BIRTH: On February 4, 1882, Estella Rebecca Kaufman was born to Mary Heisler and John Boyer Kaufman in 500 E. Pottsville Street, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA. Estella was the youngest child of a family of seven.
HOMES: Estella grew up in the Wiconisco house that had a very roomy home for the family on one side, and a general store and post office, owned and operated by her father, John B. Kaufman, on the other side. As Estella became older, she learned to work with her mother in the home, and with her dad in the general store. She continued to live there until her father died somewhat unexpectedly in 1904. Her mother, Mary Kaufman, could not keep the store going, and so they needed to sell the property.
Afterward, Mary, Estella, and her unmarried sister, Leah, moved to Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA where it would be easier for the girls to find work, and be nearer to Estella's married sister, Annie Cassel who lived with her husband and two sons on a farm near Manheim. Mary, Leah, and Estella lived in several rentals when they first arrived but eventually purchased a row-home at 316 W. Lemon Street, Lancaster. They all remained there until Estella met and married Wm Lloyd Billow in 1914.
Leah and her mother remained in their home, but Estella and Lloyd built a bungalow at 690 Center Street, Millersburg, where they intended to remain since Lloyd's bookkeeping job and family was in Millersburg. However, only six years later, Lloyd contracted the terrible Spanish Flu. It affected his heart; his doctor thought they should move to a more temperate location; and so, Wm, Estella, and little Mary moved to Miami FL. They became homesick, especially after Estella's sister, Leah, died of breast cancer back in Lancaster. Lloyd, Estella, and Mary returned north, purchased Mary Kaufman's home at 316 W. Lemon St., Lancaster, PA, and continued to live there for the next fifteen years, even after Mary Kaufman passed on in 1932. However, when Lloyd's father, Wes Billow, died in 1935, leaving his widow, Susan Jane, with a small farmette, in Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., PA, they decided to retire to Mount Joy, to be close to her. They had a basement dug and moved the red barn on the property onto the new foundation and had it renovated into a house that became 212 Fairview Street. They lived in this house for the remainder of their marriage until Lloyd died in 1963. In the meantime, Estella took in Carrie Heisler, a cousin, near the end of life and was a top-notch nurse for her. Carrie died there in 1948. After that, her mother-in-law, Susan Jane, was quite elderly, and Estella and Lloyd invited her to make her home with them. She died there in 1951. Seven years later, when their daughter, Mary, was bed-ridden with cancer, Estella and Lloyd offered to nurse her in her end-of-life. She died in their home in 1958. After that, they raised little Gloria until it was time for her to go to college. Her granddaughter, Sylvia, and husband, Glenn Weaver, moved from Philadelphia to take over the house, build on a large addition, and keep Estella (Nana) until she died when she was almost 98 years old. She got her wish that she would die in her beloved home
EDUCATION: Estella went through schools in Wiconisco, PA. She was in the first graduating class, the class of 1900.
APPEARANCE AND DISPOSITION: Estella was 5'3", had dark brown hair that grayed to a beautiful wavy white. In her later years, she looked almost identical to her mother at that age. She had many friends. Loyalty to family and friends of utmost importance, evidenced by her taking in friends in need numerous times. At the age of 76, Nana did the impossible by raising Gloria and providing a home base for Robbie, Dad, and Sylvia during most of her elder years. God protected her and continually filled her cup with wisdom, stamina, hope, and faith. By no means was Nana perfect, but she certainly DID teach her grandchildren and inspire them in many ways — ways that influenced their characters, self-concepts, self-worth, and respect for others. Nana and PawPaw's influence was based on positive energy — higher-level energy — GOD energy!
OCCUPATION: As a young girl, Estella worked in her father's general store and the attached post office. When she moved to Lancaster, PA, she worked in the Fulmer Clogg Umbrella Factory until she married. After she and Lloyd moved to Lancaster in about 1922, they opened a tailoring and hemstitching store in their home at 316 Lemon Street. They operated that small-business until they retired and moved to Mount Joy about 1935.
CHURCHES: She was christened in the Wiconisco Methodist Church. She and Lloyd were members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Millersburg, PA. In Lancaster, she and Lloyd were members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. When they moved to Mount Joy, they transferred their membership to St. Mark's United Brethren Church (now United Methodist).
DEATH: Estella died of pneumonia resulting from congestive heart failure in her home owned by her granddaughter, Sylvia, and husband, Glenn Weaver the week of Christmas and was put to rest Christmas Eve of 1979. The final time she left her house was to walk across the street to see the Christmas lights decorating the house that included a white light in every window. She thought they looked so beautiful, and so Sylvia has kept them lit ever since as of this writing in 2021.
HOMES: Estella grew up in the Wiconisco house that had a very roomy home for the family on one side, and a general store and post office, owned and operated by her father, John B. Kaufman, on the other side. As Estella became older, she learned to work with her mother in the home, and with her dad in the general store. She continued to live there until her father died somewhat unexpectedly in 1904. Her mother, Mary Kaufman, could not keep the store going, and so they needed to sell the property.
Afterward, Mary, Estella, and her unmarried sister, Leah, moved to Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA where it would be easier for the girls to find work, and be nearer to Estella's married sister, Annie Cassel who lived with her husband and two sons on a farm near Manheim. Mary, Leah, and Estella lived in several rentals when they first arrived but eventually purchased a row-home at 316 W. Lemon Street, Lancaster. They all remained there until Estella met and married Wm Lloyd Billow in 1914.
Leah and her mother remained in their home, but Estella and Lloyd built a bungalow at 690 Center Street, Millersburg, where they intended to remain since Lloyd's bookkeeping job and family was in Millersburg. However, only six years later, Lloyd contracted the terrible Spanish Flu. It affected his heart; his doctor thought they should move to a more temperate location; and so, Wm, Estella, and little Mary moved to Miami FL. They became homesick, especially after Estella's sister, Leah, died of breast cancer back in Lancaster. Lloyd, Estella, and Mary returned north, purchased Mary Kaufman's home at 316 W. Lemon St., Lancaster, PA, and continued to live there for the next fifteen years, even after Mary Kaufman passed on in 1932. However, when Lloyd's father, Wes Billow, died in 1935, leaving his widow, Susan Jane, with a small farmette, in Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., PA, they decided to retire to Mount Joy, to be close to her. They had a basement dug and moved the red barn on the property onto the new foundation and had it renovated into a house that became 212 Fairview Street. They lived in this house for the remainder of their marriage until Lloyd died in 1963. In the meantime, Estella took in Carrie Heisler, a cousin, near the end of life and was a top-notch nurse for her. Carrie died there in 1948. After that, her mother-in-law, Susan Jane, was quite elderly, and Estella and Lloyd invited her to make her home with them. She died there in 1951. Seven years later, when their daughter, Mary, was bed-ridden with cancer, Estella and Lloyd offered to nurse her in her end-of-life. She died in their home in 1958. After that, they raised little Gloria until it was time for her to go to college. Her granddaughter, Sylvia, and husband, Glenn Weaver, moved from Philadelphia to take over the house, build on a large addition, and keep Estella (Nana) until she died when she was almost 98 years old. She got her wish that she would die in her beloved home
EDUCATION: Estella went through schools in Wiconisco, PA. She was in the first graduating class, the class of 1900.
APPEARANCE AND DISPOSITION: Estella was 5'3", had dark brown hair that grayed to a beautiful wavy white. In her later years, she looked almost identical to her mother at that age. She had many friends. Loyalty to family and friends of utmost importance, evidenced by her taking in friends in need numerous times. At the age of 76, Nana did the impossible by raising Gloria and providing a home base for Robbie, Dad, and Sylvia during most of her elder years. God protected her and continually filled her cup with wisdom, stamina, hope, and faith. By no means was Nana perfect, but she certainly DID teach her grandchildren and inspire them in many ways — ways that influenced their characters, self-concepts, self-worth, and respect for others. Nana and PawPaw's influence was based on positive energy — higher-level energy — GOD energy!
OCCUPATION: As a young girl, Estella worked in her father's general store and the attached post office. When she moved to Lancaster, PA, she worked in the Fulmer Clogg Umbrella Factory until she married. After she and Lloyd moved to Lancaster in about 1922, they opened a tailoring and hemstitching store in their home at 316 Lemon Street. They operated that small-business until they retired and moved to Mount Joy about 1935.
CHURCHES: She was christened in the Wiconisco Methodist Church. She and Lloyd were members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Millersburg, PA. In Lancaster, she and Lloyd were members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. When they moved to Mount Joy, they transferred their membership to St. Mark's United Brethren Church (now United Methodist).
DEATH: Estella died of pneumonia resulting from congestive heart failure in her home owned by her granddaughter, Sylvia, and husband, Glenn Weaver the week of Christmas and was put to rest Christmas Eve of 1979. The final time she left her house was to walk across the street to see the Christmas lights decorating the house that included a white light in every window. She thought they looked so beautiful, and so Sylvia has kept them lit ever since as of this writing in 2021.
BIRTH: On February 4, 1882, Estella Rebecca Kaufman was born to Mary Heisler and John Boyer Kaufman in 500 E. Pottsville Street, Wiconisco, Dauphin Co., PA. Estella was the youngest child of a family of seven.
HOMES: Estella grew up in the Wiconisco house that had a very roomy home for the family on one side, and a general store and post office, owned and operated by her father, John B. Kaufman, on the other side. As Estella became older, she learned to work with her mother in the home, and with her dad in the general store. She continued to live there until her father died somewhat unexpectedly in 1904. Her mother, Mary Kaufman, could not keep the store going, and so they needed to sell the property.
Afterward, Mary, Estella, and her unmarried sister, Leah, moved to Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA where it would be easier for the girls to find work, and be nearer to Estella's married sister, Annie Cassel who lived with her husband and two sons on a farm near Manheim. Mary, Leah, and Estella lived in several rentals when they first arrived but eventually purchased a row-home at 316 W. Lemon Street, Lancaster. They all remained there until Estella met and married Wm Lloyd Billow in 1914.
Leah and her mother remained in their home, but Estella and Lloyd built a bungalow at 690 Center Street, Millersburg, where they intended to remain since Lloyd's bookkeeping job and family was in Millersburg. However, only six years later, Lloyd contracted the terrible Spanish Flu. It affected his heart; his doctor thought they should move to a more temperate location; and so, Wm, Estella, and little Mary moved to Miami FL. They became homesick, especially after Estella's sister, Leah, died of breast cancer back in Lancaster. Lloyd, Estella, and Mary returned north, purchased Mary Kaufman's home at 316 W. Lemon St., Lancaster, PA, and continued to live there for the next fifteen years, even after Mary Kaufman passed on in 1932. However, when Lloyd's father, Wes Billow, died in 1935, leaving his widow, Susan Jane, with a small farmette, in Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., PA, they decided to retire to Mount Joy, to be close to her. They had a basement dug and moved the red barn on the property onto the new foundation and had it renovated into a house that became 212 Fairview Street. They lived in this house for the remainder of their marriage until Lloyd died in 1963. In the meantime, Estella took in Carrie Heisler, a cousin, near the end of life and was a top-notch nurse for her. Carrie died there in 1948. After that, her mother-in-law, Susan Jane, was quite elderly, and Estella and Lloyd invited her to make her home with them. She died there in 1951. Seven years later, when their daughter, Mary, was bed-ridden with cancer, Estella and Lloyd offered to nurse her in her end-of-life. She died in their home in 1958. After that, they raised little Gloria until it was time for her to go to college. Her granddaughter, Sylvia, and husband, Glenn Weaver, moved from Philadelphia to take over the house, build on a large addition, and keep Estella (Nana) until she died when she was almost 98 years old. She got her wish that she would die in her beloved home
EDUCATION: Estella went through schools in Wiconisco, PA. She was in the first graduating class, the class of 1900.
APPEARANCE AND DISPOSITION: Estella was 5'3", had dark brown hair that grayed to a beautiful wavy white. In her later years, she looked almost identical to her mother at that age. She had many friends. Loyalty to family and friends of utmost importance, evidenced by her taking in friends in need numerous times. At the age of 76, Nana did the impossible by raising Gloria and providing a home base for Robbie, Dad, and Sylvia during most of her elder years. God protected her and continually filled her cup with wisdom, stamina, hope, and faith. By no means was Nana perfect, but she certainly DID teach her grandchildren and inspire them in many ways — ways that influenced their characters, self-concepts, self-worth, and respect for others. Nana and PawPaw's influence was based on positive energy — higher-level energy — GOD energy!
OCCUPATION: As a young girl, Estella worked in her father's general store and the attached post office. When she moved to Lancaster, PA, she worked in the Fulmer Clogg Umbrella Factory until she married. After she and Lloyd moved to Lancaster in about 1922, they opened a tailoring and hemstitching store in their home at 316 Lemon Street. They operated that small-business until they retired and moved to Mount Joy about 1935.
CHURCHES: She was christened in the Wiconisco Methodist Church. She and Lloyd were members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Millersburg, PA. In Lancaster, she and Lloyd were members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. When they moved to Mount Joy, they transferred their membership to St. Mark's United Brethren Church (now United Methodist).
DEATH: Estella died of pneumonia resulting from congestive heart failure in her home owned by her granddaughter, Sylvia, and husband, Glenn Weaver the week of Christmas and was put to rest Christmas Eve of 1979. The final time she left her house was to walk across the street to see the Christmas lights decorating the house that included a white light in every window. She thought they looked so beautiful, and so Sylvia has kept them lit ever since as of this writing in 2021.
HOMES: Estella grew up in the Wiconisco house that had a very roomy home for the family on one side, and a general store and post office, owned and operated by her father, John B. Kaufman, on the other side. As Estella became older, she learned to work with her mother in the home, and with her dad in the general store. She continued to live there until her father died somewhat unexpectedly in 1904. Her mother, Mary Kaufman, could not keep the store going, and so they needed to sell the property.
Afterward, Mary, Estella, and her unmarried sister, Leah, moved to Lancaster City, Lancaster Co., PA where it would be easier for the girls to find work, and be nearer to Estella's married sister, Annie Cassel who lived with her husband and two sons on a farm near Manheim. Mary, Leah, and Estella lived in several rentals when they first arrived but eventually purchased a row-home at 316 W. Lemon Street, Lancaster. They all remained there until Estella met and married Wm Lloyd Billow in 1914.
Leah and her mother remained in their home, but Estella and Lloyd built a bungalow at 690 Center Street, Millersburg, where they intended to remain since Lloyd's bookkeeping job and family was in Millersburg. However, only six years later, Lloyd contracted the terrible Spanish Flu. It affected his heart; his doctor thought they should move to a more temperate location; and so, Wm, Estella, and little Mary moved to Miami FL. They became homesick, especially after Estella's sister, Leah, died of breast cancer back in Lancaster. Lloyd, Estella, and Mary returned north, purchased Mary Kaufman's home at 316 W. Lemon St., Lancaster, PA, and continued to live there for the next fifteen years, even after Mary Kaufman passed on in 1932. However, when Lloyd's father, Wes Billow, died in 1935, leaving his widow, Susan Jane, with a small farmette, in Mount Joy, Lancaster Co., PA, they decided to retire to Mount Joy, to be close to her. They had a basement dug and moved the red barn on the property onto the new foundation and had it renovated into a house that became 212 Fairview Street. They lived in this house for the remainder of their marriage until Lloyd died in 1963. In the meantime, Estella took in Carrie Heisler, a cousin, near the end of life and was a top-notch nurse for her. Carrie died there in 1948. After that, her mother-in-law, Susan Jane, was quite elderly, and Estella and Lloyd invited her to make her home with them. She died there in 1951. Seven years later, when their daughter, Mary, was bed-ridden with cancer, Estella and Lloyd offered to nurse her in her end-of-life. She died in their home in 1958. After that, they raised little Gloria until it was time for her to go to college. Her granddaughter, Sylvia, and husband, Glenn Weaver, moved from Philadelphia to take over the house, build on a large addition, and keep Estella (Nana) until she died when she was almost 98 years old. She got her wish that she would die in her beloved home
EDUCATION: Estella went through schools in Wiconisco, PA. She was in the first graduating class, the class of 1900.
APPEARANCE AND DISPOSITION: Estella was 5'3", had dark brown hair that grayed to a beautiful wavy white. In her later years, she looked almost identical to her mother at that age. She had many friends. Loyalty to family and friends of utmost importance, evidenced by her taking in friends in need numerous times. At the age of 76, Nana did the impossible by raising Gloria and providing a home base for Robbie, Dad, and Sylvia during most of her elder years. God protected her and continually filled her cup with wisdom, stamina, hope, and faith. By no means was Nana perfect, but she certainly DID teach her grandchildren and inspire them in many ways — ways that influenced their characters, self-concepts, self-worth, and respect for others. Nana and PawPaw's influence was based on positive energy — higher-level energy — GOD energy!
OCCUPATION: As a young girl, Estella worked in her father's general store and the attached post office. When she moved to Lancaster, PA, she worked in the Fulmer Clogg Umbrella Factory until she married. After she and Lloyd moved to Lancaster in about 1922, they opened a tailoring and hemstitching store in their home at 316 Lemon Street. They operated that small-business until they retired and moved to Mount Joy about 1935.
CHURCHES: She was christened in the Wiconisco Methodist Church. She and Lloyd were members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Millersburg, PA. In Lancaster, she and Lloyd were members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. When they moved to Mount Joy, they transferred their membership to St. Mark's United Brethren Church (now United Methodist).
DEATH: Estella died of pneumonia resulting from congestive heart failure in her home owned by her granddaughter, Sylvia, and husband, Glenn Weaver the week of Christmas and was put to rest Christmas Eve of 1979. The final time she left her house was to walk across the street to see the Christmas lights decorating the house that included a white light in every window. She thought they looked so beautiful, and so Sylvia has kept them lit ever since as of this writing in 2021.
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