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  • Name Robert George Coble  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 3 Nov 1918  Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 May 2000  Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 

    Parents

    Family ID: F2785 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Robert Arthur Coble,   b. 9 Feb 1881, Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1964, Palmyra, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82) 
    Mother Jennie Viola Breneman,   b. 12 Dec 1879, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1942, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62) 
    Married 19 Feb 1902  Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 

    Family

    Family ID: F2783 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified: 22 Dec 2020   
    Wife Kathryn Ruth Ginder,   b. 6 Sep 1915, Mastersonvil, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1991  (Age 76) 
    Children 
     

    1. C.A. Coble

     

    2. D.K. Coble

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    Siblings 2 siblings 

  • Notes

    • Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) - May 22, 2000

      Deceased Name: ROBERT G. COBLE, 81, OWNED SHOE STORE

      Robert G. Coble, 81, of 19 Linden Ave., Elizabethtown, died early Sunday at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. He lived at Brethren Village since December.

      Coble retired in 1990 after more than 40 years as co-owner of the former Economy Shoe Store in Elizabethtown.

      He was a member of Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren, where he sang in the church choir for more than 54 years and served on the church board and as a member of the pastoral search and organ design committees.

      Coble also was a past president of Elizabethtown Kiwanis Club and served on the board of directors of Willowood Swim Club, Elizabethtown.

      He volunteered as a driver for cancer patients and Meals on Wheels.

      He was the husband of Ruth G. Ginder Coble, who died in 1991.

      Born in Elizabethtown, he was the son of the late Robert A. and Jennie Breneman Coble.

      Surviving are a daughter, Deborah K., married to Thomas Benway of Bowmansville; a son, Craig A., married to Linda Coble of Elizabethtown; and seven grandchildren.

  • Source Citations

    1. [S2] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, ;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0039.

    2. [S1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: T625_1582; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 43.

    3. [S8] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Elizabeth, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03529; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 36-42.

    4. [S37] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    5. [S281] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 435.

    6. [S11] Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security D;), Number: 160-16-7183; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951.

    7. [S226] Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1852-1968, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).

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