Eighth Generation

672. Helen Marie PRUTZMAN^{26,27,41,60,90,93} was born on 15 Sep 1901 in Earl Township, Berks Co., PA. She died on 14 Mar 1997 in Wyomissing, PA. She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, PA. Resided in Boyertown, PA, and was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church there. She was a cashier when married to Walter. She died at the Highlands of Wyomissing, PA.

Helen Marie PRUTZMAN and Walter Steyer GRIM were married on 13 Oct 1922 in Alsace Lutheran and Reformed Churchs, Muhlenberg Twp., PA. Walter Steyer GRIM^27,60,62 was born on 8 Sep 1899 in Boyertown, PA. He died on 11 Sep 1988. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Boyertown, PA. Tomorrow, September 8, 1967 will mark Mr. Grim's retirement day, after celebrating on September 8 his sixty-eighth birthday and more than half a century of employment for the company. On September 8, 1913, he was employed at the age of 14 as an errand boy in the sewing department at the Boyertown plant. About a year later he was transferred to the cloth covering department as an apprentice, under the supervision of Daniel D. Leidy. In 1915 he again transferred to the wood lining department and learned his trade under the supervision of Jacob Derr and later Grant M. Eddinger. He continued on this job until 1933 when he was appointed and accepted a transfer to Boyertown's Columbus Branch to take charge of the trimming department. He remained in charge of the trimming department for over four years when he asked to be relieved of the responsibilities of managing the department in favor of regular production work on both hardwood and metal caskets as a journeyman casket upholsterer. On November 13, 1947 he again returned to the Boyertown plant and accepted the position of casket upholsterer in the metal lining department. For the past several years Mr. Grim has served as a lining instructor in both wood and metal lining departments. He estimates that he has trained about twenty-five persons in the lining departments. Married to the former Helen Prutzman, Mr. Grim, as well as his wife, are members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Boyertown. Mrs. Grim has recently completed a year as president of the Golden Age club of Boyertown. The Grims are the parents of a daughter, Mrs. Jerome Lengel, Whitfield, and the grandparents of two youngsters, Lori and Amy. After more than five decades of work, Mr. Grim stated that he is looking forward to his retirement. He plans to become a member of the Golden Age club, and then, he added, "I'm going to act lazy for a while."


Helen Marie PRUTZMAN and Walter Steyer GRIM had the following children:

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Kathryn GRIM was born in 1935 in Columbus, Ohio.