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Sarah Elizabeth Dice was born on 7 September 1897 in Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 She and Ralph Templin were married about 1913.⁴ She died on 20 April 1957, at age 59, in Gibraltar, Robeson, Berks, Pennsylvania.^1,3 She was buried in Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.³

Ralph Templin was born on 22 January 1889 in Pennsylvania.^2,3,4 He and Sarah Elizabeth Dice were married about 1913.⁵ He died in January 1972, at age ~83, in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.^5,3,4 He was buried in Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.³

Ralph Templin was a Forgeman.⁵

Richard S. Templin was born on 25 July 1914 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3,4 He died on 27 February 1978, at age 63, in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.^1,3,4 He was buried in Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.³

Esther May (Peggy) Templin was born on 3 June 1916 in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She and Victor L. Hafer were married on 6 January 1934.¹ She died on 15 April 2006, at age 89, in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.¹ She was buried in Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.³

Esther May Hafer
Esther May Hafer, 89, Robeson Township, died April 15 in Reading Hospital.

Her husband, Victor L. Hafer, died Oct. 28, 1998.

Born in Robeson Township, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Sarah E. (Dice) Templin.

Hafer was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Gibraltar.

She is survived by a daughter, Sarah E. (Hafer) Doaty, Birdsboro; and two sons, Walter L., Douglassville, and Victor E., Reading.

Other survivors include a brother, George F. Templin, Birdsboro, and a sister, Mary R. (Templin) Stevens, Robeson Township.

There are also six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, two stepgreat-grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Dengler Funeral Home Inc., Birdsboro. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Gibraltar.

Mary Rebecca Templin was born on 26 December 1920 in Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 She and Roy Harold Stevens, Sr., were married after 2 April 1940.⁴ She died on 6 October 2010, at age 89, in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She was buried in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton, Berks, Pennsylvania.³

Mary Rebecca Templin was a Layout Operator Western Electric, AT&T, Lucent Technologies.⁵ Mary Rebecca (Templin) Stevens, 89, Robeson Township, died Oct. 6, 2010, in the Reading Hospital & Medical Center, West Reading, where she was a patient since Sept. 29. She died of natural causes.
She was the widow of the late Roy Harold Stevens Sr., who passed away on March 11, 2010.
She was born in Gibraltar, a daughter of the late Sarah (Dice) Templin and the late Ralph Templin.
Mary had been employed as a layout operator for Western Electric, AT&T and Lucent Technologies for 30 years before retiring in 1985.
She was a member of St. John's UCC, Gibraltar.
Survivors include her sons, James R., husband of Angela Stevens, Mount Penn, and Roy H. Stevens Jr., husband of Eloise Stevens, Birdsboro; brother, George, husband of Mary Templin, Birdsboro; seven grandchildren: Marsha, Amanda, Roy, Karisa, Colleen, William and Bridget; and five great-grandchildren: Alex, Nolan, Gavin, Addis and Zoe.
She was predeceased by a brother, Richard Templin, and a sister, Esther Hafer.
Funeral services will be held at the Dengler Funeral Home Inc., 144 N. Spruce St., Birdsboro, on Monday, Oct. 11, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. A viewing will be held at the funeral home from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interment will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton.
Dengler Funeral Home Inc., 144 N. Spruce St., Birdsboro, is in charge of the arrangements.

Published in the Reading Eagle on 10/8/2010.

Victor L. Hafer was born on 21 March 1905 in Pennsylvania.^1,3,2 He and Esther May (Peggy) Templin were married on 6 January 1934.¹ He died on 28 October 1998, at age 93, in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.³

Victor L. Hafer was a Plumber/Tinsmith- SW Yost and Son.¹

Olivia Dice was born about 1878 in Pennsylvania.¹

Albert Kohl was born about 1885 in Pennsylvania.¹ He and Bessie Matilda Dice were married about 1907.¹ He died after April 1930.

Albert Kohl was an iron Works Pudder.¹

Dorothy A. Kohl was born on 3 February 1914 in Pennsylvania.^1,2 She died on 11 October 1993, at age 79, in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.² She was buried in Saint Johns UCC Cemetery (H 29), Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.

George A. Ehrgood was born in 1915.¹ He died on 28 June 1960, at age ~45.¹ He was buried in Saint Johns UCC Cemetery (H 29), Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.¹

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Dorothy A. (?) was born on 30 December 1915.^1,2 She died on 15 August 1997, at age 81, in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She was buried in Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Gibraltar, Berks, Pennsylvania.¹

Roy Harold Stevens, Sr., was born on 23 August 1912 in Mahanoy City, Schuykill, Pennsylvania.^2,1 He and Mary Rebecca Templin were married after 2 April 1940.³ He died on 11 March 2010, at age 97, in Birdsboro, Berks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He was buried in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Reiffton, Berks, Pennsylvania.²

Roy Harold Stevens, Sr., was a Railroad Fireman.¹
Roy Stevens Sr.

Roy Harold Stevens Sr., 97, Robeson Township, died March 11, 2010, of natural causes in the Mifflin Center, Cumru Township.

He was the husband of Mary Rebecca (Templin) Stevens.

Born in Mahanoy City, he was a son of the late William J. and Anna (Schnable) Stevens.

He was a fireman for the Reading Railroad.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, Mary, are two sons, James R. Stevens, at home, and Roy H. Stevens Jr., Birdsboro.

There are also seven grandchildren: Marsha, Amanda, Roy, Karisa, Colleen, William and Bridget, and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held in the Dengler Funeral Home Inc., 144 N. Spruce St., Birdsboro, on Monday, March 15, 2010, at 11:30 a.m. A viewing will be held on Monday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park, Exeter Township.