Farrell, A.R.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Ricky

Richard married Shivley, Lori AnnAllentown, Lehigh Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Melber, D.M. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA; Evergreen Cemetery
• Baptism: 16 Jan 1908, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 22 Apr 1910, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: Jan 1920, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 17 Apr 1930, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 14 Apr 1940, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Notes:

Bruce was named after his mother's brother, Rutherford.
Part of the years that he worked for the railroad, he worked in the round house.

1940 Census lists highest education as 7th grade.

BRUCE R. MELBER: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
The (Allentown, PA) Morning Call, - Wednesday, January 25, 1989
Deceased Name: BRUCE R. MELBER

Bruce R. Melber, 85, of 623 South Ave., Jim Thorpe, died Tuesday in Gnaden Huetten Hospital, Lehighton. He was the husband of Dorothy I. (Moulthrop) Melber. They observed their 56th wedding anniversary last year.
Melber was a machinist for the former Jersey Central Railroad in Jim Thorpe and Bethlehem for 30 years before retiring in 1970.
Born in Jim Thorpe, he was a son of the late Harry G. and Edna (McLean) Melber.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, South Avenue, Jim Thorpe.
Survivors: Wife; sons, Bruce R. Jr., at home, and Donald of Jim Thorpe; daughters, Phyllis, wife of Ronald Esrang, Donna, wife of Richard Armbruster, and Mrs. Joyce Reed, all of Jim Thorpe, Mrs. Doris Farrell of Bethlehem and Sharon, wife of Elbert Damon of Manchester, York County; brothers, Nathan of Jim Thorpe and Adam of Pittsburgh; 12 grandchildren and eight great- grandchildren.
Services: At convenience of the family. No calling hours. Arrangements, Edward F. Melber Funeral Home, Jim Thorpe.
Author: The Morning Call
Edition: FIFTH
Page: B12

Bruce married Moulthrop, Dorothy Irene on 22 Jun 1932 in Weatherly, Carbon Co., PA. Dorothy (daughter of Moulthrop, Morris Marvin and Markley, Ida Edna) was born on 21 May 1914 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY; died on 15 Mar 1992 in Fountain Hill, Lehigh Co., PA; was buried on 18 Mar 1992 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Tombstone Photo: Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA; Evergreen Cemetery
• Census: 1 Jun 1915, Buffalo, Erie Co., NY
• Census: 14 Jan 1920, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA
• Baptism: 27 Dec 1925, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 21 Apr 1930, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; Sewer in shirt factory
• Census: 14 Apr 1940, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Notes:

1940 Census lists highest education as one year of High School.

DOROTHY L. MELBER: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Morning Call, The (Allentown, PA) - Tuesday, March 17, 1992
Deceased Name: DOROTHY L. MELBER

Dorothy L. Melber, 77, of 623 South Ave., Jim Thorpe, died Sunday in St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of Bruce R. Melber, who died in 1989.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., she was a daughter of the late Morris and Ida (Markley) Moulthrop.
She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Jim Thorpe.
Survivors: Sons, Donald of Jim Thorpe and Bruce at home; daughters, Phyllis, wife of Ronald Esrang, Mrs. Joyce Reed and Donna, wife of Richard Armbruster all of Jim Thorpe, Mrs. Doris Farrell of Bethlehem and Sharon, wife of Elbert Damon of Manchester, York County; 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Edward F. Melber Funeral Home, 524 Center St., Jim Thorpe. Call 10-11 a.m. Wednesday.
Author: The Morning Call
Edition: FIFTH
Page: B06