Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....George ENTRIKEN, Sr., 1922

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Daily Local
West Chester Pennsylvania
April 12 1922

GEORGE ENTRIKEN

News reached West Chester today of the death at Lakewood Florida of George 
Entriken of Westtown Township this County. He survived by his widow and 
several children among them Anne E who married John R Hollinger and Lillian 
Secretary of the Chester county Community Centre.


Entriken – In Lakeland, Florida, on April 11 1922 George husband of Anna H 
Entriken and son of the late John and Ann Entriken in the 77th year of his 
age.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services on Friday 
April 14th at 3 p m at the home of his daughter Mrs. John R Hollinger, 
Rosedale Avenue, West Chester. Interment at Oaklands Cemetery.


Daily Local
West Chester Pennsylvania

GEORGE ENTRIKEN 

George Entriken whose death due to pneumonia occurred in Lakeland, Florida 
where he was spending the winter was born in Thornbury, Chester County, January 
8th 1846.

He was one of seven children of John and Anne Ingram Fitzsimmons Entriken. One 
brother John Carpenter Entriken of Philadelphia survives him. On December 24 1873 
he married Sallie H daughter of Joaquim and Susanna Bishop of Willistown. They 
resided in New Dungeness on Puget Sound in Washington Territory, until her death 
in 1885. She left three children who are still living, Misses Esther Rogers and 
Nellie Bishop Entriken of New York City, and J Rogers of Grant's Pass Oregon. Mr 
Entriken returned to Chester County. In Dec 1890 he married Anna daughter of 
James and Mary Hines. Their children are Ann wife of John r Hollinger; Marion, 
Lillian, George, Roberta and Norman Entriken who reside in Westtown. There are 
four grandchildren.

Mr Entriken was a descendant of the William Carpenter branch of the Carpenter 
family, who lived at "The Homme" in Hereford, England. Many of the members of 
this family came to Pennsylvania and settled in Chester County and Mr Entriken 
like the majority of them was a farmer all his life he was ever a keen student 
of world affairs a genial and interesting companion.

Rev Charles A Walker will have charge of the funeral services assisted by Rev 
Robert T Tumbelston of Germantown. The pallbearers are six nephews of the 
deceased: Robert Everett of Philadelphia; William shields of Springfield; Dr 
James C Entriken, Ralph Entriken and Robert E Entriken of Philadelphia and J 
B Matlack of West Chester.


Daily Local
West Chester Pennsylvania
April 15 1922

FUNERALS

At the home of Mr and Mrs. John r Hollinger, Rosedale Avenue, yesterday afternoon 
funeral services were held over the body of her father, George Entriken, who died 
in Florida. Services were conducted by Rev Chas A Walker, D D pastor of the Olivet 
Baptist Church and Rev R T Tumbleston of Germantown also spoke. Interment was made 
in Oaklands Cemetery, the pallbearers being Robert Entriken, Philadelphia; William 
S Everett, Springfield, Delaware County' Rev R T Tumbleston, Germantown; J b Matlack, 
West Chester; Ralph Entriken, Philadelphia' Dr J C Entriken, Philadelphia. Among 
friends present was Thomas Cheyney of East Gay Street, who had begun school at Shady 
Grove on the same day Mr Entriken did in 1854.

The school was located on the Street Road and is now the home of "Squire T Van c 
Phillips. The Entriken family at that time lived on what was afterward the Sproat 
property and now is owned and occupied by Adolph Umbehend and family.