OBIT: Chester W. REFFNER, 1972, Martinsburg RD, Blair County, PA

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CHESTER W. REFFNER
 
Of Martinsburg RD 1, died unexpectedly at 5.30 p.m. yesterday, June 5, 1972, at 
his home, after a brief illness. He was born May 3, 1892, at Bakers Summit, a 
son of Wesley and Harriet (Mauk) Reffner, and married Gertrude Hahn in 1911. 
She died July 14, 1961. Surviving are five children, Mrs. Florence Kahley of 
Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Violet Yingling of East Freedom, Mrs. Franceia Stonerook 
of Martinsburg RD 1, Mrs. Helen Reininger of Roaring Spring and Clair of 
Middletown; 16 grandchildren, and 30 great-grandchildren. Mr. Reffner was a 
retired employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Friends will be received in the 
Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring, from 7 to 10 p.m. today and 2 to 4 and 7 
to 10 p.m. tomorrow.

Hoenstine Collection of Obituaries, volume 83 (1972), p. 76