Elk County PA Archives Obituaries.....Geitner, Barbara Wendel February 9, 1942 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ginny Eakin ginnyeakin@zoominternet.net January 28, 2009, 8:37 pm Elk Co. Gazette DEATH CALLS AGED WOMAN AT EARLY HOUR MRS. JOHN B. GEITNER, 91, PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING AT HOME OF DAUGHTER, FUNERAL TO BE HELD THURSDAY. Mrs. John Baptist Geitner, 91, highly-respected resident of this community where she spent her entire life, died at 7:15 this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Schwabenbauer, Eshbach Road. The aged woman had been in ill health since last August and confined to bed since December 18 last when she fell and fractured her hip. Funeral services will be held in St. Marys Church Thursday at 9 am. The rites will be attended by members of the Altar and Rosary Societies and L.C.B.A. Interment will be made in the parish cemetery. Mrs. Geitner, nee Barbara Wendel, was born in St. Marys, May 3, 1850, at the Wendel homestead, Rosely Road. She and Mr. Geitner who passed away six yrs ago last May, lived on a farm in the Windfall section for many years. They moved to town about 20 yrs ago. The deceased was the last of her immediate family. She is survived by three daughters and three sons: Theresa-Mrs. Schwabenbauer whith whom she resided; Anna-Mrs. C.C. Pfingstler--St. Marys, PA; Regina-Mrs. W.H. Stout of Emporium; William J of Warren; Andrew of Silver Creek NY; and John G Geitner of St. Marys. Forty grandchildren, 36 greatgrandchildren and 6 greatgreatgrandchildren likewise survive. Three adult children preceded their mother to the grave. They were: Elizabeth-Mrs. William Nist; Magdalene-Mrs. John Klaiber and Albert Geitner. Two other children died in infancy. The remains maybe viewed at the Schwabenbauer residence. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb