Ninth Generation

418. Howard Marvin BITTING Sr.^25,38 was born in 1909 in Shillington, PA. He died on 28 Dec 1965 in Reading, PA. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Shillington, PA. Howard Marvin Bitting, 56, died in Reading Hospital. Former Shillington Fire Chief 1948 - 1954. Marvin was a WW II US Army veteran. He was born in Shillington, son of Howard H. Bitting and Bessie A. Coldren. He is survived by his widow was Emily (Mast) Bitting. There also survives five sons: Howard, Carl D.; Robert R.; and John F., all living in Shillington, and Richard D. in Reading. One daughter survives, Emily J., married to Warren Young.

Howard Marvin BITTING Sr. and Emily L. MAST were married on 12 Apr 1928 in Reading, PA. Emily L. MAST^38,59 was born on 4 Feb 1906. She died in Mar 1983 in Reading, PA. Daughter of Paul J. Mast and Annie Schneider of Reading, PA. Howard Marvin BITTING Sr. and Emily L. MAST had the following children:

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Howard Marvin BITTING Jr.25,38 was born on 14 Oct 1928 in Reading, PA. He died on 17 Nov 2005 in Shillington, PA. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Shillington, PA. Howard M. “Sonny” Bitting Jr., 77, died of natural causes in his Shillington home. He was employed by St. Lawrence Dairy, Reading, from 1945 until his retirement Sept. 1, 1985, as a dairy relief man. He was also employed for the past 39 years as a caretaker by the Fairview Cemetery, Shillington. Howard was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He is also survived by two sons, Richard A., Oley Township, and Jeffrey S., Cumru Township. Other survivors include a brother, John F., Shillington. There is also a granddaughter. Marriage record 192/314