Gertrude
Arndt
Whitmire
formerly Sponenberg
Born in Briar Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Emmit Sponenberg
and Sarah Alverna (Boston) Sponenberg
Sister of
Jennie A. (Sponenberg) Hoyt [half], Daisy May (Sponenberg) Myers, Minnie Florence (Sponenberg) Gebhart and Pearl Irene (Sponenberg) Robinholt
Wife of
Lemuel Pollock Whitmire Sr.
— married
1919 (to 1945) in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Mother of
Dorothy J. (Whitmire) Wright
Died
at age 48
in Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Sep 2017
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Biography
Daughter of James and Sadie (Boston) Sponenberg. Her parents were farmers in Briar Creek Township, in the Summer Hill/Foundryville area north of Berwick.
Married to Lemuel Pollock Whitmire in 1919, who she met after he labored on her family's farm through the past year. The couple had a daughter, Dorothy, born in 1923. Whitmire operated a dairy farm, running delivery routes in and around Berwick.
They resided at 1725 Lincoln Avenue by the end of their marriage, divorcing in 1945. She worked as a housekeeper for Clyde Garrison, Salem Township, for a short while, before her sudden passing on Dec. 13, 1946, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was not in ill health. Her body was found by Garrison in his bedroom when he arrived home from Berwick. The funeral was held on the 16th of December, with interment at Pine Grove Cemetery, Walnut Street.
Sources
- 1900 U.S. census. Briar Creek Township (E.D. 5), Columbia County, PA. Taken 5 Jun 1900 with a reference date of 1 Jun 1900. Sheet 2B, dwelling 36 and family 38, lines 57–62. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-63J9-D3V
- Death certificate of Mrs. Gertrude Whitmire, #106702 (1946); attached.
- Gertrude A. Whitmire. Marker inscription at Pine Grove Cemetery (Walnut Street), Berwick, PA. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135115184/gertrude-arndt-whitmire
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