Henry H. Hower, retired Danielsville banker and one of the former owners of the land that is now the site of Bethlehem's Wild Creek Reservoir, died at 3:30 o'clock yesterday in his home, Danielsville, following an illness of a few months. He was 76 years old.
The prominent Northampton County resident died less than 24 hours after Stoken Drumheller, with whom he had been associated for many years in the Danielsville National Bank, suffered a fatal heart attack at his home at 1641 Linden St., Allentown. Mr. Drumheller and his wife and Mr. Hower jointly owned the Wild Creek Reservoir site for which Carbon County court awarded $207,390 when the property was taken over by the Bethlehem Water Authority.
Born in Cherryville, Nov. 6, 1869, Mr. Hower was a son of the late Franklin M. and Lydia, nee Kuntz, Hower. Following his graduation from Muhlenberg College as salutatorian of the class of 1891, he became associated with his father in the management of F. M. Hower Slate Co.
In 1906 when the Danielsville National Bank was organized under leadership of Mr. Drumheller, Mr. Hower became a cashier, a position he held until he retired in 1936. His banking and business connections made him widely known throughout the upper end of Northampton County.
He was a member of St. Paul's Reformed church, Indianland.
In 1892 Mr. Hower was married to Laura A. Farber who survives. Other survivors include three daughters and one son: Mrs. Lloyd K. McKeever, Allentown; Mrs. George B. Corby, Hoyeone Falls, N. Y.; Mrs. Charles C. Hollenbach, Providence, R. I.; and Frank B. Hower, West Reading; and these grandchildren, Gladys and John Henry McKeever, Janet and Phillip Hower, and Joanne Hollenbach.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. at the Seltzer Funeral Home, Danielsville, with Rev. George Kopenhaver officiating. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
[The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Friday, April 26, 1946, page 5]
The prominent Northampton County resident died less than 24 hours after Stoken Drumheller, with whom he had been associated for many years in the Danielsville National Bank, suffered a fatal heart attack at his home at 1641 Linden St., Allentown. Mr. Drumheller and his wife and Mr. Hower jointly owned the Wild Creek Reservoir site for which Carbon County court awarded $207,390 when the property was taken over by the Bethlehem Water Authority.
Born in Cherryville, Nov. 6, 1869, Mr. Hower was a son of the late Franklin M. and Lydia, nee Kuntz, Hower. Following his graduation from Muhlenberg College as salutatorian of the class of 1891, he became associated with his father in the management of F. M. Hower Slate Co.
In 1906 when the Danielsville National Bank was organized under leadership of Mr. Drumheller, Mr. Hower became a cashier, a position he held until he retired in 1936. His banking and business connections made him widely known throughout the upper end of Northampton County.
He was a member of St. Paul's Reformed church, Indianland.
In 1892 Mr. Hower was married to Laura A. Farber who survives. Other survivors include three daughters and one son: Mrs. Lloyd K. McKeever, Allentown; Mrs. George B. Corby, Hoyeone Falls, N. Y.; Mrs. Charles C. Hollenbach, Providence, R. I.; and Frank B. Hower, West Reading; and these grandchildren, Gladys and John Henry McKeever, Janet and Phillip Hower, and Joanne Hollenbach.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. at the Seltzer Funeral Home, Danielsville, with Rev. George Kopenhaver officiating. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
[The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Friday, April 26, 1946, page 5]
Henry H. Hower, retired Danielsville banker and one of the former owners of the land that is now the site of Bethlehem's Wild Creek Reservoir, died at 3:30 o'clock yesterday in his home, Danielsville, following an illness of a few months. He was 76 years old.
The prominent Northampton County resident died less than 24 hours after Stoken Drumheller, with whom he had been associated for many years in the Danielsville National Bank, suffered a fatal heart attack at his home at 1641 Linden St., Allentown. Mr. Drumheller and his wife and Mr. Hower jointly owned the Wild Creek Reservoir site for which Carbon County court awarded $207,390 when the property was taken over by the Bethlehem Water Authority.
Born in Cherryville, Nov. 6, 1869, Mr. Hower was a son of the late Franklin M. and Lydia, nee Kuntz, Hower. Following his graduation from Muhlenberg College as salutatorian of the class of 1891, he became associated with his father in the management of F. M. Hower Slate Co.
In 1906 when the Danielsville National Bank was organized under leadership of Mr. Drumheller, Mr. Hower became a cashier, a position he held until he retired in 1936. His banking and business connections made him widely known throughout the upper end of Northampton County.
He was a member of St. Paul's Reformed church, Indianland.
In 1892 Mr. Hower was married to Laura A. Farber who survives. Other survivors include three daughters and one son: Mrs. Lloyd K. McKeever, Allentown; Mrs. George B. Corby, Hoyeone Falls, N. Y.; Mrs. Charles C. Hollenbach, Providence, R. I.; and Frank B. Hower, West Reading; and these grandchildren, Gladys and John Henry McKeever, Janet and Phillip Hower, and Joanne Hollenbach.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. at the Seltzer Funeral Home, Danielsville, with Rev. George Kopenhaver officiating. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
[The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Friday, April 26, 1946, page 5]
The prominent Northampton County resident died less than 24 hours after Stoken Drumheller, with whom he had been associated for many years in the Danielsville National Bank, suffered a fatal heart attack at his home at 1641 Linden St., Allentown. Mr. Drumheller and his wife and Mr. Hower jointly owned the Wild Creek Reservoir site for which Carbon County court awarded $207,390 when the property was taken over by the Bethlehem Water Authority.
Born in Cherryville, Nov. 6, 1869, Mr. Hower was a son of the late Franklin M. and Lydia, nee Kuntz, Hower. Following his graduation from Muhlenberg College as salutatorian of the class of 1891, he became associated with his father in the management of F. M. Hower Slate Co.
In 1906 when the Danielsville National Bank was organized under leadership of Mr. Drumheller, Mr. Hower became a cashier, a position he held until he retired in 1936. His banking and business connections made him widely known throughout the upper end of Northampton County.
He was a member of St. Paul's Reformed church, Indianland.
In 1892 Mr. Hower was married to Laura A. Farber who survives. Other survivors include three daughters and one son: Mrs. Lloyd K. McKeever, Allentown; Mrs. George B. Corby, Hoyeone Falls, N. Y.; Mrs. Charles C. Hollenbach, Providence, R. I.; and Frank B. Hower, West Reading; and these grandchildren, Gladys and John Henry McKeever, Janet and Phillip Hower, and Joanne Hollenbach.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. at the Seltzer Funeral Home, Danielsville, with Rev. George Kopenhaver officiating. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. Friends may call Sunday 7 to 9 p.m.
[The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, Friday, April 26, 1946, page 5]
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