Edwin Allen Ziegler
1880 - 1967 (87 years)-
Name Edwin Allen Ziegler [1, 2] Born 20 Sep 1880 Rebersburg, Centre County, PA [3, 4] Gender Male Education Franklin & Marshall College; B.A. and ScD Occupation Director of PA State Forest School Mont Alto 1909-29; U.S. Forest Service 1929-32; Head Forest Research 1932-37; Taught at University of Florida 1937- Died 14 Oct 1967 Lewisburg, Union County, PA [3, 4, 5] Buried Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA [3, 5, 6] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76816197/edwin-allen-ziegler
Section 1, Row 2, #2.
Col 503 Coast Artillery Anti Aircraft WWI
Person ID I1675 Kreider Moyer Last Modified 28 Mar 2023
Father Thomas Royer Ziegler, b. 6 Dec 1849, Pennsylvania , d. 18 Jul 1938, Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA (Age 88 years) Mother Lydia Anna Yearick, b. 1851, Centre County, PA , d. 1896, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA (Age 45 years) Family ID F635 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Rebecca Jane Moyer, b. 07 Feb 1882, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA , d. 08 Jul 1934, Mont Alto, Franklin County, PA (Age 52 years) Married 27 Dec 1905 Last Modified 17 May 2018 Family ID F631 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Josephine Elizabeth Kreider, b. 22 Apr 1906, Mont Alto, Franklin County, PA , d. 02 Jan 2007, Columbus, OH (Age 100 years) Married 08 Jun 1935 Children 1. Elizabeth Rebecca Ziegler, b. 23 Nov 1936, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA , d. 19 May 2006 (Age 69 years) 2. Edwin Allen Ziegler, b. 23 Aug 1940, d. 12 Feb 1941 (Age 0 years) 3. Edwinna May Ziegler, b. 12 May 1942, Gainesville, Alachua County, FL , d. 24 Jul 1943, Cumberland Township, Adams County, PA (Age 1 years) Last Modified 17 May 2018 Family ID F299 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map Born - 20 Sep 1880 - Rebersburg, Centre County, PA Died - 14 Oct 1967 - Lewisburg, Union County, PA Buried - - Saint Peters Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Centre County, PA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend : Address : Location : City/Town : County/Shire : State/Province : Country : Not Set
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Photos Kreider 50th Wedding Anniversary 1952
Standing in back, left to right: Al Hiltner, Beth Ziegler, 2 unknown, Virginia Ruggles Kreider, Henry Kreider, Jr., Edwin Allen Ziegler. Seated, left to right: Josephine Kreider Ziegler, Mary Elizabeth Moyer Kreider, Rev Henry Royer Kreider, Sr., Ruth Kreider Hiltner with her oldest son. Seated in front: 3 girls and Anne Hiltner on the right.Ziegler, Edwin Allen Ziegler, Edwin Allen and Josephine Kreider family Ziegler, Edwin Allen Kreider family 1913.jpg
Bottom step: Elizabeth, Henry and Josephine Kreider. Next step up: Rebecca Moyer Ziegler, Flora Moyer Limbert. Back: Paul Limbert, Henry Kreider, Edwin Ziegler.1959 Trip East Lewisburg 1960 Kreider Album
Front row: Josephine Kreider, Rebecca Ziegler, Henry Kreider, Jr., Ruth Kreider. Back row: Henry Kreider, Jason Moyer (child), Edwin Ziegler, Elizabeth Kreider, Dorothy Moyer. Mont Alto, PA
Headstones Ziegler, Edwin (1880-1967) Josephine Kreider (1906-2007) and their daughter Elizabeth Ziegler (1936-2006)
St. Peters Lutheran & Reformed Cemetery, Rebersburg, Miles Township, Centre County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
Plot: Section 1, row 2, #3.
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Notes - Edwin Allen Ziegler was born Sept. 20, 1880. He taught school for a time, but is now in the employ of the Government, in the Bureau of Forestry, Department of Agriculture. He married Rebecca Moyer, daughter of Joseph K. Moyer, son of John Moyer. They reside at 1906 third St., N. W., Washington, D. C. They have no children.
[1] - Edwin A. Ziegler, 87, Lewisburg, Civic Leader, Retired Educator
Edwin A. Ziegler, 87, of College Park, Lewisburg, died Saturday evening at the Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. A graduate of Rebersburg High School and Academy, he received a bachelor of science degree from Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, in 1902 and received a master of science degree from E and M in 1913. He also attended Columbia University, New York City.
He served as principal of Rebersburg High School in 1902 and 1903 and served with the U.S. Forest Service from 1903 to 1909. He was a professor at the Pennsylvania State Forest School in 1909-10 and served as director of the school from 1910-1929.
Mr. Zielgler was born in Rebersburg, Centre County, on Sept. 20, 1880, the son of the late Thomas R. and Lydia A. Yearick Ziegler.
In 1929-31 he served as senior forest economist, Southern Forest Experiment Station, New Orleans. From 1932-38, he was senior research forester, Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters. From 1937 to 1951, he was a professor of forest economics and managements, School of Forestry, University of Florida at Gainesville. From 1938-52, he was a consulting forester for Georgia Forest Products Company. In 1944-45, he served on the War Production Board, Washing, D.C. He served in the Army during World War I.
His memberships included Society of American Foresters; American Association for the Advancement of Science; past president, Pennsylvania Academy of Science; listed in “who was Who in America” and “Leaders In American Science;” Kratzer-Cull American Legion Post 182, Lewisburg; past president of the Lewisburg Rotary Club, and member of the United Church of Christ, Lewisburg.
Since his retirement he had served as camp chairman, Girl Scout camp at Ioka; president of the Lewisburg Welfare Federation and was active in the establishment of the Lewisburg community swimming pool. He was also active in the Red Cross.
He was married to the former Josephine Kreider to Toledo, Ohio, in 1935, who survives. His first wife, the former Rebecca J. Moyer of Rebersburg, preceded him in death.
Also surviving are three children, Mrs. Charles R. Zweizig of New Cumberland; Mrs. Alan C. Page of Monson, Mass; and Miriam M. Ziegler, a graduate student at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
A nephew and two nieces also survive as do three grandchildren.
Private services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. from the Raymond C. Erdley funeral home, Lewisburg, with Rev. Paul C. Jordan, his pastor officiating.
Burial will be in the Rebersburg Cemetery.
Friends will be received at the funeral home Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.
The family will furnish flowers.
The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Monday, 16 October 1967, page 5.
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- Edwin Allen Ziegler was born Sept. 20, 1880. He taught school for a time, but is now in the employ of the Government, in the Bureau of Forestry, Department of Agriculture. He married Rebecca Moyer, daughter of Joseph K. Moyer, son of John Moyer. They reside at 1906 third St., N. W., Washington, D. C. They have no children.
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Sources - [S9] History of Gift, Kern, and Royer families, Gift, Aaron Kern, (Name: Herald Printing, 1909;).
- [S1] The Meyer Family Tree compiled by John D. Meyer, Tyrone, PA, October 1937.
- [S3] Cemeteries of Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, (Name: Centre County Genealogical Society, 2004;).
- [S29] Headstone photograph on findagrave.
- [S32] obituary.
- [S38] Find A Grave database.
- [S76] Newspaper article, newspapers.com.
- [S9] History of Gift, Kern, and Royer families, Gift, Aaron Kern, (Name: Herald Printing, 1909;).