "We never bothered to commercialize (the paintings). I guess we should have," she said. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, the Rev. Arthur J. Jr.; four daughters, Jacqueline J., Ann S.Gilchrist, Grace E. Modricker and Gloria K. Godshall; a brother; 14 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. Services were held May 23 at the Baron Rowland Funeral Home, Abington. __________________________________ Virginia King Steltzer, 87, a retired practical nurse and a homemaker, died April 14 at her home in Abington. Mrs. Steltzer, born and educated in St. Louis, lived in the Washington area for several years before moving to Abington 48 years ago. She was a practical nurse for 46 years and did private-duty work until she retired in 1972. During World War II, she worked at several government installations in the Philadelphia area, including the former Johnsville Naval Air Station. Mrs. Steltzer was the oldest living member of New Life Presbyterian Church in Glenside. Her husband of 62 years, Arthur J. Steltzer Sr., died in 1987. Mrs. Steltzer is survived by four daughters, Anne S. Gilchrist, Grace E. Modricker, Gloria K. Godshall and Jacqueline J.; a son, the Rev. Arthur J. Jr.; 14 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. A funeral service was held April 19 at Glenside Baptist Church. |
Source |
Gift of S. Duane Kauffman |