Died at 6:10 a.m. at Jefferson, York County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 58 years, 6 months, and 3 days.
Buried at Jefferson Cemetery on Monday April 7, 1924. The funeral director was C. O. Goodling of Seven Valleys.
Information from the Pennsylvania Certificate of Death. Date of birth on tombstone is October 3, 1866.
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The Evening Sun, Friday April 4, 1924
JOHN W. STERNER
John Wesley Sterner died at his home in Jefferson this morning at 6 o'clock. Death was due to dropsy after an illness of ten weeks.
Mr. Sterner was aged 58 years, six months and three days.
Mr. Sterner was for eighteen years a butcher at Porters Sideling and later for about four years a farmer near Seven Valleys. Lately he had been living retired.
Surviving are his wife, who before marriage was Miss Rosetta Hoff, and eight children as follows: Mrs. W. C. Dubs, Baltimore; Anthony F. Sterner, Baltimore Street; Edgar Sterner, Hanover; Mrs. Charles Brenneman, Strickhousers; Mrs. Roy Jacobs, Jacobs Mills; Mrs. Harry Imhoff and Mrs. John Toot, Hanover, and Mrs. Guy Crist, Jefferson. Fifteen grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Sterner was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sterner.
The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon with services at the United Brethren Church, Jefferson, at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev. J. E. B. Rice will officiate. Interment will be made in the Jefferson Cemetery.
Died at 6:10 a.m. at Jefferson, York County, Pennsylvania, at the age of 58 years, 6 months, and 3 days.
Buried at Jefferson Cemetery on Monday April 7, 1924. The funeral director was C. O. Goodling of Seven Valleys.
Information from the Pennsylvania Certificate of Death. Date of birth on tombstone is October 3, 1866.
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The Evening Sun, Friday April 4, 1924
JOHN W. STERNER
John Wesley Sterner died at his home in Jefferson this morning at 6 o'clock. Death was due to dropsy after an illness of ten weeks.
Mr. Sterner was aged 58 years, six months and three days.
Mr. Sterner was for eighteen years a butcher at Porters Sideling and later for about four years a farmer near Seven Valleys. Lately he had been living retired.
Surviving are his wife, who before marriage was Miss Rosetta Hoff, and eight children as follows: Mrs. W. C. Dubs, Baltimore; Anthony F. Sterner, Baltimore Street; Edgar Sterner, Hanover; Mrs. Charles Brenneman, Strickhousers; Mrs. Roy Jacobs, Jacobs Mills; Mrs. Harry Imhoff and Mrs. John Toot, Hanover, and Mrs. Guy Crist, Jefferson. Fifteen grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Sterner was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sterner.
The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon with services at the United Brethren Church, Jefferson, at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev. J. E. B. Rice will officiate. Interment will be made in the Jefferson Cemetery.
Gravesite Details
Married – January 17, 1886
Family Members
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Emma Jane Sterner Uhler
1886–1937
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Anthony Franklin Sterner
1888–1968
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Edgar James Sterner
1890–1958
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Katie Mae Sterner Brenneman
1892–1961
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Mollie Sterner Jacobs
1894–1977
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Infant Sterner
1897 – unknown
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Vertie Sevilla Sterner Imhoff
1899–1978
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Florence June Sterner Crist
1901–1967
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Ida Barbara Sterner Toot
1902–1982
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