TOMBSTONE PHOTOS: Mount Ober Cemetery, West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA Copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives as indicated below Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/ ________________________________________________ Photos from this cemetery can be viewed at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/1picts/cemeteries/mount-ober.htm Mount Ober Cemetery Harrisburg Pike (Route 230) Northwest of Elizabethtown West Donegal Township Transcribed by Keith McKain Photos contributed by Abby Bowman Listed below are all stones visible in 2007. There are a number of others interred here for which no marker exists. Ira R. BARNHART 1888-1958, with wife Bessie C. BARNHART 1894-1946 Leona BARNHART 1905-1978 Nancy BARNHART 1901-1929 Sherman BARNHART 1890-1976 Anna I. BECKER Infant daughter of Harry & Anna BECKER Anna M. BECKER 1886-1982 Clyde R. BECKER 1923-1978 Veteran WWII, with wife Clare P. BECKER 1922-1980 and daughter Shirley A. BECKER 1950-1966 Elam H. BECKER 1891-1965, with wife Fannie W. BECKER 1890-1980 Frederick W. BECKER 1917-1996, son Harry W BECKER 1876-1933, father Lillian J. BECKER 1914-1918, daughter of Harry & Anna BECKER Marie A. BECKER 1910-1912, daughter of Harry & Anna BECKER William BECKER 1912-1918, son of Harry & Anna BECKER Anna BRENEMAN 03/26/1859-08/24/1859, aged 4m 29d daughter of David and Ann BRENEMAN Anna BRILL 02/18/1827-04/30/1897 George BRILL 03/09/1831-04/05/1912, aged 81y 26d Wm. B. CAMPBELL 02/03/1804-03/16/1870, aged 66y 1m 13d Edward B. COBLE 1884-1983, with Nellie G. COBLE 1892-1983 Mary COBLE 03/04/1917, daughter of Byron and Mary COBLE Richard H. COBLE 02/14/1919-05/31/2003 Mary Foster COLLINS 1862-1960 Jacob H. CONRAD View 2 View 3 View 4 03/04/1869-07/11/1956, with wife Cora M CONRAD 09/05/1879-11/24/1981 and daughter Alice E. CONRAD 08/06/1902-10/11/1930, same stone as Charles and Bertha Meads William C. DAVIS 02/18/1968-02/15/1993, Son Ora V. DIMELER 03/06/1920-03/30/1998 Thadeus N. ECKERD 04/03/1980-02/14/2005, with son Ethan Tyler ECKERD 10/07/2004-02/16/2005 Angelina EISENBERGER 01/07/1854-09/17/1926, with husband Jacob EISENBERGER [No Dates] Amanda B. ENGLE 04/16/1862-05/13/1935, aged 73y 27d Jacob A. ENGLE 02/24/1854-07/10/1937 aged 83y 4m 16d Harriet FIRESTONE 05/28/1803-03/30/1859, aged 55y 10m 2d John W. FISHER 10/18/1877-05/25/1951, with Maggie P. FISHER 04/11/1878-05/03/1945 and Myrtle FISHER 03/17/1902-09/04/1902 Eli FOSTER View 2 View 3 View 4 View 5 View 6 View 7 08/23/1829-12/30/1912, with wife Mary FOSTER 04/13/1838-01/19/1912, wife Elvina FOSTER 10/10/1831-10/29/1855, John S. FOSTER 1854-1857 son of Eli & Elvina FOSTER, Stover FOSTER son of Eli & Elvina FOSTER aged 2m, and Addison J. FOSTER Elias FOSTER  John G. FOSTER 1871-1950 Mary FOSTER b. 04/17/1800, wife of Elias FOSTER Mary A. FOSTER d. 1833 Washington FOSTER 04/16/1842-02/21/1925 Mary Ann GALL 07/27/1846-04/18/1850, aged 3y 8m 22d, daughter of Abram & Ann Gall Barbara GISCH 05/09/1775-12/04/1864, grandmother, same stone as Isaac and Catharine Ober Anna M. GOODMAN d. 05/17/1905, aged 5m 6d, daughter of John S. and Mary GOODMAN Barbara S. GOODMAN d. 09/16/1903, aged 9m 6d, daughter of John S. and Mary GOODMAN Charles C. Goodman 10/16/1952-07/04/1965, son Clarence S. GOODMAN 12/04/1915 - 04/02/1960 father, with grandson Kenneth Paul GOODMAN 12/12/1963-03/26/1964 John S. GOODMAN 1876-1961, with wife Mary Ann GOODMAN 1877-1941 Joseph S. GOODMAN 1855-1935, with wife Anna S. GOODMAN 1855-1935 and son Clayton S. GOODMAN 1895-1896 Richard C GOODMAN View 2 1937-1946, son of Clarence & Erma GOODMAN William S. GOODMAN 1888-1981 Veteran WWII, with wife Georgia A GOODMAN 1891-1980 Carl F. GORDON 1921-1941 Harry D. GORDON 06/16/1894-02/17/1979, with Kathryn M. GORDON 05/09/1898-02/05/1986, Carl E. GORDON 1921-1941, and Infants Hazel GORDON d. 06/09/1917, daughter of Harry D. & Barbara GORDON Wilbur H. GORDON 01/15/1920-11/15/1986, Tec 5 US ARMY - World War II Children GREENAWALT of William & Fanny(?)_GREENWALT Elizabeth HANSPERGER d. 10/02/1824. Her time in this world was 97y and 7m and she died in hope of entering into a better world. [Inscribed in German] George HARCLEROAD  C. Richard HEIN View 2 View 3 1912-1974 SSMB2 --USNI (SA) WWII, Odd Fellows Marker, with wife Vera G. HEIN 1915-1987 Jacob E. HEISEY 05/18/1868-05/02/1940, father Lavinia W. HEISEY 02/03/1867-09/07/1893, aged 26y 7m 4d, wife of Jacob E. HEISEY, mother Nancy HEISEY 11/06/1809-06/14/1893, aged 83y 6m 8d, wife of John E. HEISEY Barbara HORST 01/04/1808-04/16/1883, aged 75y 3m 15d Everett T. HUGHES 1924-1990 Jacob G. INNERS View 2 1870-1948, with Clarence V. INNERS 1897-1948, next to missing stone Jennie M. INNERS 1888-1950, mother Mary S. INNERS 1874-1955, mother Raymond J. INNERS 1894-1962 Raymond J. INNERS Jr. 1923-1961 Unknown INNERS  T. W. JACOBS 11/25/1847-07/01/1857, aged 10y 7m 6d Mary E. KALEY 1911-1978 Paul G. KALEY 10/18/1901-04/05/1967, with wife Bertha A. KALEY 10/31/1901-10/11/1944 Adolf KAUFFMAN 07/31/1878-07/13/1957 Fanny S. KELCHNER 12/21/1849-07/05/1873, aged 23y 6m 14d, daughter of Isaac & Fanny Kelcher Isaac S. KELCHNER 1856-1937, with Anna M. KELCHNER 1856-1931 John S. KELCHNER 11/18/1869-10/07/1871, aged 2y 6m 19d, son of Isaac W & Fanny KELCHER Unknown KELCHNER d. 1/13(?)/18??, aged 3y 11m ?d, daughter of Isaac and Fanny Kelcher Lyle Henry KOSER d. 05/29/1923, son of Victor R. and Nellie Koser Harriet KROUSE 10/21/1805-07/05/1842, aged 36y 8m 15d, daughter of John & Mary KROUSE William E. LAWING 03/12/1929-07/02/1969 Levi LAWRENCE 03/12/1842-06/23/1843, aged 1y 3m 11d Florence S. LAYNE 02/16/1922-12/13/1983 Elizabeth LEHMAN 1829-1916, wife of Christian LEHMAN G. M.  Benjamin MAYER 05/11/1809-10/10/1843, aged 34y 4m 29d Unkinown MAYER  Samuel McLANAGHAN View 2 06/17/1827-01/21/1915 Father, with wife and mother Lydia A. McLANAGHAN 11/11/1831-06/16/1874, daughter Catharine McLANAGHAN 03/21/1857-11/12/1875, and Robert McLANAGHAN 1759-1824 Charles McNORTON View 2 View 3 View 4 10/18/1870-04/14/1912, aged 41y 5m 26d, with Lizzie McNORTON 1878-1967, and Infant children Amos, Florence, and Ellen Charles A. MEADS View 2 View 3 8/31/1896-05/18/1968, with wife Bertha M. MEADS 04/18/1898-01/14/1964, same stone as Jacob, Cora and Alice Conrad Kenneth L. MEADS 11/30/1927-09/29/1999, with wife Mary E. MEADS 08/21/1930-04/28/2006, married 10/15/1950 Sarah MEYER 11/21/1816-03/27/1852, wife of Henry MEYER Catharine MEYERS d. 04/23/1847, aged 3d, daughter of Henry & Sarah MEYERS Robert Allen MILLER 05/26/1973-01/20/1991 Robert L. MULHOLLEM 02/25/1927-06/29/2006, Veteran WW II Christian MYERS d. 09/15/1903, aged 64y 3m 1d Christian M. MYERS 1874-1962, with Katie S. MYERS 1879-1963 Henry MYERS 10/3/1803-09/21/1890, aged 86y 10m 29d Maria MYERS 01/19/1831-09/09/1902, aged 71y 7m 20d, wife of Henry MYERS Martha J. MYERS d. 05/31/1913, aged 74y 3m 14d, wife of Christian MYERS George H. NAUMAN III 1922-1981, Veteran George W. NAUMAN Jr. 1895-1974 Husband, with wife Mary A. NAUMAN 1910-1982 George W. NAUMAN Sr. Family Stone 1864-1932 Father, with Lillie E. NAUMAN 1868-1943 Mother, Elizabeth M. NAUMAN 1897-1924, and Daniel C. NAUMAN 1924-1925 Henry W. NAUMAN 1905-1977, with wife Mary A. NAUMAN 1905-1981 Edward A. NILAN 05/26/1911-09/10/1917, son of John & Ada NILAN John J. NILAN 1881-1953, with Ada M. NILAN 1889-1979 and Michael J. NILAN 1909-1928 Mary H. NITRAUER d. 02/23/1915, aged 44y 10m and 7d, wife of Ambrose D. NITRAUER Christian OBER 09/29/1762-11/27/1840, "so his time in this world was 78 Years 1 Month & 28 Days & it pleased the Lord to take him away" [in German] Christian Marya OBER 1762-1840, Revolutionary Soldier PA. Militia Lancaster Co. 2nd Battalion Elizabeth OBER 11/19/1764-06/12/1845, "so her time in this world was 80y 6m 23d", wife of Christian OBER Isaac OBER View 2 View 3 View 4 View 5 View 6 02/13/1790-01/22/1863, with Catharine OBER 09/04/1795-07/28/1879, Catherine OBER 09/20/1834-02/18/1898, and children Christian OBER 07/19/1821-07/15-1822, Jeremiah OBER 04/19/1819-02/09/1838, Samuel OBER, 06/24/1815-06/27/1841, Henry OBER 03/18/1843-05/22/1844, and grandmother Barbara GISCH 05/09/1775-12/04/1864 Jacob OBER 08/10/1786-06/19/1837, aged 50y 10m [remaining inscription buried in soil] Bernice A. OTIS 04/30/1911-08/03/1986, nee COLLEGE Ida A. PAUL 1882-1955, nee SHANK John B. POORMAN 1849-1909 Marcus REICHERT 1854-1934 Rose A. REICHERT 1855-1941 S  with Shank stones Dorkis Shank SEIBERT View 2 11/04/1914-07/08/1996 Erma J. SHAAK 03/31/1921-06/15/1996 Abraham H. SHAFFER 09/13/1831-03/08/1910, with wife Mary A. SHAFFER 08/16/1838-05/16/1920, same stone as Daniel and Alice Shaffer Daniel M. SHAFFER View 2 View 3 11/27/1872-[NoDate], with Alice B. SHAFFER 10/03/1876-11/06/1932, Mary E. SHAFFER 1906-1906, Alice M. SHAFFER 1915-1920 and Daniel M. SHAFFER 1908-1908, same stone as Abraham and Mary Shaffer Albert H. SHANK 12/27/1879-11/24/1953, with Ida M. SHANK 10/13/1883-05/01/1966 Annie SHANK d. 02/27/1899, wife of Michael SHANK, Mother, in front of ????abeth   Beatrice E. SHANK 01/01/1911-11/19/2000, daughter Clifford E. SHANK 12/14/1922-04/21/1999 Veteran WWII, with Emma Z. SHANK 12/17/1922-01/19/2005 Daryle W. SHANK 02/21/1941-06/07/1955 David S. SHANK View 2 1878-1921, with wife Mary A. SHANK 1871-1953, Jacob M. SHANK 1899-1918, Ruth A. SHANK 1917-1918, and children Mamie W. SHANK 1897-1898, Sarah C. SHANK 1909-1910 and Dorothy W. SHANK 1911-1911 Edna S. SHANK d. 08/29/1901, aged 10m 6d, daughter of Albert H. & Ida M. SHANK Effie L. SHANK 11/10/1885-01/26/1968 Elizabeth SHANK  Ella SHANK 08/28/1872-10/11/1894, aged 22y 1m & 13d, wife of John S. SHANK Ephraim D. SHANK 03/19/1856-04/19/1924 Veteran, aged 68 y 1m, with wife Ellen M. SHANK 07/08/1857-12/03/1935 Israel S. SHANK 1890-1946, with wife Sue C. SHANK 1890-1979 John H. SHANK 08/25/1892-03/13/1914, aged 21y 6m 18d, son of Martin S. & Lovisa SHANK John H. SHANK 12/05/1866-12/15/1939, with wife Fannie B. SHANK 02/11/1866-12/29/1943 John S. SHANK 07/22/1862-05/09/1954 Leroy S. SHANK d. 04/07/1902, aged 2m 14d, son of Albert H. & Ida M. SHANK Lovisa S. SHANK 05/19/1871-07/09/1960, Mother Martin S. SHANK 02/14/1870-06/13/1941, Father Mary SHANK 1857-1934, Mother Mary S. SHANK daughter of John & Fanny SHANK Michael SHANK  Michael S. SHANK Plot 07/02/1852-06/09/1922 Milford C. SHANK 1920-1920, with Lloyd A. SHANK 1923-1925 and Harry C. SHANK 1917-1925, children of Albert H. & Ida M. SHANK Norman H. SHANK 1897-1963 Father, with Sara O. SHANK 1897-1983 Mother Norman Y. SHANK 05/21/1921-11/11/1987, Cpl US Army Air Corps World War II R----- SHANK  Raymond H. SHANK 1892-1982 Father, with Stella R. SHANK 1895-1954 Mother Robert E. SHANK 1939-1939 Russell W. SHANK 05/08/1893-05/24/1963 Sara Ann SHANK 09/13/1925-01/11/1926 Unknown SHANK  Victor SHANK d. 11/26/1912, aged 3d Wallace SHANK  David SHARER 2/12/1822-2/6/1888, aged 65y 11m 24d Elmer G SHARER View 2 View 3 08/20/1872-04/19/1927, with Jacob S. SHARER 03/01/1862-08/07/1927 and Mazie G. SHARER 05/26/1875-[No DATE] Mary SHARER b. 9/29/????, wife of David SHARER Edward C. SHAW 1901-1972 with Anna M. SHAW 1907-2000 Hezekiah C. SHEAFFER 12/13/1864-09/27/1936, with wife Minnie C. SHEAFFER 09/29/1870-12/08/1934 Catherine SHEARER 9/18/1818-5/25/1891, aged 72y 9m 7d, wife of John B. SHEARER Elizabeth SHEARER 01/07/1835-01/31/1906, aged 71y 24d, wife of John S. SHEARER George G. SHEARER 10/16/1859-03/17/1906, aged 46y 5m 3d Hettie SHEARER Rear View 10/06/1798-11/07/1869, wife of John SHEARER John B. SHEARER 11/22/1821-05/08/1900, aged 78y 6m 16d John S. SHEARER 12/22/1836-12/6/1907, aged 70y 11m 14d David SHENK 08/12/1882-01/22/1967 David S. SHENK 10/01/1849-01/29/1910, aged 60y 3m 28d, Father Rebecca SHENK 05/29/1849-08/18/1937, aged 88y 2m 20d, Mother Ralph B. SHOPE 05/21/1905-9/15/1996 (dod per SSDI), with Virginia G. SHOPE 03/14/1908-11/13/1983 Charles D. SMITH 07/16/1906-12/11/1928 Daniel G. SMITH 08/22/1881-03/24/1926 Daniel G. SMITH 01/28/1913-03/28/1962, PA Pvt 1302 Sig Opr Tng Co World War II Margaret R. SMITH 09/24/1884-03/25/1952 Harry F. SNYDER 1908-1979 Veteran, with Pearl S. SNYDER 1907-1976 Jacob M. SWEIGART 02/12/1830-12/30/1911, aged 81y 10m 18d, with wife Elizabeth SWEIGART 11/19/1832-02/23/1917, aged 84y 3m 4d Frank K. UNDERKOFLER 1877-1960, with Anna Foster UNDERKOFLER 1876-1977 Unknowns: 1  2  3  4  5  Catharine WELSH 02/24/1842-04/18/1842, aged 1m 25d, daughter of John & Anna WELSH Abraham WINTERS 05/24/1836-01/18/1909, aged 72y 7m 24d Abraham E. WINTERS 08/23/1870-07/11/1940, with Louisa W. WINTERS 09/07/1873-12/09/1944, Dorothy A. WINTERS 1914-1917, Pearl A. WINTERS 1899-1904, and Leroy A. WINTERS 1896-1896 Daniel H. WINTERS View 2 10/30/1882-04/04/1974, with Andrew H. WINTERS 09/21/1880-03/23/1959 Elizabeth B. WINTERS 11/20/1841-06/12/1917, aged 75y 6m 22d, wife of Samuel WINTERS Harry E. WINTERS d. 09/18(?)/1897(?), aged 2m 13d, son of Martin & Elizabeth WINTERS Joseph H. WINTERS View 2 01/09/1835-10/05/1880, aged 45y 8m 26d, next to fallen stone Lee A. WINTERS Sr. 11/10/1911-07/08/2000 with Rachel M. WINTERS 05/20/1913-06/05/2007 LeeROY J. WINTERS View 2 1899-1985, with Elsie E. WINTERS 1912-1976 Martin WINTERS View 2 11/30/1800-10/14/1871, next to Unknown WINTERS Martin H. WINTERS 1871-1949, with Sarah E. WINTERS 1866-1941 Mary WINTERS 09/24/1837-04/04/1885, aged 47y 6m 10d, wife of Samuel WINTERS Mary A. Horner WINTERS 1/7/1843-5/22/1893, aged 50y 4m 15d, wife of Abraham WINTERS Samuel WINTERS 02/29/1828-01/22/1911, aged 82y 10m 22d A. Lincoln ZEAGER d. 12/22/1918, aged 10m 17d, son of Lehman & Parthene B. LEHMAN Lehman ZEAGER 09/08/1893-02/05/1953 Father, with wife Parthene B. ZEAGER 10/23/1889-07/09/1972 Mother