Fifth Generation

231. Edwin Yoder REIDER^11,26,28,43 was born on 19 May 1859 in Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. He was baptized on 31 Jul 1859 in St. Joseph's Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 23 Apr 1935 in Allentown, PA. He was buried in Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA. Sponsor Benjamin Yerger and Maria. Died at his home at 320 Hanover Avenue, Allentown. On the photo provided, he is standing at the far left as you look at the picture.

Third wife: Clara C., wife of Edwin Reider, of Alburtis, died Monday evening of heart failure, aged 46 years. There survive the husband, a son, Robert Schmick, from a former marriage; her mother, Mrs. James Fegley, of Emaus, and these brothers and sisters: Wilson Fegley, of Mertztown; Martin, of Lebanon; James, of West Coplay; Mrs. Sarah Roth, of Emaus; Mrs. Marietta Eck and Mrs. Aquilla DeLong, both of Allentown. The funeral will be held on Monday at 9.30 a.m., with services and burial at Longswamp church. Rev. Bond will officiate. Macungie Progress, Thursday, February 27, 1908.

Edwin Yoder REIDER and Sevilla L. RICHARDS were married about 1881. Sevilla L. RICHARDS^26,43 was born on 1 Aug 1863. She died on 5 May 1902. She was buried in St. Joseph's Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. Edwin Yoder REIDER and Sevilla L. RICHARDS had the following children:

536	i.	Charles Clarence Oswin REIDER43 was born on 28 Dec 1881 in Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. He was baptized on 16 Apr 1882 in St. Joseph's Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. He died after 1945. Dr. Charles Reider was an eye, ear and nose specialist. He resided in St. Louis, MO.
537	ii.	Curvey V. M. REIDER43 was born on 19 Jan 1888 in Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. He died on 9 May 1906 in Seisholtzville, Berks Co., PA. He was buried in St. Joseph's Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. Also listed as Carvus R. and Carvey Reider. After a brief illness with pneumonia, Curvy M., son of Edwin Y. Reider, of Alburtis, died last Wednesday. He brought his age to 18 years, 3 months and 10 days. The young man had been on a visit to relatives at Siesholtzville while feeling unwell and he died there. He was born near Landis Store and for some time past was employed in Schuler's shirt factory. He was well liked and his untimely death is deplored by all who knew him. His mother died a few years ago. His father, two sisters, Mrs. James Kline and Ida, a brother, Wayne, of Alburtis and another brother residing in the West, survive. The funeral was held on Tuesday forenoon. Interment was made at Hill Church. Rev. Mr. Warmkessel, of Reading, was the officiating clergyman. The pall-bearers were Harry J. W. Feinour, William Neitz, William Delong, Walter Snyder, Erwin Christman and William Kruse, all companions of the deceased. Macungie Progress, Thursday, May 17, 1906.
538	iii.	Ivy Ricky May REIDER4,26,43,51 was born on 1 Jun 1891 in Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. She was baptized on 10 Aug 1891 in St. Joseph's Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. She died in Dec 1978 in Pennsylvania. Resided in Alburtis, PA in 1935 and 1945. She was married 3 September 1910 to Irvin J. Minner. Irvin was a son of Henry D. and Catharine Minner, born 1884 in Hereford Township. He was a plasterer.
539	iv.	Aaron Wayne Penrose REIDER26,43 was born on 11 Nov 1892 in Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. He was baptized on 6 Dec 1892 in St. Joseph's Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. He died after 1945. Baptismal record at Hill Church list his name as Aaron Vain Penrose. Suspect it should have been Aaron Wayne Penrose. He was known simply as Wayne Reider. Living in Akron, Ohio in 1935.
540	v.	Lillie REIDER26,51 was born on 5 Sep 1893 in Pike Township, Berks Co., PA. She died in Sep 1972 in Berks County, PA. Living at Sinking Springs, PA in 1935 and married to James Y. Kline. Using dates from the SSDI. Sons obit from Reading Eagle: Arthur E. Kline, 97, formerly of 215 N. 13th St., died Jan. 16, 2002 in ManorCare Health Services Inc., Muhlenberg Township, where he had resided eight days. He was taken to ManorCare from the St. Joseph Living Center, Hyde Park, where he had resided five years. His wife, Anna C. (Koenig) Kline, died Feb. 28, 1997. Born in Shamrock, Longswamp Township, he was a son of the late James and Lillie (Reider) Kline. Arthur was the owner of Nu-Art Dental Lab, Reading, from 1938 to 1966. He attended Reading High School and the Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute. Surviving is a daughter, A. Karen (Kline) Lake, Traverse City, Mich. Burial in Gethsemane Cemetery, Laureldale, PA.

Edwin Yoder REIDER and Emma Katharine SHOEMAKER were married about 1908. Emma Katharine SHOEMAKER²⁶ was born on 4 Nov 1886 in Pennsylvania. She died on 9 Nov 1957 in Pennsylvania. She was buried in Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA. Daughter of William Henry Shoemaker (born in Long Swamp Township and died age 72 on 15 October 1911) and Mary Ann Fetzer of Fogelsville, PA. Edwin Yoder REIDER and Emma Katharine SHOEMAKER had the following children:

541	i.	Raymond W. R. REIDER75 was born on 8 Jun 1909 in Allentown, PA. He died on 15 Mar 1917. He was buried in Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA.
+542	ii.	Frederick Herbert REIDER.
543	iii.	Dorothy V. REIDER was born in 1915 in Allentown, PA.
544	iv.	Robert J. M. REIDER75 was born on 17 Jan 1920 in Allentown, PA. He died on 16 Jan 1921. He was buried in Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA.
545	v.	Ralph Leroy REIDER26,75 was born on 16 Jun 1924 in Allentown, PA. He died on 9 Jan 1945 in France. Ralph graduated frrom the Allentown High School, class of 1942, he was employed by the National Linoleum Co., Allentown prior to his induction into the army in July of 1943. He trained at Fort Knox , Ky., and Camp Barkley Texas, before going overseas in September 1944 with the US Army. He was a PFC with the 56th infantry Battalion, 12th Armored Division. Ralph was reported missing in action during the Battle of the Bulge and was subsequently declared dead 9 January 1945. He was reportedly killed when a tank destroyer he was in took a direct hit and exploded, his remains were never recovered. He is memorialized at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal (Vosges) France. Ralph received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
546	vi.	Richard A. REIDER75 was born on 22 Oct 1927 in Allentown, PA. He died on 9 Sep 1928. He was buried in Zion Lehigh Lutheran Church, Alburtis, Lehigh Co., PA.