Luzerne County PA Archives Obituaries.....Shiber, William James October 6, 1951 ************************************************ 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: Eugene Shiber gshiber@comcast.net January 23, 2011, 6:56 pm Wilkes-Barre Record, 8 October, 1951 William J. Shiber, 57, a partner of the Shiber Construction Company, who died Saturday night at his home, Harris Street, Fernbrook, will be buried Wednesday. He had been ill for two weeks. The funeral will be held at 1:30 p.m. from the Luther M. Kniffen Funeral Home, 465 South Main Street. Rev. Gordon Oplinger officiating. Internment will be in the Hollenback Cemetery. Mr. Shiber was born in Wilkes-Barre, the son of late William and Minnie Shiber. He was prominent in the Rolling Hill Section for many yeras. The Shiber Construction Company, with offices on McCarragher Street, was founded by his late grandfather, James Shiber, and is being operated by menbers of the family. Mr. Shiber moved to Fernbrook 12 years ago. He was a member of the Grove Street EUB Church. Surviving are his widow, the former Lulu Coles; a daughter Mrs. Karl Landmesser, Dallas; brothers Charles and Fred, Wilkes-Barre; George, Jersey City; Harold, Long Island, N.Y.; two grandchildren, Karl and Barrie Landmesser, Dallas; and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight 7 to 10 and Tuesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb