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Submitted: 8/17/09 • Approved: 3/17/12 • Last Updated: 4/3/18 • R28522-G28521-S3
Delilah Pearl Apker
b. 18 Apr 1897 d. 9 Feb 1978
Delilah Pearl was born in Proctorville, Lycoming County, PA, on 18 Apr 1897. At the age of 80, she died in Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA, on 9 Feb 1978.
Delilah Pearl was Christened in Wallis Run, Lycoming County, PA. She appears in the census for Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland County, PA, in 1920. Delilah and family attended the Emmanuel Bible Fellowship Church, Sunbury, PA.
On 16 Feb 1916 when Eben Theodore was 20, he married Delilah Pearl APKER, daughter of John APKER (1857-Jan 1921) & Savilla F JACOBY (30 Jun 1867-), in Sunbury, Northumberland County, PA
They had the following children:
Lloyd Raymond (1916-1992)
Earl Leroy (1918-1983)
Marlin Lewis (1919-1977)
Francis Eben SR (1921-1979)
Russell James (1926-1945)
Ruth Thelma (1934-2006)
Paul Romain Dr. (1938-1984
Obituary -- The Daily Item -- Sunbury, PA
Mrs. Delilah P. Brosious
SUNBURY - Mrs. Delilah P. Brosious, 80, of 1159 E Market St., died at 1:15 p.m. Thursday in the Sunbury Community Hospital.
Mrs. Brosious was a member of the Emmanuel Bible Fellowship Church, Sunbury; and was a Gold Star Mother. She was born in Lycoming County, April 18, 1897. Her husband, Eben Brosious, died in 1948.
Survivors are the following children, Lloyd R. Brosious of Vestal, N.Y., Earl L., Francis E., and Mrs. Ruth T. Brown, all of Sunbury, Paul R. Brosious of Shrub Oak, N.Y., 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. A son, Marlin died in 1977 and a son, Russell was killed in World War II.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Jerre Wirt Blank funeral Home, Sunbury, by the Rev. Leroy S. Heller. Burial will be in Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury. Friends may call at the funeral home Saturday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.
Family Burial Plot: N 40º 52.131 W 076º 46.623
Contributed on 8/17/09 by stonyacres3
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