Archive Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Recording, Audio |
Scope & Content |
Interview by Peggy Gehman of grandmother Viola Longacre Gehman (b. 02/04/1899), daughter of Isaac & Susan Schantz Longacre. Digital copy available --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start time Subject 00:01:15 youngest, felt like an only child 00:01:50 teacher for almost 30 years 00:03:22 father strict but kind 00:04:04 helping with the milking 00:06:17 summer sessions at Muhlenberg College 00:07:11 punished students for lying 00:07:39 President Harding's death 00:08:59 courtship details |
Date |
1978 |
Object ID # |
2013.25.354 |
Length of Interview |
00:14:57 |
Manuscript Collection # |
z.Audio |
Notes |
Obituary: Gehman, S. Viola, daughter of Isaac and Susan (Kauffman Schantz) Longacre, was born in Bucks Co., Pa., Feb. 4, 1889; died of a heart attack at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Lehigh Co., Pa., Feb. 23, 1983; aged 84 y. On Aug. 16, 1922, she was married to William Norman Gehman, who survives. Also surviving are 2 daughters (Mrs. Pauline Yoder and Mrs. Grace Bertsch), and 4 sons (David, James, Robert, and Henry). She was a member of Swamp Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on Feb. 26, in charge of Noah Kolb and Winfield Ruth; interment in the Swamp Mennonite Cemetery. (Gospel Herald, Apr. 19, 1983) |
Source |
Gift of S. Duane Kauffman |
People |
Gehman, Viola Longacre, 1899-1983 |