Advertisement

Jacob Hemling Birkenbine

Advertisement

Jacob Hemling Birkenbine

Birth
Rothsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
14 Aug 1981 (aged 79)
Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Rothsville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Main Cemetery, Section 6, Lot 146, Grave 5
Memorial ID
View Source
Lancaster newspaper, unknown date:
Jacob Birkenbine
Jacob H. Birkenbine, former owner and operator of La Penn, a Lititz machine tool company, died Friday morning at his residence. He was 79 and resided at 123 West End Ave., Lititz.

A member of Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim, Birkenbine was also a 33rd degree Mason. He was a member of Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 687, Manheim, serving as post master in that lodge. He was a member of Lancaster Lodge of Perfection; and served as past most wise master, director and degree worker in Reading Consistory.

Additionally he was past president and treasurer of Lancaster County Club of Reading Consistory; and a member of Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg; Lancaster County Shrine Club; a life member in both National Rifle Association and Canadian Civilian Association of Marksmen; Northern Lancaster County Rifle Club; Lititz Sportsmen Association; and a champion marksman in Pennsylvania Small Bore Rifle Association.

He was the husband of Anna Koch Birkenbine. Born in Rothsville, he was a son of the late Grant and Kate Hemling Birkenbine.

Surviving in addition to his widow are three sisters: Elva B. Long, Lititz; Marguerite B. Senior, and Kathryn B., wife of James H. Crowther, both of Ephrata.

Lancaster newspaper, unknown date:
Jacob Birkenbine
Jacob H. Birkenbine, former owner and operator of La Penn, a Lititz machine tool company, died Friday morning at his residence. He was 79 and resided at 123 West End Ave., Lititz.

A member of Zion Lutheran Church, Manheim, Birkenbine was also a 33rd degree Mason. He was a member of Free and Accepted Masons Lodge 687, Manheim, serving as post master in that lodge. He was a member of Lancaster Lodge of Perfection; and served as past most wise master, director and degree worker in Reading Consistory.

Additionally he was past president and treasurer of Lancaster County Club of Reading Consistory; and a member of Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg; Lancaster County Shrine Club; a life member in both National Rifle Association and Canadian Civilian Association of Marksmen; Northern Lancaster County Rifle Club; Lititz Sportsmen Association; and a champion marksman in Pennsylvania Small Bore Rifle Association.

He was the husband of Anna Koch Birkenbine. Born in Rothsville, he was a son of the late Grant and Kate Hemling Birkenbine.

Surviving in addition to his widow are three sisters: Elva B. Long, Lititz; Marguerite B. Senior, and Kathryn B., wife of James H. Crowther, both of Ephrata.



Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement