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- [S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Wanda Virginia Gooch Metzger.
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Wanda Virginia Gooch Metzger
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BIRTH 22 Nov 1925 Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 21 Dec 2019 (aged 94)
Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL Woodland Cemetery
Hebron, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Wanda Virginia Gooch was the daughter of Cecil Jay Gooch and Helen Beryl Arnett.
She married Arthur Eugene Metzger on 16 Dec 1944.
Family Members
Parents Cecil Jay Gooch 1893-1982
Helen Beryl Arnett Gooch 1893-1981
Spouse Arthur Eugene Metzger 1924-1983 (m. 1946)
Siblings Phyllis Marie Gooch Snyder 1915-2006
Mary Marjorie Gooch 1924-1924
Dana Arlene Gooch Kenyon 1926-2017
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BIRTH 22 Nov 1925 Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 21 Dec 2019 (aged 94)
Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL Woodland Cemetery
Hebron, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID 38249807 ·
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Wanda Virginia Gooch was the daughter of Cecil Jay Gooch and Helen Beryl Arnett.
She married Arthur Eugene Metzger on 16 Dec 1944.
Family Members
Parents Cecil Jay Gooch 1893-1982
Helen Beryl Arnett Gooch 1893-1981
Spouse Arthur Eugene Metzger 1924-1983 (m. 1946)
Siblings Phyllis Marie Gooch Snyder 1915-2006
Mary Marjorie Gooch 1924-1924
Dana Arlene Gooch Kenyon 1926-2017
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- [S850] census 1930 USA PA Potter Hebron, Year: 1930; Census Place: Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2143; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2341877 Dingman; Stearns; Roberts;.
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Record for Charles Stearns (13) facts .......... (26)
Record for Ruby Roberts (7) facts .............. (33)
Record for Lant Beardslee (8) facts ............. (41)
Record for Ida Davis (7) facts ..................... (48)
Record for Adelbert Luce (8) facts .............. (58)
Record for Walter W Metzger (24) facts ..... (82)
Record for Elno Burdick (8) facts .............. (90)
Record for Randolph Burdick (24) facts .. (114)
Record for Deo Burdick (29) facts ......... (142)
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George Dingman in the 1930 United States Federal Census
date: Apr 23-24 1930
Mrs. Mack Van Wegen
Name: George Dingman
Birth: ca 1875, Penna
Gender: Male
Race: White
status: Married
Relation: Head
Home: Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Dwelling: 74
Family: 74
Home: Owned
Radio Set: No
on Farm: Yes
Age 1st Marr: 46
Attended School: No
Read/Write: Yes
Father's Birth: Pennsylvania
Mother's Birth: Pennsylvania
Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Own Farm
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Employment: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles Stearns 53 Head PA PA PA M26 farmer, own farm
Lena Stearns 52 wife NY NY NY M23
George Dingman 55 Head PA PA PA M46 farmer, own farm
Alice E Dingman 52 wife PA NY PA M43
Judson Dingman 51 PA PA PA head mar 47 @ 1st mar farmer, own farm
Effie Dingman 39 PA PA PA wife mar 15 @ 1st mar
Isaac Dingman 16 PA PA PA step-son
Alta Dingman 12 PA PA PA step-daughter
Adelbert Luce 71 PA NY NY cousin wid 24 @ 1st marr, farmer, gen'l farm
Walter W Metzger 30 Head PA PA PA M23 farmer, gen'l farming
Thelma W Metzger 25 wife PA PA PA M18
Arthur E Metzger 6 son PA PA PA
Marjorie L Metzger 4 dau PA PA PA
Willis E Brock 53 PA PA PA 24 @ 1st mar farmer, own farm
Emma Brock 46 KS MI PA 17 @ 1st marriage
Elno Burdick 38 Head PA PA PA Single tool dresser, machine shop
Randolph Burdick 36 Head PA PA PA M26 lease pumper?, gas wells
Leta M Burdick 34 wife PA OH NY M24
Arden J Burdick 5 son PA PA PA
Shirley R Burdick 4 dau PA PA PA
Elvin G Burdick 71 Head PA NY WV Wd 32 farmer, own farm
Deo Burdick 28 son PA PA PA M22 farmer, gen'l farm
Larue Burdick 25 dau-law PA PA PA M19
Lorraine Burdick 4 gr-dau NY PA PA
Colene Burdick 1 gr-dau PA PA PA
Ruby Roberts 63 Head PA NY NY wd20 none
Lant Beardslee 56 cousin PA PA NY wd23 farmer, own farm
Ida Davis 60 cousin PA NY PA S none
Harvy Carpenter 58 Head PA NY PA Wd27 farmer, own farm
Harold Carpenter 30 son PA PA PA M25 farmer, gen'l farm
Mary Carpenter 26 dau-law PA NY PA M20
Grace Carpenter 5 gr-dau PA PA PA
Gerald Carpenter 3 gr-son PA PA PA
Earl Carpenter 1 gr-son PA PA PA
John Ferncak 39 Head Austria... M34 1911 wood cutter, lumber
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Source Citation
Year: 1930; Census Place: Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0013; FHL microfilm: 2341877
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. 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, 2,667 rolls.
Name Birth Arrival Residence
June Thompson Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Charles Stearns Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Lena Stearns New York 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Della Chaffee Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Will Atkinson Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Violet Atkinson Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Wilma Atkinson Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Berna J Atkinson Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Phoebe Frilligan Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Monta Frilligan Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
George Dingman Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Alice E Dingman Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Judson Dingman Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Effie Dingman Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Isaac Dingman Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Alta Dingman Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Adelbert Luce Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Walter W Metzger Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Thelma W Metzger Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Arthur E Metzger Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Marjorie L Metzger Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Willis E Brock Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Emma Brock Kansas 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Elno Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Randolph Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Leta M Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Arden J Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Shirley R Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Elvin G Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Deo Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Larue Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Lorraine Burdick New York 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Colene Burdick Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Ruby Roberts Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Lant Beardslee Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Ida Davis Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Harry Carpenter Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Harold Carpenter Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Carpenter Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Grace Carpenter Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Gerald Carpenter Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Earl Carpenter Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
John Ferncak Austria 1911 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Cona Ferncak Austria 1921 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Christina Ferncak Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
June Ferncak Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Endy Tabaire Austria 1912 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Louy Roke Italy 1908 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Vet Cannon Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Florence Cannon Pennsylvania 1930 Hebron, Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
1930 United States Federal Census about Judson Dingman
Name: Judson Dingman
Home in 1930: Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania
Age: 51
Estimated birth year:1879
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Effie Dingman
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Judson Dingman 51 PA PA PA head mar 47 @ 1st mar farmer, own farm
Effie Dingman 39 PA PA PA wife mar 15 @ 1st mar
Isaac Dingman 16 PA PA PA step-son
Alta Dingman 12 PA PA PA step-daughter
Adelbert Luce 71 PA NY NY cousin wid 24 @ 1st mar farmer, gen'l farm
1930 United States Federal Census about Willis E Brock
Name: Willis E Brock
Home in 1930: Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Emma Brock
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Willis E Brock 53 PA PA PA 24 @ 1st mar farmer, own farm
Emma Brock 46 KS MI PA 17 @ 1st marriage
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- [S1455] FaceBook- Mosch-Kortz Family Descendants, METZGER-METZGER CONNECTION IN OUR FAMILY. Paul Lynn Gardner? · 13/14 August 2020 South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a butcher, Middle High German metziger, metzjer, German Metzger (probably a loan word from Latin, but of uncertain lineage).
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METZGER-METZGER CONNECTION IN OUR FAMILY
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a butcher, Middle High German metziger, metzjer, German Metzger (probably a loan word from Latin, but of uncertain lineage).
The Metzger family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Metzger families were found in the USA in 1880. In 1840 there were 43 Metzger families living in Pennsylvania. This was about 51% of all the recorded Metzger's in the USA.
We have two lines of these Pennsylvania Metzgers in our family. Are their ancestors connected? I don’t know.
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Margie Satterwhite Brown
That’s complicated!
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Gene Taxis
Love the history any thing on the Kortz?
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Larry Herbstritt
Owen Goodman Metzger was the son of William Hayes Metzger and Pamilla Coolidge (English descent) and William was the son of Francis “Frank” Larue Metzger and Margaret Cook, Francis was the son of Daniel Metzger, son of John Metzger and Anna Marie Larue. I think John’s parents were from Germany. There’s been a lot of nonGerman intermarriage
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Carol Metzger Wilkerson
Larry Herbstritt I think John Metzger himself was from Germany. I never could find the ship he came on.....I assume it landed in Philadelphia.
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Paul Lynn Gardner
If anyone has photos of those missing in this genealogy, I would appreciate them. (gardnerpaull@aol.com)
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- [S1259] FaceBook- Coudersport, Paula Pesock Mitchell FB Coudersport... May 14 2024 · 1940 Coudersport graduates at 20th reunion Attracts 26 Members- Potter Enterprise, Aug 10, 1960 20240517GHLn-.
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· 1940 Coudersport graduates at 20th reunion Attracts 26 Members
- Potter Enterprise, Aug 10, 1960
Class of 1940, 20th rreunion Saturday night at the Coudersport Golf Club:
Betty Lyman Good,
Birdella Ridlon Haskins,
Wm Roche
Donald Gould,
Walter Lehman,
Arthur Logue Jr,
Virginia Rossman Quimby,
John Vosick.
Christine Neefe Baumann,
Marguerite Bruzzie Petrie,
Mary Smith Palmquist,
Anna Lee Snyder Troy,
Peggy Dann Shalkowski,
Dorothy Haupt Wilson,
Leona Froebel Hopper,
Ethel White Phelps.
Arthur Metzger,
Omar Doud,
Robert Angood
Lois Chamberlin Carey,
Barbara Abercrombie White,
Francis Barrett,
Erwin Whitney,
Raymond Ingalls,
Jim Darrin.
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- [S1455] FaceBook- Mosch-Kortz Family Descendants, Paul Lynn Gardner · September 28 2022 Metzger, Dawn, Carol, Art ancestry 20221022GHLn-.
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Carol Metzger Wilkerson
Art Metzger
their aunt Dawn Metzger Newton
parents of Art, Jr & Carol are
Art Metzger, Sr
Wanda Gooch Metzger
Dawn and Art, Sr are siblings.
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- [S814] FaceBook- You know you're from Coudersport, PA if... Hebron, Wetmore family by Dave Wetmore.
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- [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 095501-098500.
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stillborn Metzger in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968
Name: (stillborn) Metzger
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: Stillborn
Birth: 7 Oct 1928
Pennsylvania
Death: 7 Oct 1928
Hebron twp, Potter, Penna
cause: stillborn at full time (trime?), cause not known, 444
signed: D.E. Jacobs, MD
Coudersport
Father: J Walter Metzger
Mother: Thelma W Matteson
inform: J. Walter Metzger
Roulette
burial: Oct 7, 1928
on the farm, Hebron twp
J. Walter Metzger
Certificate: 98032
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 095501-098500
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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stillborn Metzger in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968
Name: (stillborn) Metzger
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: Stillborn
Birth: 7 Oct 1928
Pennsylvania
Death: 7 Oct 1928
Hebron twp, Potter, Penna
cause: stillborn at full time (trime?), cause not known, 444
signed: D.E. Jacobs, MD
Coudersport
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- [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 007501-010650.
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Jay Walter Metzger in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968
Name: Jay Walter Metzger
Gender: Male
Race: White
age: 2d 7h 7m
Birth: 22 Jan 1935
Pennsylvania
Death: 24 Jan 1935
Hebron twp, Potter, Penna
cause: Hemorrhage from the bowels, 161d
signed: D.E. Jacobs, MD
Coudersport
Father: Walter Metzger
Mother: Thelma W Matteson
inform: J. Walter Metzger
Roulette
burial: Jan 25, 1935
Hebron twp
undertaker: "none" crossed out,
J. Walter Metzger
Roulette
Certificate: 9571
Source Citation
Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 007501-010650
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Jay Walter Metzger in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968
Name: Jay Walter Metzger
Gender: Male
Race: White
age: 2d 7h 7m
Birth: 22 Jan 1935
Pennsylvania
Death: 24 Jan 1935
Hebron twp, Potter, Penna
cause: Hemorrhage from the bowels, 161d
signed: D.E. Jacobs, MD
Coudersport
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- [S1455] FaceBook- Mosch-Kortz Family Descendants, December 23, 2019 · WANDA VIRGINIA GOOCH METZGER OBITUARY · Paul Lynn Gardner?Mosch-Kortz Family Descendants.
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WANDA VIRGINIA GOOCH METZGER OBITUARY
"COUDERSPORT, Pa….Wanda Virginia Gooch Metzger, 94, passed away at UPMC Cole, Coudersport, on Saturday, December 21, 2019, after a long battle with cancer.
Born November 22, 1925 in Coudersport, she was the daughter of C. Jay and H. Beryl Arnett Gooch. She graduated from Coudersport High School in 1944. She married Arthur E. Metzger, December 16, 1944 at the family farm on Crandall Hill, Hebron Township. He predeceased her in 1983.
In addition to her work on the family’s farm, she worked for HR Tool Company, then in the Potter County Treasurer’s office in Coudersport, before moving to Rome, N.Y. to take a job with the Department of Defense at Griffiss Air Force Base. Her 34 years as a federal employee also included stints for the Department of Defense at Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown and Tobyhanna Army Depot. She concluded her career at the New Cumberland Army Depot where she was named Employee of the Year for 1991 for her outstanding work during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Always active in her community, Wanda began volunteering at Fredericksen Public Library in Camp Hill upon her retirement in 1997. In her 21 years of volunteer service, she received the Volunteer of the Year Award twice and co-chaired the Friends’ Spring and Fall Book Sales for many years.
She was a member of American Business Women’s Association, Camelot Chapter for 26 years, serving on various committees and being named Woman of the Year in 1994 and 2010. She served as elected Inspector of Elections in her voting precinct in Lemoyne Borough for eight years. She was one of the first women admitted to the Garden Club of the West Shore.
She was also a member of NARFE (National Association of Retired Federal Employees) and First Presbyterian Church, Coudersport.
For many years, Wanda supported special activities at the Austin Area School district where her son was a teacher.
She is survived by
- a daughter, Carol (Roger) Wilkerson, Portland, Oregon;
- a son Arthur E. (Jane) Metzger Jr., Coudersport;
- granddaughter Kate (Jonathan) Day, Colville, Washington;
- grandson Joseph (Jennifer) Metzger, Palmer, Alaska;
great grandchildren
- Rowan and
- Amelia Day and
- Matteson Lynne Metzger;
- sister-in-law Dawn Metzger Newton, Coudersport,
and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and husband,
Wanda was predeceased by two sisters,
- Marie Snyder and
- Dana Kenyon; and
two brothers,
- Everett Gooch and
- Lester Gooch, all of Coudersport.
Memorial contributions may be made in Wanda Metzger’s name to the Coudersport Public Library, 502 Park Avenue, Coudersport, PA 16915 or Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th Street, Camp Hill, PA, 17011.
Family and friends are invited to attend
- graveside burial services at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, in Woodland Cemetery (Five Corners), Hebron
with her pastors, the Rev. Warren Cederholm and Pastor Donald Caskey, of the First Presbyterian Church, Coudersport, officiating.
The family will celebrate her life at a memorial service in the spring of 2020 at a place and time to be announced.
Wanda’s family has entrusted her care to Kevin J. Dusenbury, funeral director/owner of the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, Shinglehouse.
To express condolences or share a fond memory of Wanda, please visit www.virgillhowardfuneralhome.com or the funeral home’s Facebook page, Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home.”
Wanda’s late husband is Arthur E. Metzger, who is the son of Walter Metzger and Thelma Matteson, grandson of Katherine Sheldon and Theodore Metzger, great grandson of Louisa Kortz and Walter Sheldon, 2nd great grandson of Jacob Kortz and Katherine Pflugfelder.
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My condolences to the Gooch & Metzger families.
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Carol Metzger Wilkerson
Margaret Satterwhite Brown Thank you so much????
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Paul Lynn Gardner
The Mosch-Kortz family sends it's sympathy to Wanda's children: Carol Metzger Wilkerson and Arthur Metzger Jr (Jane Heimel Metzger).
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Carol Metzger Wilkerson
My b eautiful Mama. One of a kind.
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