Robert Earl Reber

1919 - 1995  (75 years)

• Name	Robert Earl Reber
  Nickname	Red
  Birth	21 Aug 1919	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Jun 1995	Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Cedar Hill Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18611	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Hackman, Peiffer, Buchter, Gross
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	James Wallace Reber,   b. 11 Dec 1896, Rothsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 19 Mar 1977, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Florence Mae Longenecker,   b. 5 Jul 1898, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 31 Oct 1979, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F6442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Della Irene Mull,   b. 1916   d. 1997 (Age 81 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F6444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Robert E. "Red" Reber, 75, of 933 Fairview Ave., Ephrata, died Tuesday at Ephrata Community Hospital following a brief illness. He was the husband of Della Reber. They were married for 54 years in February. Born in Reading, he was a son of the late Wallace and Florence Longenecker Reber. Reber was a high school business teacher for many years. He began his career at the former Denver High School, now Cocalico High School, teaching there from 1949 until 1964. He was Denver High School's first football coach, and also led the basketball and baseball teams. From 1964 until his retirement in 1979, he was a teacher at Downingtown High School. A Little League baseball coach in Ephrata for many years, Reber also worked as a basketball referee on the high school and college levels during the 1960s in Lancaster and Lebanon counties. A veteran of World War II, Reber served in the U.S. Army as a supply sergeant. He was a member of Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Ephrata. Surviving besides his wife are two sons, Robert M. of Lititz and Darryl Kent of Spokane, Wash.; two grandsons; two brothers, Donald of Akron and Richard of Ephrata; and four sisters, Violet, wife of Harry Showalter of Akron, and Gerrie Brown, Betty Reber and Nancy, wife of Clayton Weaver, all of Ephrata. Intelligencer Journal Date: Wednesday, June 7, 1995 Page: B-3 Name: Robert E Reber Birth Date: 21 Aug 1919 Age: 75 Death Date: 6 Jul 1995 Military Branch: Army Veteran of Which War: World War II Cemetery Name: Cedar Hill Cemetery Cemetery Location: Ephrata, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197415921/robert-earl-reber (Reliability: 2).