Ralph Franklin HIESTER

1910 - 1935  (25 years)

• Name	Ralph Franklin HIESTER
  Born	5 Feb 1910
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 May 1935  [1]
  	Ralph was accidentally drowned in the Tulpehocken Creek at h\Hiester's Mill.
  Buried	5 Jun 1935	St. John's (Hain's) UCC Cemetery, Wernersville, Berks Co., PA
  Person ID	I13808	Primary
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Adam Reber HIESTER,   b. 8 Nov 1874, Berks Co., PA ,   d. 15 Aug 1962, Berks Co., PA  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Ellen Laura ('Ella') WEIHRER,   b. 21 Jun 1878,   d. 11 Mar 1961, Reinholds, Berks Co., PA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1896	Canden, NJ   [2]
  Photos		Hiesters
  		Hiester, Adam and Ella [Weirher]
  Family ID	F2873	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Harriet R SCHWARTZ,   b. 11 Feb 1913,   d. 8 Feb 1970  (Age 56 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1931
  Children	1. Marie Harriet HIESTER
  Family ID	F3130	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Ralph Hiester, wife Harriet and daughter Marie

  
  

• Sources

  [S167] Obituaries. Fritztown, June 1 - Funeral services for Ralph F. Hiester, 25, of this place, who was found yesterday afternoon in shallow water of the Tulpehocken creek, below Hiestser's dam, will be held at 2 p.m. from the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Keener, here. The Rev. Ralph E. Starr will conduct further services in Hain's church, Wernersville. INterment in adjoining cemetery, in charge of Funeral Director C. Norman Lamm. Hiester was a son of Adam R. and Ella (Weihrer) Hiester, Wernersville, R. D. 2. Surviving are his parents, his widow, Harriet (Schwartz); these brothers and sisters: Alfred, Joanna; Walter, Turnwater, Wash.; Florence, wife of Jerome Kachling, Egypt; Mildred, wife off George Mutter, Boyertown; Helen, wife of Milton Aaches, this place; Elsie, wife of Walter Emore, Lynoak; Alice, wife of Milton Keener, this place; Wellignton, Mohnton, and Paul and David, Wernersville, R.D. 2, and his grandfather, Andrew Weihrer, Reading. Dr. S. B. Glick, coroner, issues a certificate of death due to drowning by accident. Hiester was fishing with another Fritztown youth when he was taken ill and fell forward into the water. His head was submerged and his feet were on shore when his companion found him. [S41] New Jersey Marriage Records 1670-1965.