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Warren Kenneth Fluck (Freed) was born on 2 August 1920 in Pennsylvania.¹ He was buried in Kellers Church Union Cemetery (New Section A, Lot 6-5), Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹

Alice Sell was born on 12 March 1921.¹ She was buried in Kellers Church Union Cemetery (New Section A, Lot 6-5), Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹

John R. McClellan was born on 1 March 1906 in Pennsylvania.^1,3,2 He and Mary Snyder Trauch were married before 2 April 1940.² He died on 7 November 1954, at age 48.¹ He was buried in Kellers Church Union Cemetery (New Section A, Lot 6-5), Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹

John R. McClellan was a Lutheran Minister.^1,2

Alma Irene Fretz was born on 21 June 1911 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 She and Webster Snyder Trauch were married before 13 April 1940.⁴ She died on 8 April 1995, at age 83, in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,3 She was buried in Kellers Church Union Cemetery (New Section A, Lot 6-5), Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹

Alma Irene Fretz was a Secretary/Bookkeeper-Lemmon Pharmaceutical Comapny, West Rockhill Township, Pennsylvania.^1,5 She was educated Lansdale School of Business.⁵ Alma I. Trauch, 83
Co-owned Perkasie Ice Cream Emporium
April 09, 1995|The Morning Call

Alma I. Trauch, 83, of Bedminster, Bucks County, died Saturday in Grand View Hospital, Sellersville. She was the wife of the late Webster S. Trauch.

She was a secretary and bookkeeper for Lemmon Pharmaceutical Co., West Rockhill Township, from 1956 until retiring in 1972. Before that, she and her husband owned and operated an ice cream and magazine store in Perkasie from 1948-51. She was also a bookkeeper for the former Fretz & Son Clothing Factory, Bedminster, from 1936-48.

She was a graduate of the Lansdale School of Business.

Born in Bedminster Township, she was a daughter of the late Wilmer K. and Minerva (Roth) Fretz.

She was a member of St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kellers Church, where she taught Sunday School for 60 years. She was also a Luther League adviser; leader of the Children of the Church; past president of the Lutheran Church Women's group, and a member of many committees.

She was Guardian of the Exchequer and Guardian of Records for the Ladies of the Golden Eagle, Kellers Church; long-term volunteer for Pennridge Meals on Wheels, and treasurer of the Pennridge Fish Organization for 14 years.

She was a recipient of the Pennsylvania Voters Hall of Fame certificate.

Survivor: Brother, William R. of Telford.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday in the church. Call 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Bernard Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch St., Perkasie, and 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at church.

William Henry Riegel was born on 12 October 1930 in Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.^1,3,4,2 He died on 29 June 1994, at age 63, in Dublin, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,4 He was buried in Kellers Church Union Cemetery (Section 1, Lot 5-F), Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹

William Henry Riegel was a Chairman of Dublin Borough Authority/Realtor ERA Riegel Realty.³ William Riegel Jr., 63, Chairman Of Dublin Borough Authority
June 30, 1994|The Morning Call

William H. Riegel Jr., 63, of Dublin, chairman and longtime member of Dublin Borough Authority, died Wednesday in Doylestown Hospital. He was the husband of Jennie (Tluszcz) Riegel. They were married 43 years in April.

He was a Realtor for ERA Riegel Realty, Quakertown, for 23 years.

Born in Abington, Montgomery County, he was a son of S. Alverta (Snyder) Riegel of Quakertown and the late William H. Riegel Sr.

He was a member and a former councilman of Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Perkasie. He was a board member of Kellers Church Cemetery Corp.

Survivors: Wife and mother; brother, Clyde M. of Quakertown; sister, Gloria E., wife of Robert R. Shannon, and a foster sister, Ruth, wife of William Beer Jr., both of Perkasie.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the church. Call 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday in church. Arrangements, Bernard Suess Funeral Home, Perkasie.

Jennie Tluszelz was born on 28 January 1929 in Pennsylvania.¹ She died on 24 July 2008, at age 79, in Richlandtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹ She was buried in Kellers Church Union Cemetery (Section 1, Lot 5-F), Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹

Jennie Tluszelz was a Tile Sorter-American Olean Tile Company, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.² Jennie Riegel
July 27, 2008|The Morning Call

Jennie Riegel, 79, wife of the late William H. Riegel Jr. of Dublin Pa., died July 24, 2008, in the Phoebe Richland Health Care Center, Richlandtown.

Services: Tuesday, 3 p.m. Peace Lutheran Church, 100 Old Bethlehem Rd., Perkasie, Call 1:30-3 p.m. in the church. Arrangements by Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch St., Perkasie.

JENNIE RIEGEL
Jennie Riegel, 79, of Dublin, died Thursday, July 24, 2008 in the Phoebe Richland Health Care Center, Richlandtown. She was the widow of the late William H. Riegel Jr. who died in 1994.
Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Feliks and Yadwiga (Kozik) Tluszcz.
She was a 1947 graduate of Doylestown High School, Doylestown.
Mrs. Riegel was employed as a tile sorter for the former American Olean Tile Co., Lansdale for over 30 years until her retirement. Prior to that, she worked as a waitress for the former Goldie's Diner, Dublin, during the 1950s.
Mrs. Riegel was a member of the Pennridge Senior Center, Silverdale. She was also a member of the Ladies of the Golden Eagle, Lansdale.
She was a member of the Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Hagersville where she served on the Church Altar Guild. An avid gardener, she also planted and tended to the flower gardens at the church.
Mrs. Riegel volunteered for the Dublin Volunteer Fire Company and its Ladies Auxiliary, baking and working at its annual carnival.
She especially enjoyed traveling and taking bus trips offered by the Pennridge Senior Center.
She is survived by three sisters-in-law: Gloria Shannon of Perkasie; Shirley Riegel of Quakertown, and Ruth Beer, and her husband William of Perkasie, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Stanley Tluszcz.
Memorial services were held Tuesday, July 29 at Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Perkasie. Interment was in Kellers Church Cemetery, Kellers Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dublin Volunteer Fire Company, 194 N. Main St., Box 283, Dublin, Pa. 18917 or to Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 100 Old Bethlehem Road, Perkasie, Pa. 18944.
Arrangements are by Bernard Suess Funeral Home, Perkasie.

Clyde M. Riegel was born on 2 April 1935 in Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania.^1,3,2 He and Shirley A. Cassel were married on 14 August 1952.¹ He died on 30 August 2005, at age 70.³ He was buried on 2 September 2005 in Quakertown Union Cemetery, Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,4

Clyde M. Riegel was a Realtor-Coldwell Banker, Quakertown, Pennsylvania.¹ Clyde M. Riegel
August 31, 2005|The Morning Call

Clyde M. Riegel, 70, of Quakertown, died Tuesday, August 30, 2005 in his home. He was the loving husband of Shirley A. (Cassel) Riegel. They were married 53 years on August 14, 2005. Born in Abington, he was the loving son of the late William H. and Alberta (Snyder) Riegel. He was a Realtor for Coldwell Banker, Quakertown. Prior to that, he owned and operated Riegel Real Estate for 42 years. He was a member of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and National Board of Realtors. He was a Boy Scout leader for several troops and he was a member of the former Kiwanis Club, Quakertown, where he served as president. He was on the former Quakertown Hospital Authority Board and secretary of Quakertown Union Cemetery Association. He was a member of First United Church of Christ, Quakertown, where he served on its council.

Survivors: In addition to his wife, he was the loving father to Jo Ann, wife of Ronald L. Grate, of Jim Thorpe; two sons, Barry C. of Jim Thorpe and John S. and his wife, Annette, of Sellersville. He was the loving grandfather of Jason and his wife, Missey, Scott, Justin, Alyssa; loving great-grandfather of Alyiah. He is also survived by two sisters, Gloria, wife of Robert Shannon, of Perkasie and Ruth, wife of William Beer, of Perkasie; his mother-in-law, Irene Cassel of Quakertown; sister-in-law, Jennie Riegel of Dublin and Pauline M. Cassel of Milford Township. He was predeceased by an infant daughter, Debra Lou, his brother, William H. Riegel Jr., and father-in-law, Paul Cassel.

Services: will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 2, 2005 in First United Church of Christ, Fourth and Park Avenue, Quakertown. Call 9-11 a.m. in the church.

Interment will be in Quakertown Union Cemetery. The C.R. Strunk Funeral Home Inc. (www.crstrunk.com), Quakertown, is in charge of the arrangements.

Contributions: May be made to First United Church of Christ Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 437, Quakertown 18951.

Ruth Eleanor Bumm was born on 5 November 1922 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.² She and William Hager Beer, Jr., were married about 1946.¹ She died on 21 April 2018, at age 95, in Richlandtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.² She was buried on 25 April 2018 in Kellers Church Union Cemetery, Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2

Ruth Eleanor Bumm was adopted in Foster Child.¹ She was educated Lansdale School of Busness.¹ She was an Ott and Beer Fruit Farm Bookkeeper.¹ Ruth B. Beer, formerly of Perkasie, PA, passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018 in the Phoebe Richland Health Care Center, Richlandtown, PA. She was 95.

She was the wife of William H. Beer. The couple has been married 69 years until his passing on November 2, 2015.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was the daughter of Edwin and Matilda (Weiss) Bumm. Mrs. Beer grew up in Bedminster area and was raised by William and Alverta Riegel. A 1940 graduate of Lansdale High School, she went on to attend the Lansdale School of Business.

Mrs. Beer was a homemaker. She also worked as the bookkeeper at the Ott and Beer Fruit Farm, Bedminster, for 22 years and as a seamstress at the Bedminster and Dublin Pants Factories.

She was a member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Keller’s Church, PA, where she taught Sunday School for over 10 years and was active in the Joy group.

She enjoyed sewing, jigsaw and crossword puzzles, gardening, baking and her cats.

She is survived by three children, Dennis L. Beer and his wife Cathy, of Perkasie, PA, Barbara A. Place and her husband James, of Quakertown, PA and Cheryl L. Bergey and her husband James, of Pennsdale, PA; six grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter and a brother, Leonard Bumm , of Blue Ball, PA. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Gregory Beer, three brothers, William, Edwin and Stanley Bumm and two sisters, Katherine Schaudt and Evelyn Gill.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 3668 Ridge Road, Perkasie, PA where friends may call from 9:30 to 11:00 AM. Interment will be in Keller’s Church Cemetery.

Suess Funeral Home.

William Hager Beer, Jr., was born on 12 May 1921 in Bedminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania.² He and Ruth Eleanor Bumm were married about 1946.¹ He died on 2 November 2015, at age 94, in Richlandtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.² He was buried in Kellers Church Union Cemetery, Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.²

US Army- WWII- 09 Jul 1942- 18 Dec 1945.³ William Hager Beer, Jr., was a Plumsteadsville Saw Mill Employee.⁴

Shirley A. Cassel was born on 13 August 1934 in Sellersville, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^2,3 She and Clyde M. Riegel were married on 14 August 1952.¹ She died on 7 October 2020, at age 86, in Telford, Bucks, Pennsylvania.³ She was buried in Quakertown Union Cemetery, Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.³

Shirley A. Cassel was a Co-Owner Brick Tavern- Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹ Shirley A. Riegel of Telford (formerly of Quakertown)
DOD: October 7, 2020
POD: the Lutheran Community at Telford
Age: 86

Spouse: Clyde M. Riegel (deceased)

POB: Sellersville, PA
Parents: Paul & Irene (Sell) Cassel

Employment: a former co-owner of the Brick Tavern in Quakertown

Social Group: a coach for Pop Warner Cheerleaders and a member of the former Twiglings

Volunteer Work: she volunteered for meals on wheels

Hobbies: she enjoyed doing puzzles, the beach and watching soap operas

Religious Affiliation: First U.C.C. Church in Quakertown (she was a member of the Woman’s Guild and volunteered with Bible School)

Predeceased by: an infant daughter Debra Lou, and a brother: Ronald

Picture and obit info found on: https://www.crstrunk.com/obituary/Shirley-RIEGEL.

Debra Lou Riegel was born on 9 November 1952 in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She died on 15 November 1952, at age 0, in Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^3,1,2 She was buried on 17 November 1952 in Kellers Church Union Cemetery (New Section B, Lot 4-6), Perkasie, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2