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Edwin Chrismer

6 Nov 1866 – 9 Oct 1958

Birth6 Nov 1866
Death9 Oct 1958
CemeterySaint Josephs Cemetery
Emmitsburg , Frederick County , Maryland , USA
Added byTerri McFadden Wisniewski on 26 Oct 2020
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Article from the Gettysburg Times of Thursday, July 22, 1948: "Emmitsburg--Mrs. John Kelly, Mrs. Marie Rosensteel and daughter, Barbara, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chrismer and grandson, Mickey Chrismer, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Chrismer and daughters Rebecca and Janette, enjoyed a picnic dinner and supper at Mt. Tabor Park, Rocky Ridge, on Sunday. Guests from Baltimore included, Mrs. Elizabeth Pfeiffer, Mrs. Elmer Rudy and son, Dan, Mr. and Mrs. James Pfeiffer and children, Eddie and Carol." From the Frederick News of Thursday, August 13, 1953: "Emmitsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Chrismer have returned home after spending four days Ocean City, where they were guests at the George Washington Hotel. They accompanied Mrs. William Travers and Mrs. Gordon Propf, Baltimore, to Ocean City." Birthday notice from the Gettysburg Times of November 3, 1956: "90 ELECTION DAY--Edwin Chrismer, retired Emmitsburg carriage-maker, will celebrate his ninetieth birthday, Tuesday, November 6, at the Longview Nursing Home in Manchester, where he has been making his home since his wife, Mrs. Jeanette A. Chrismer, became a patient there in June. Born in Gettysburg three years after the battle, he is a son of the late John A. and Susan Cadori Chrismer. Brought up in Bonneauville, he moved to Emmitsburg at the age of twenty. In partnership with the late John Dukehart, he formed the carriage-making and wheelwright business of Chrismer and Dukehart, operating it alone after his partner's death until his own retirement in 1927. He and Mrs. Chrismer (the former Jeanette Humerick Propf) were married in June of 1907, and will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary next year. His first wife, the late Addi Nussear Chrismer, died in 1901. Four children of the two marriages are still living: Sister Mary Paul Chrismer, Lowell,Massachusetts; Mrs. William M. Travers, Baltimore; J. Everett Chrismer, Emmitsburg, and Wayde Chrismer, Bel Air." Obituary from the Frederick News of Friday, October 10, 1958: "Edwin Chrismer, aged 91 years, of Emmitsburg, died at the Longview Nursing Home, Manchester, Pennsylvania, Thursday night at 8:50. He hadbeen a resident at the home for the past two years. By trade he was a wheelwright and a carriage maker in Emmitsburg. He was a son of the late John A. Chrismer and Susan Codori Chrismer. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Emmitsburg and the Holy Name Society of the church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jenetta Humerick Chrismer, also of Longview Nursing Home; four children, Sister Mary Paul Chrismer, Lowell, Massachusetts; Wade Chrismer, Bel Air; Mrs. Mary Travers, Baltimore; and J. Everett Chrismer, of Emmitsburg; 14 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; one sister, Miss Jennie Chrismer, of Baltimore; one brother, Joseph Chrismer, Bonneauville, Pennsylvania. Funeral services will be held Saturday morning with a requiem mass at ten o'clock at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. His pastor, Rev. Fr.James Twomey, will officiate. Interment in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Allison Funeral Home in Emmitsburg, this evening after seven o'clock. The rosary will be recited this evening at the funeral home at eight o'clock." Obituary for Edwin Chrismer from the Gettysburg Times of Friday, October 10, 1958: "E. CHRISMER, TOWN NATIVE, DIES THURSDAY. Edwin Chrismer, 91, E. Main St., Emmitsburg, one of the community's oldest residents, died Thursday evening at 8:50 o'clock at the Longview Nursing Home at Manchester, Maryland, where he had been a guest for two years. Mr. Chrismer was a native of Gettysburg. He had suffered a broken hip in a fall three weeks ago. He was a son of the late John A. and Susan (Codori) Chrismer and was a wheelwright and carriage maker by trade. He moved to Emmitsburg in 1886 and conducted a business there until he retired in 1927. Surviving are his widow, the former Jeanetta Humerick, who is also a guest at the Manchester nursing home; four children, Sister Mary Paul Chrismer, Lowell, Massachusetts; Wade, Belair, Maryland; Mrs. Mary Travers, Baltimore, and J. Everett, Emmitsburg. There are 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. There is one sister, Miss Jennie Chrismer, Baltimore, and a brother, Joseph, Bonneauville. The deceased was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Emmitsburg and the Holy Name Society. Funeral services Saturday morning at 10 o'clock with a requiem mass at St. Joseph's Church, with the Rev. Fr. James Twomey officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. Friends may call at the Allison Funeral Home in Emmitsburg this evening after 7 o'clock. The rosary will be said there at 8 p.m." Death notice sent by Mary (Chrismer) Heinzs, probably from the Gettysburg Times, October, 1958: "Edwin Chrismer died 9 October, aged 91 years of Emmitsburg died at the Longview Nursing Home, Manchester, Pennsylvania, Thursday night at 8:50. He had been a resident at the home for the past two years. By trade he was a wheelwright & a carriage maker in Emmitsburg. He was Son of the late John A. Chrismer & Susan Codori Chrismer. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic church of Emmitsburg & the Holy Name Society of the church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Jeanette Humerick Chrismer, also of Longview Nursing Home; four children, Sister Mary Paul Chrismer, Lowell, Massachusetts ; Wade Chrismer, Bel Air; Mrs. Mary Travers, Baltimore; & J. Everett Chrismer, of Emmitsburg; 14 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; one sister Miss Jennie Chrismer of Baltimore, one Brother Joseph Chrismer, Bonneauville. Funeral services Saturday morning at St. Joseph's Church. His Pastor, Rev. Father James Twomey, will celebrate; internment in church cemetery." Funeral notice for Edwin Chrismer from the Bel Air Aegis of October 16, 1958: "EDWIN CHRISMER. Funeral services for Edwin Chrismer, 91-year-old husband of Jeanette Humerick Chrismer, of Manchester, Maryland, and father of Wayde Chrismer, Bel Air, were held Saturday morning from St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Emmitsburg, Maryland, with interment in the church cemetery. Mr. Chrismer died Thursday from complication resulting from a fractured hip suffered in a fall three weeks ago at the Long View Nursing Home in Manchester, where he and Mrs. Chrismer have been patients for the past two years. Mr. Chrismer, who was born three years after the battle, moved to Emmitsburg in 1886 and there conducted a carriage-making business until his retirement in 1927. Other survivors include two daughters, Sister Mary Paul Chrismer, Lowell, Massachusetts; Mrs. William M. Travers, Baltimore; a son, Everett, Emmitsburg; a sister, Regina M. Chrismer, Baltimore; and a brother, Joseph, Bonneauville, Pennsylvania; also fourteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren."

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