Prye, Dollie Ethel

1911 - 2005  (93 years)

• Name	Prye, Dollie Ethel
  Birth	11 Dec 1911	Upper Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	5 Apr 1940	East Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA   [2]
  Tombstone Photo	Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA   [1]
  	Evergreen Cemetery
  Death	17 Jan 2005	Nesquehoning, Carbon Co., PA   [1]
  Burial	20 Jan 2005	Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA   [1]
  Person ID	I80	My Damon Genealogy
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2022

  
  

  Family	Melber, Nathan Lloyd,   b. 14 Dec 1907, Upper Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA d. 15 Nov 1993, Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	04 Nov 1929  [3]
  Children	1. Melber, M.M.   2. Melber, Edward Franklin,   b. 06 Aug 1931, Upper Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA d. 20 Mar 2015, Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA (Age 83 years)   3. Melber, A.J.   4. Melber, N.G.   5. Melber, N.L. Jr   6. Melber, J.H.   7. Melber, Glenn L.,   b. 22 Aug 1940   d. 02 Oct 1965 (Age 25 years)   8. Melber, Raelene Dawn,   b. 25 Jul 1944, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA d. 19 Aug 2022, Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA (Age 78 years)   9. Melber, H.K.
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2015

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Dec 1911 - Upper Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Census - 5 Apr 1940 - East Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA Tombstone Photo - Evergreen Cemetery - - Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA Death - 17 Jan 2005 - Nesquehoning, Carbon Co., PA Burial - 20 Jan 2005 - Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents		1930 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mauch Chunk, enumeration district 26, p. 15A
  		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: From The Times News Mrs. Dollie E. Melber Mrs. Dollie E. Melber, 93, died Monday in Maple Shade Meadows, Nesquehoning. She was the widow of Nathan L. Melber Sr., who died in 1993. Born in Mauch Chunk, she was a daughter of the late Delia (Pry) Oppold. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Sixth and North streets, Jim Thorpe, where she sang in the choir for many years and belonged to the Lutheran Church Women and the Quilting Group. She was a past president of the former Jim Thorpe Women's Club and in 1995 was named Jim Thorpe's "Mother of the Year." Surviving are four daughters, Margaret Hartman, Adelle, wife of Bernard Kuhla, and Natalie, wife of Vincent Mayor, all of Jim Thorpe, and Raelene, wife of William Bevich of Lehighton; four sons, Edward F., and his wife, Constance (Clay), Nathan L. Jr., and his wife, Joan (Garret), James, and his wife, Nancy (Heydt), and Harry, and his wife, Shelley (Williams), all of Jim Thorpe; 25 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a son Glenn, who died in 1965; two sisters, Goldie Bowman and Lillian Watkins; and a brother George. The Edward F. Melber Funeral Home, 524 Center St., Jim Thorpe, is in charge of the arrangements.

  
  

• Sources

  [S952] Evergreen Cemetery, (Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania), Dollie E and Nathan L Melber marker. [S697] 1940 U.S. census. Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, East Mauch Chunk, enumeration district 13-7, p. 5A (penned), household 93, Dollie and Nahtan Melber, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 March 2015); citing NARA microfilm publication T627_3460. [S674] Obituary. "Nate Melber, retired undertaker, banker, dies in Jim Thorpe home," 16 November 1993, The (Lehighton, Pennsylvania) Times News