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Descendants of Johann Michael SCHLËYER

Seventh Generation

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1901. Paul Elwood KLOTZ (Mary Maria SLOYER , Preston Andrew SLOYER , Abraham SLOYER , Daniel SLOYER , Johann "Heinrich" SCHLEYER , Johann Michael ) was born^{1, 2} on 14 Apr 1930 in Passer, Pennsylvania. He died³ on 15 Jun 1996 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. He was buried⁴ in Union Cemetery; Hellertown, Pennsylvania. Paul retired⁵ lab technician in Apr 1996 in At & T.

Jay WILLIS research

Obituary of Paul E. & Marian J. KLOTZ, The Morning Call Newspaper Co., Monday, June 17, 1996, p. B08

HUSBAND, WIFE KILLED IN CRASH IN UPPER SAUCON

Joint services for Paul E. KLOTZ, 66, and his wife, Marian J. KLOTZ, of 2280 Taylor Drive, Center Valley, who were killed Saturday when their car was slammed by an eastbound tractor-trailer on Chestnut Hill Road and Limeport Pike in Upper Saucon Township, will be 1 p.m. Friday in Bethel Baptist Church, Sellersville. Call 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Heintzelman Funeral Home, 326 Main St., Hellertown, and noon to 1 p.m. Friday in the church police said.

Paul KLOTZ was a lab technician at AT & T Corp. for 30 years until retiring in April. He also was a licensed minister for 15 years in many ministerial capacities through God's Missionary Church.

Born in Passer, he was a son of the late Franklin J. and Mary E. (SLOYER) KLOTZ.

His wife was a seanstress at Jayco Sportswear, Bethlehem, for the past 12 years, and previously at Dora Lee, Hellertown.

Born in Otego, N.Y.m she was a daughter of the late Oscar G. and Eva G. (URWEIDER) RAKE.

The couple were members of Bethel Baptist Church, Sellersville.

Surviving the couple are daughters, Cynthia L.m wife of Paul H. FEHR Jr., and Betty Jean, wife of Barry L. HUNSICKER, both of Center Valley; son, Stephen P. of Dayton, Ohio, and eight grandchildren.

Mrs. KLOTZ is also survived by two sisters, Doris J. HOLCOMB of Sidney Center, N.Y., Eva J., wife of Charles W. Platt of Otego and Carole A., wife of Robert C. SHOCKLEY of Whitesboro, N.Y.
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The Morning Call Newspaper Co., Monday June 17, 1996, p. B01

FATAL CRASH WAS ON COUPLES 39th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

PAUL E. and MARAN KLOTZ REMEMBERED FOR KINDNESS, HUMOR, CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES. THEY WERE DEVOTED TO GOD, EACH OTHER.
by ROSA SALTER, The Morning Call

When the Rev. Mark FULTZ went to conduct services at God's Missionary Church in Coopersburg yesterday, he was greeted by members with heavy hearts.

The members had recently learned that two former church attendees, Paul E. and Marian KLOTZ, had been killed Saturday afternoon in a car crash on the day of their 39th wedding anniversary.

"There's a lot of people in my church who knew them and were quite broken up about it," said FULTZ.

According to police, the impact of the collision sent the KLOTZ's car and the rig's cab 112 feet up an embankment. The car then hit a tree and landed on its side in a driveway at 4149 Chestnut Hill Road. The truck's cab landed on top of the car's passenger side door.

Mrs. KLOTZ, who was driving, and her husband, who was in the front passenger's seat, were pronounced dead at 5:55 p.m. by a member of the Lehigh County coroner's office. A spokesman said they died of multiple trauma.

At the church, the couple were known for being devoted to their faith and each other, FULTZ said.

For 20 years, KLOTZ was director of the 9-acre Elm Grove Holiness Camp Meeting on Camp Meeting Road, an evangelical Christian retreat.

Last year, the camp was in the news after Upper Saucon Township condemned the site just off Route 309 for unspecified land use.

At the time, KLOTZ said he received two letters from the township but neither mentioned pending condemnation. In a telephone call about the matter from township solicitor John ROBERTS, ROBERTS indicated only that he wanted to buy the land himself, KLOTZ said.

At the time, FULTZ circulated a petition against the condemnation among the retreat's supporters, who said the grove was used once or twice a summer and had a long heritage of being considered land consecrated to the work of God.

FULTZ said he has been minister of his church only about two years and did not know the couple well, as they had not attended lately.

The Rev. Paul PRICHETT, associate pastor at Ebenezer New Reformed Church, said even though the KLOTZed were not church members, they attended regularly.

He said the KLOTZes were faithful Christians, devoted to their family and the church.

Paul KLOTZ "is a person you'd like to have as a neighbor...(Marian) always had a joke or something like that to tell you," he said. They were an asset to the church and the community.

The KLOTZes were members of Bethel Baptist Church, Sellersville, and KLOTZ was a licensed minister serving for 15 years in many ministerial capacities through God's Missionary Church.

The couple were parents of a son, Stephen P. KLOTZ of Dayton, Ohio, who attended Bible college, and two daughters, Cynthia L. FEHR, wife of Paul H. FEHR Jr., and Betty Jean HUNSICKER, wife of Barry L. HUNSICKER, all of Center Valley.

Mrs. KLOTZ was a seamstress at Jayco Sportswear, Bethlehem, for the last 12 years and previously worked at Dora Lee blouse in Hellertown. Her husband retired as a laboratory technician at AT&T in Allentown April 1.

The couple were returning from a dinner in Emmaus when the accident happened, police said.

The KLOTZes were married in Pilgrim Holiness Church, Oneonta, N.Y., on June 15, 1957.

Police identified the driver of the rig as William J. SCHAFFER Jr. of Bethlehem. They said he was thrown from the truck's cab.

SCHAFFER was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, where he was treated, a hospital spokeswoman said yesterday.
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Paul married¹ Marian Jane RAKE daughter of Oscar G. RAKE and Eva G. URWEIDER on 15 Jun 1957 in Pilgrim Holiness Church, Oneonta, NY. Marian was born² about 1937 in Otego, New York. She died³ on 15 Jun 1996 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. She was buried⁴ in Union Cemetery; Hellertown, Pennsylvania.