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The following biographies on the Fritz-Williams Family were submitted by Annetta Williams Morris
Erma (Fritz) and Luther Williams
Erma was the second child of James Albert and Nona Lucinda (Oswald) Fritz . She was born in Pattersonville and for some reason unknown to us, she spent a great deal of her childhood living in Pattersonville with her grandmother Elizabeth Linton, Nona Fritz's mother. She spoke of attending school in Pattersonville within sight of the Linton home. She told us her grandmother dressed her in red so that they could observe her activity from the home. We do not know when she returned to her parents in Weston Place. We do know, however, that a younger brother Robert and younger sister Annetta were farmed out to Charles and Lucinda (Link) Fritz (the paternal grandparents). It is believed that Erma did at some point return to Weston Place and continued her education there.
Erma met Luther Williams in the Odd Fellows Cemetery on a Memorial Day and they began courting and married June 30, 1923. They lived in Weston Place and Lost Creek No. 2. with Luther employed in the coal mining industry. Born March 17, 1897 was the first son of William Franklin Williams and Sushanna Singley Williams.
Erma was kept busy producing children from February 1924 to 1942. There were eight children: according to age, Aldona Lucy (only two years younger than her Aunt Aldona Lucinda Fritz McDemus ), Betty Rose, Rabena Lois, Annetta Louella (named after Annetta Louella Fritz Pooley ), James Luther and William Franklin (twins), Nona Sue and Alberta Catherine. Nona Sue was named after both grandmothers. The twins after grandfathers.
Unlike her parents, none of Erma's children were farmed out. She and Luther maintained a well disciplined, closely knit family. They were extremely poor but did not show it. They had a happy home. We entertained each other. Erma and Luther often gathered around the table and sang hymns with us. We had one box of crayola crayons (sixty-four). They were Luther's. He colored with us but they always returned to Dad. He could only afford one box at a time.
All the children were born in Frackville with the exception of the twins, Nona Sue, and Alberta. They moved from Frackville when Annetta was not quite one year old. The new home was a basement of a home owned by Ellen (Peel) Cassel. It was located two doors down from the tunnel in the Colvert of Lost Creek No.2.
Lost Creek No.2 was a cluster of homes built around Packers No.2 colliery. It was surrounded on the north by Raven run, south by William Penn, (sometimes called Lower Shaft), west by Lost Creek and east by Shenandoah. Don't be upset if you can't find it. Many people living in Shenandoah do not know where it is.
The twins were born when Annetta was eighteen months old while they lived in the basement of Ellen Castle's home. When Annetta was about four, Erma and Luther moved to a different home owned and attached to the home of Suzie and John Zerby in Lost Creek. They had to move when Suzie Zerby shot Orville Hoppin's dog. Annetta had squealed on Suzie.
Their new home was on West Mt. Vernon Street in Shenandoah and they changed from their four room school in Lost Creek No.2 to the Lincoln School in Shenandoah. While living in Shenandoah, Erma delivered her next child Nona Sue. Erma hemorrhaged severely and came very close to death. Even after Nona Sue was sent home, Erma was retained at Locust Mountain Hospital.
The Williams family lived in Shenandoah for one year after which they returned to Lost Creek No.2 to a five bedroom home in the lower patch which was supposed to have been owned by Erma's brother Robert Fritz and his wife Mildred. The home had been part of Hannah Williams' estate and did not have a clear title. By this time Aldona (the oldest daughter) was able to purchase this home by paying off the indebtedness of $750. Thus Erma and Luther became home owners.
They now owned a house and a path (a two-seater outhouse). They lived here until it became too risky to do so. By that time the house was severely leaning. The concrete porch was separated by at least three to four inches, leaving a gap that had to be stepped over to enter the home. By this time Ellen Castle's home was up for sale and with the help of now grown children, Erma and Luther purchased the home from Kenneth (Sonny) and Sue Hopkins.
Erma was actively engaged with other women of Lost Creek No.2 at quilting parties. She would take one or two of her girls with her. They played under the quilt with patches, needles and thread. They threaded the needles for the ladies with poor eye sight. They heard all the local gossip when the ladies forgot they were there. The Henry Fritz (Erma's brother) children recently told us that Erma made each of them a quilt for a wedding present. They also told us she baked the best apple pie. She always baked the additional one for them.
Erma earned money during tough times by wallpapering for a variety of people. She could do a ceiling as well as any professional.
Luther had only a fifth grade education but was an avid reader. He was grossly interested in Indian culture and nature. He knew everything on the mountain side and where to find it. Luther often took his brood to the mountain side (just beyond the back yard) at daybreak to pick huckleberries. They returned when all cans were full. Members of the family then walked three to four miles to Brownsville to sell the berries. The money was then taken to a grocery store in Lower William Penn to buy bread and molasses for dinner.
Daddy would tell us there were real big berries just beyond the next bend of the railroad track. When we reached that bend, he would say "no, it must be around the next bend." It was not unusual for us to have walked from Lost Creek No.2 to Centralia by way of the railroad (a good ten to fifteen miles). He would take us to the berries he had in mind. Then we walked home.
Erma and Luther would walk their family from Lost Creek No.2 to William Penn, up the mountain side at William Penn across the top of the mountain, down the mountain side at Maizeville, crossing through Maizeville and up Mahanoy Plane on the Frackville mountain to Grandma's home on South Balliet Street. We usually walked back the same day. This was done when the twin boys were so small, Erma and the older girls piggy-backed them. Luther piggy-backed Annetta until she was able to navigate the terrain by herself.
Luther lost his home and his job during the Depression and was unemployed for a few years. He later worked on the WPA projects including the building of the wall along the upper road between Lost Creek and Girardville.
In later years, Luther was employed on the timber bank at Packer No.2 colliery. He helped cut the timber used to shore up the mine shafts. He retired from Packer No.2 with a miner's pension of $50. per month. This was later reduced to $35. per month.
On May 19, 1971, Erma ran out the back door to try to get her breath. She was taken to Locust Mountain State Hospital at Shenandoah Heights where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
After Erma's death, Luther lived with his youngest daughter Alberta and her husband Arnold Briggs in Trenton, New Jersey. In the last year of his life, Luther lived with his daughter Annetta and her husband Edward Morris in Lindenwold, New Jersey. Annetta's illness requiring hospitalization required Luther to be admitted to Strafford Nursing Home. Three days after admission, Luther vomited and aspirated emcees into his lungs. He was moved to J.F. Kennedy Hospital where he died of aspiration pneumonia eight days later.
Erma and Luther are buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Shenandoah Heights, Pennsylvania.
Betty Rose (Williams) and Martin Gilroy
Betty was the second daughter of Erma (Fritz) and Luther Williams . She was born in Frackville in 1927. Betty despised school and had to be forced to attend. She found it difficult to compete with her older sister Aldona. In childhood, she enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of the coal region while struggling through Depression years of poverty. Through those lean years, Betty, together with her sisters and brothers, were often taken to the mountain side for food. Her father Luther Williams was well versed in Indian culture and knew where to find everything edible. They knew where to find huckleberries, teaberries, and Juneberries when in season. Apples and chestnuts were fall favorites. Luther planted some of the apple trees. He also brought home small game during hunting season. The family made its own sassafras tea and birch beer.
Betty swam and skated with her father, sisters Aldona, Rabena, Annetta, Nona Sue and Alberta and brothers William and James at No. 1 dam (an abandoned water reservoir between Raven Run and Lost Creek No. 2 with access through the tunnel at the Culvert). The trip through the tunnel was adventurous as there was a constant flow of water through it. It was semi-dark and required hopping from one stepping stone to another. There were rumors of snakes lurking in the puddles between the stepping stones. Betty and her sisters and brothers ventured through here to and from the dam every day in the summer.
After graduating from West Mahanoy Township High School, Betty met and married Martin Gilroy . They were married for ten years. They initially lived with Luther and Erma Williams (Betty's parents). They later moved to Balliet Street in Frackville. Martin worked as a bus driver for Trailways. Betty and Martin moved to Scranton and, after several years, moved Betty back to her parents and deserted her. Although not divorced from Betty, Annetta says that they were aware of Martin's next two marriages and rumors of a third.
Betty was brought to new Jersey by her sister and brother-in-law. She lived with Annetta and Edward Morris for a few years. She began to work as a nurse's aid at West Jersey Hospital in Camden, New Jersey.
She purchased a mobile home and lived in Woodlynne for several years. She had a son, Chris , born in 1962. One day Chris brought home a friend Robert Martin . Bob never went home. Betty raised both boys. Betty retired from West Jersey Hospital in 1995 at the age of 68 with thirty-eight years of service. She, Chris and Robert lived in Woodlynne, New Jersey.
Annetta Louella (Williams) and Edward Morris
Annetta was born July 29, 1931. She was the fourth daughter of Erma Fritz and Luther Williams . They really wanted a son. Annetta was born while the Williams family lived on South Balliet Street in Frackville. It is rumored that Erma told the doctor to throw the baby "out the window." Before he could do so Erma changed her mind and decided to keep this lovely little girl.
Annetta was eighteen months old when her twin brothers, James Luther and William Franklin (twins) were born. Erma later said she would "trade the two boys for six more girls". Annetta and her sister Rabena began working at ages 7 and 9 respectively. They delivered newspapers -- the Shenandoah Evening Herald and the Philadelphia Bulletin. The money they earned assisted the family with shoes and clothing.
Annetta was educated first to eighth grade at the Lost Creek No.2 School, West Mahanoy Township. She later graduated from West Mahanoy Township High class of 1949. In the same class with Alfred Fritz, Jr. , and his wife Joanna (Bendrick) Fritz . They didn't know then that they were related.
Before Annetta graduated from high school, her oldest sister Aldona had explored the possibility of assisting Annetta financially to become a nurse. When Aldona attempted to get transcripts transferred, she was told that Annetta did not have the potential to pursue this career. Aldona would not accept this as factual and did guide Annetta into nursing school.
In the last two years of high school, Annetta was dating Edward Joseph Morris "King of the Kids." When he reported for football practice, his father took him home by the scruff of the neck. The Morris family lost Ed's brother, Author, with a congenital heart problem at age seventeen. They had another son, Norman, who was crippled from birth with spina bifida. They did not desire to have Edward injured. Edward had to be satisfied to play trumpet in Shenandoah High Marching and Dance Band. Edward graduated from J.W. Cooper High School in 1949.
Edward's mother was active in the Salvation Army. His father was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Edward was required to attend Sunday School at Calvary Baptist Church in the morning, Salvation Army services in the afternoon and evening.
Annetta was a member of the Lost Creek Union Sunday School at Lost Creek No. 2. In teen years, Annetta was looking for some form of Christian fellowship. She was told of a group at the Salvation Army in Shenandoah. It was this fellowship that brought her in contact with Edward. He was no stranger to Annetta. Luther Williams and Author Morris were friends throughout life. Luther took his family to the Morris home and Art and his boys visited the Williams' home, but it wasn't until Annetta started to attend the Salvation Army, that they caught each other's eye. Envoy Hughes, Captain of the Corps, who noticed that Edward was interested in Annetta and vice versa, would throw Edward the keys to his car and tell him Annetta needed a ride home -- to see what he could do about it.
When Annetta was certain of her impending move to New Jersey and admission to nurses' training, she told Edward she was going to nursing school and if he "did not want to wait," he could "look elsewhere." Edward decided to wait and, in the interim, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He had two cavities he had to have filled before they would take him. They were looking for a few good men.
Edward served his country in the 1st Marine Division. He was stationed at Parris Island, North Carolina, for basic training. Later at Cherry Point, New Bern, North Carolina, he played trumpet in the 2nd Marine Air Wing Band.
When the Korean War began, the 1st Marine Division was dispatched to Korea. They took Edward with them. They landed at Inchon December, 15, 1950. He returned to the United States June, 1951. Edward was discharged in 1952 with a Sergeant rank.
In the interim, Annetta had graduated from West Jersey Hospital as an RN in June of 1952. Annetta and Edward were jointly baptized by immersion at Haddon Heights Baptist Church prior to their marriage.
They were married November 29, 1952, nine days after Ed's discharge. The marriage was performed at Haddon Heights Baptist Church by Rev. George Headly. During the ceremony, the Pastor said "join right hands" and Annetta, being ring conscious, handed Edward her left hand. Ed leaned over and softly and lovingly said "your other right, stupid." Annetta married him anyway.
Annetta worked as a pediatric nurse at West Jersey Hospital in Camden after graduation and marriage. The couple rented an apartment in Oaklyn, New Jersey. Annetta changed to private duty nursing, working all hospitals in South Jersey for seventeen years.
In 1955, their first son David Edward was born. This same year Annetta and Edward bought a home and two acres of ground on Clementon-Blackwood Road in Lindenwold, New Jersey.
In 1963, their second son Devan Edward was born.
In 1964, Annetta and Edward had their third and last child, Lois Lee . She was a red head. Annetta told Edward she could not understand the red hair -- there wasn't a strand of red hair on the Williams' side of the family. Edward replied "didn't I tell you my grandmother was a red head?" Annetta said "Thank God, it was your grandmother, you would never have believed me."
David Edward lived in Indian Mills, NJ; Devan Edward lived in Lindenwold, NJ; and Lois Lee lived in Winter Springs, FL.
At the age of forty, Annetta expressed a desire to attempt additional education because of changes in the nursing profession. She enrolled at Glassboro State College and began to take evening classes two days a week. Five and a half years later (while working full time and raising three children), Annetta graduated (1976) from Glassboro State with a B.A. in Health Education and several certifications -- Health Ed Certification, Vocation Ed Certification (qualification for teaching practical nursing in vocational school) and school nurse certifications. Edward made this possible by assuming responsibility for the children while Annetta was in class.
In 1976, Annetta was employed by MacAndrews & Forbes Company in Camden, New Jersey. MacAndrews & Forbes Company manufactured licorice extract. It was used to spray on tobacco leaves to sweeten tobacco. It was also used in some pharmaceutical products and, of course, in candy. Annetta was their industrial nurse and was responsible for safety, the dispensary, all disability and Workman's Compensation. She retired from MacAndrews & Forbes in 1987.
Edward worked for sixteen years for Lucas Paint Company (Sherwin Williams). In 1970, Edward had a heart attack and later a blood clot to each lung. Doctors put a clamp on the largest vein in his body, dividing it into three channels. Those who knew Ed best thought he would never work another day in his life. Ed fooled them all. After eight months of disability, a friend of Ed's (not knowing of his disability) called and offered Ed a job. He accepted and took one day at a time at Municipal Maintenance, servicing electrical controls underground.
He was later hired by Pemberton Township Utilities Authority where he worked for the next fifteen years, maintaining electrical controls of sewerage treatment plants.
Annetta and Edward were active with a senior citizen entertainment group known as Strummin' Mamas and Mello Dears. Edward is the Strummin' Papa (he plays a baritone uke). They entertain at nursing homes, churches, women's clubs, adult day cares, retirement homes, AARP groups, VFWs, etc.
David Edward and Dawn April (Eichman) Morris
David Edward Morris was the oldest son of Annetta (Williams) and Edward J. Morris . He was born August 11, 1955. One month later Annetta and Edward bought their home at 333 Blackwood Road in Lindenwold, New Jersey. David was born in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey. The family lived at this location throughout David's childhood.
David was dedicated to the Lord by his parents at Christ Community Church in Lindenwold, New Jersey. The service was performed by Rev. Edward Houser.
David was baptized by immersion in his early teens while attending Faith Baptist Church in Erial (together with his brother Devan and sister Lois ). This service was performed by Rev. James Smith.
David graduated from Lindenwold Public (elementary) School. When in ninth grade, David was enrolled at Camden County Vocational Technical School in a four year electrical course. David was upset because the kids were calling him a high school drop out. Annetta informed him that "when the other kids stopped laughing at him, he could start laughing at them." He came out of vocation school with a trade and a saleable skill. The school was new; David was in its first class and graduated in 1973. After completing four years of Electrical Technology, David married Dawn April Eichman in 1978 at the Church of All Faiths in a garden setting. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Norman Morris (David's uncle). Dawn was escorted to the altar by her seventy-six year old father Harry Eichman. Her mother Charlotte attended.
Dawn was the last of the Harry and Charlotte Eichman family. She had one sister Penny and brothers Harry, Jr., and Robert. There were also several stepsisters and stepbrothers.
Dawn graduated from Overbrook Senior High School in Pine Hill, New Jersey, class of 1978. She had worked as a school bus driver for Lindenwold Board of Education.
David and Dawn lived in an apartment in Chateau Ridge in Pine Hill. They later moved in with David's parents in Lindenwold. David and Dawn were childless for ten years before the birth of their daughter Samantha Jo on June 16, 1988. Four years later, David and Dawn were divorced and Dawn moved in with her friend Winfred (Wimpy) Williams in Gibbsboro.
David married Dorothy Ireland in 1992, and he and Dorothy lived in a mobile home in Fawn Lake Village in Indian Mills, New Jersey. Dorothy had worked in the Security Department of Ancora State Psychiatric Hospital in Atco, New Jersey, for ten years. Later, she worked for her father who owned and operated a taproom in Egg Harbor, New Jersey. She was a part time bartender. David worked for Grace Chemical Company as an electrician from graduation until Grace closed. he went from Grace to Elkin Sinns Pharmaceutical Company as an electrician. Elkin Sinns is a subsidiary of H.R. Robbins Pharmaceutical. While maintaining his job with Elkins Sinns, David acquired his Electrical Contractor's License and began to establish his own business, D&D Electrical Contractor.
James Luther Williams and Joan Brennan
James was the first son of Erma (Fritz) and Luther Williams . He was a twin of William Franklin . He dropped out of high school in tenth grade. James served his country in the U.S. Army in 1950.
He later married Joan Brennan and they resided in Oaklyn, Clementon, and Lindenwold, New Jersey. They had four daughters, Lisa Ann, Deborah Mae, Rose Mary, and Jacqueline .
James (also known as Mickey) and Joan were separated when Jackie was an infant. By this time Joan was disabled due to birth defects including a kidney problem requiring kidney dialysis. Joan raised her four girls with the help of welfare. James returned to Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, where he met Alice Becker with whom he lived common-law for twenty-two years.
James had a massive stroke and was completely paralyzed on his right side. James and Alice moved into the Shenandoah high rise on Main Street in Shenandoah. Alice Becker is most deserving of recognition for her care of James for many years in his disabled state. She was devoted to him and took him out daily by wheel chair. Thanks to Alice, he was kept clean and presentable.
James died in October of 1994 at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Schuylkill Haven. He was cremated and his ashes buried on the grave with his mother in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Shenandoah.
William Franklin Williams and Ruth Hornberger
William Franklin Williams was the fifth child of Erma and Luther Williams . He was a twin to James Luther Williams . The twins were identical. Bill was always dressed in brown and Jim always in blue to prevent confusion. Both answered to "Luther's twins."
Bill dropped out of high school in tenth grade. He served in the U.S. Army in 1950. He married Ruth Hornberger in Lost Creek No. 2. They resided there in a basement apartment of a home then owned by Bill's parents. It is ironic that this was the second time that Bill lived in this basement apartment. His family lived there in 1933, the year Bill was born. The home was then owned by Ellen Castle (Peel).
Ruth was the daughter of Florence (Rupert) and Clyde Hornberger of Balliet Street, Frackville. Ruth had worked in the Frackville 5 & 10.
Bill worked as a slate picker at the Hammond Coal Breaker and later as an oiler on a coal shovel for Jeddo Highland Coal Company until disabled by black lung.
Together Bill and Ruth raised three sons, William, Jr., John Clyde, and Charles Samuel.
Ruth was born with three functioning kidneys. Her son William was born in 1961 with only one kidney with only forty percent function. He spent years of his young life on kidney dialysis. Ruth was evaluated and considered an acceptable donor for her son's kidney transplant. Before Billy was ready for his transplant, Ruth was found unconscious in a living room chair at 33 years of age (1971). The shock was so great that the kidneys were completely forgotten.
Billy did receive a transplant at St. Christopher's Hospital in Philadelphia in February 1972. The transplant was considered successful but Billy was on a very rigid salt restricted diet. His father took him home when discharged and permitted him to have bacon for breakfast. Billy had had a massive stroke and died at twelve years of age in 1973.
The second son, John, dropped out of high school. Charles also dropped out of high school. They lived with their father in Lost Creek until Bill's death from black lung and heart attack at the age of forty-four.
John went to live with Ann Veech and her family in William Penn after his father died. Charles joined the National Guard; he later worked in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
William, Sr., William, Jr., and Ruth are all buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Shenandoah Heights, Pennsylvania.
John married Susan Brennan of Shenandoah Heights. They received a home as a wedding gift from Susan's parents. John and Susan are the proud parents of one daughter, Ashley , and one son, Michael . John and Susan were separated in 1993.
Alberta Williams and Arnold Briggs, Jr.
Alberta Williams was the youngest daughter of Erma Fritz and Luther Williams . She was born and raised while the Williams family lived in Lost Creek No. 2. She was educated in the West Mahanoy Township School System. She graduated from high school then moved to New Jersey where she lived briefly with her sister Annetta and Edward Morris . She later moved to Trenton, New Jersey, and worked for Bell Telephone. There she met and married her husband Arnold Briggs, Jr. Alberta and Arnold had four sons in four years, Arnold, III, William, John, and Frank who were twins. When the boys were in their mid-teens, Alberta and Arnold had a daughter whom they named Lucy Marie .
Arnold, Jr., worked in a foundry and progressed to shift foreman. Alberta worked for a private food concession in Trenton State College. Their sons Arnold and Frank worked in the Trenton area at a deli; William worked for Lennox China in the warehouse and later for a Geothermal Company. John worked in a foundry after his discharge from the Army. Frank also served in the U.S. Army. All the Briggs' sons were high school graduates and all were still bachelors in their early thirties.
Lucy Marie had a natural musical talent and began violin lessons at an early age. While in high school, Lucy competed for first violin in the school orchestra. Lucy also took piano lessons and plays well. She was a member of the high school swim team and engaged in swimming competition.
Rae Ann Fritz Noss and Archie Goss
Rae Ann
was the first child of
Clara Fritz
(photo at right). She was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. 
Clara later married Russell Noss and Rae Ann was adopted. She had two sisters, Doris Noss Hause and Janet Noss Vitkauskas. She also had six brothers, Russell Raymond Noss, Jr., George James Noss, Donald Eugene Noss, Larry Lee Noss, Robert Thomas Noss and Terrance Gene Noss.
Rae Ann married Archie Goss and moved to Naugatuck, Connecticut. Rae Ann worked as a waitress for Howard Johnsons. She later worked as a security guard for Uni-Royal and more recently worked with her daughter Shelly in a house cleaning company.
Archie worked at Kerite Company in Connecticut for thirty-nine years. He retired in 1955. Kerite made cables for underwater services for Bell Telephone. He started as a laborer and worked his way up to supervisor.
Rae Ann and Archie raised three children, Kenneth, Tammy, and Shelly . Kenneth worked as a security guard for Uni-Royal in shipping and receiving. He lived with a friend Denise McIntosch who worked as a nurse's aid in a rehab environment. Kenneth and Denise have one daughter, Lislee Annmarie Goss .
Tammy worked as a security guard at Lewis Engineering. She lives with a friend James Charette. Tammy and James have one daughter, Sarah Lynn Charette .
Shelly Goss operates her own house cleaning service with her mother Rae Ann. Shelly married Trevor Anthony Primus . They have three children.
Aldona Lucy Williams Thompson
Born February 9, 1924, at 38 S. Balliet Street, Frackville, Pennsylvania, in the home of Susanna and William Williams, Aldona was the first child of Erma Fritz Williams and Luther Williams .
When Aldona was three years old, a new baby was born to Erma and Luther. They put the baby in Aldona's lap and asked what she would like to call her baby sister. She had a doll named "Betty Rosebud" and so the new baby was named Betty Rose . She was born March 27, 1927.
Sisters Rabena Lois, Annetta Louella and brothers James Luther and William Franklin were also born in Frackville. Nona Sue and Alberta Catherine were born in Locust Mountain Hospital.
Aldona attended grade school in Frackville until she was ten years of age then the family moved to Lost Creek No. 2 in West Mahanoy Township. There she attended sixth, seventh, and eighth grades and then went to West Mahanoy Township High School in Shenandoah Heights.
Aldona graduated from high school in 1941 at the age of 17. She moved to Woodlynne, New Jersey, where she lived with Annetta Fritz Pooley , her mother's sister, and Annetta's husband Frank .
Aldona were to work at Palmers Luncheonette in Oaklyn and, while working there, she met David C. Thompson who later became her husband. Aldona also worked at Radio Condenser Company and RCA, both in Camden, during the second World War.
In 1945, she married David Thompson, Jr., son of Rachel and David C. Thompson, Sr. They lived in an apartment on the White Horse Pike in Oaklyn, New Jersey.
In 1951, Aldona went to work at Turkelson's 5 & 10 in Oaklyn then, in 1953, she worked for Yorkship Press, Printers and Stationers, remaining there until 1974.
At one point her sister Rabena Lois Williams came to New Jersey and, with Aldona's help, went to work at West Jersey Hospital in Camden where she met and married George Wenner on August 27, 1949 and lived in Marlton, NJ. They had four children, Dianne, Judith, George Jr., and Lois . Sister Annetta Louella also came to New Jersey and went into nurse's training at West Jersey Hospital.
In 1954, Aldona and David Thompson moved to 117 Virginia Avenue in Audubon, New Jersey, where they lived with David's mother Rachel.
James Albert Fritz married Nona Isadora Oswald on January 11, 1900 and lived in Weston Place. He was employed in the coal mining industry.
Nona Sue Williams married Harry Corn and lived in Woodlynne, NJ. They had four children and later divorced.
Louis Leach married Jacquetta Anna Greta and lived in Ringtown. Their son Richard and daughter Lenora lived in Ringtown after marrying as well as their daughter Eleanor who owned and operated a beauty salon in Shenandoah. Daughter Dorothy Mary lived in Minersville.
Stanley McDemus (McAdamovich) Sr. married Aldona Lavina Fritz in 1939 and lived in Cressona, PA. Aldona was employed by the ARGO Corporation in Schuylkill Haven, PA. Of their children, Donald, Joseph, Rose Marie (Micki), and Stanley, Jr. were known to live in Schuykill Haven after marrying and their daughter Delores in Pottsville, PA.
Submitted by Annetta Williams Morris