September 17, 2024 - Person Sheet
September 17, 2024 - Person Sheet
NameNaomi Ruth Ziegler 
Birth16 Apr 1900, Royersford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death5 Sep 1986, Neffsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
BurialKlopps Cemetery, Hamlin, PA
F A Grave ID32712215
FatherLevi C. Ziegler
MotherSarah H. Hoffman
Spouses
Birth12 Aug 1887, Bethel, PA
Death21 May 1970, Frystown, PA
BurialKlopps Cemetery, Hamlin, PA
OccupationFarmer
F A Grave ID32712216
FatherDaniel Bross (1856-1931)
MotherSarah Ann Meyer (1860-1922)
Obituary notes for Naomi Ruth Ziegler
Naomi R. Bross, 86, formerly of Myerstown R. D. 1, died Friday morning in the Brethren Village, Neffsville, where she had resided since 1971. She was the widow of Samuel M. Bross, who died in 1970. Born in Royersford, Montgomery County, she was a daughter of the late Levi C. and Sarah L. (Hoffman) Ziegler. She had been employed as an elementary school teacher in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, from 1918 to 1920; Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, from 1920 to 1924. And North Cornwall Township, Lebanon County, from 1924 to 1930; Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County, from 1930 to 1932, and in Tulpehocken Township from 1957 until her retirement in 1965. A graduate of Elizabethtown College, she was a member of Mount Zion (Road) Church of the Brethren, Lebanon R. D. 6. Surviving are five daughters: Sarah J., wife of Charles W. Hess, Etters; Ruth J., wife of Wayne Bohrer, Sterling, Va., and G. Fay Kowalchik, Bellwood. And Lois A., wife of Gerhard P. Reinhard, Myerstown R.D. 1, and Carol A. wife of Bernard Bindel, Saugus, Calif. A son, Carl J, Bross, Myerstown R. D. 1, and two stepsons: Harlan Bross, Lebanon R.D. 6, and Elmer Bross, Bethel. Three stepdaughters: Dorothy Bross, Wernersville; Mildred, wife of Light Bomberger, Lebanon, and Lydia, wife of Richard P. Gibble, Myerstown R.D.1. Thirty-four grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Hannah, wife of Levi Wagner, Neffsville. Also four brothers: Monroe and Samuel Ziegler, both of Neffsville; Jesse Ziegler, Hershey, and Levi Ziegler, Collegeville. The Hill Funeral Home, Rehrersburg, is in charge of arrangements. [Reading Eagle, September 6, 1986, Page 16]