OBIT: Helen June (ESCHERICH) WHEELER, 1996, Stoystown RD, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ HELEN JUNE WHEELER Helen June (Escherich) Wheeler, 80, Stoystown RD 3, died Feb. 6, 1996, at Lee Hospital, Johnstown. Born June 18, 1915, in Kimmelton. Daughter of Daniel and Orpha (Hoffman) Escherich. Preceded in death by parents; husband, Lester "Banjo" Oct. 20, 1986, and grandson, Eric Wheeler. Survived by these children: Victor married to Wanda Ream, Jennerstown; Allen, married to Eva Puschnigg, Jenners; Joyce, wife of James L. Kennedy, Stoystown RD 3; Tanis, wife of Robert Lepley, Muncy RD 3, and Penny, wife of Wayne Wiltrout, Stoystown RD 3. Also survived by 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Sister of Albert Escherich and Evelyn Schreffler, both of Stoystown RD 3; Martha Wentz, Concord, Calif.; William Escherich, Stoystown RD 1, and Faye Matse, Stoystown. Member of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Stoystown. Friends received from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Hoffman Funeral Home, Allegheny Street, Boswell, where service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Rev. Walter L. Startzel officiating. Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown. Somerset Daily American, February 7, 1996 [W1042]