Jacob Henry Hummer

1917 - 1999  (82 years)

• Name	Jacob Henry Hummer
  Birth	16 Jun 1917	Ephrata (Lincoln), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Dec 1999	Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Lincoln Cemetery, Ephrata (Lincoln), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I1131	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Bollinger, Hackman, Miller, Lane, Baer, Kenege, Royer 1, Bare
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Alvin Hertzog Hummer,   b. 10 Jun 1895, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 31 Dec 1957, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Maria M Hackman,   b. 4 Oct 1895, Ephrata (Lincoln), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Aug 1958, * North Atlantic Ocean (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	c 1917
  Family ID	F309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F6180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  "J. Henry Hummer, 82, of 1202 W. Main St., Ephrata, died Wednesday evening at Ephrata Community Hospital following an illness of two weeks. Hummer was a partner in the former A.H. Hummer & Sons Electrical Store, Ephrata, from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1973, he constructed several hundred homes under J. Henry Hummer Building Contractor. In 1973, he founded Hummer Development Inc. Builders, which he owned until 1982. He also was the founder and operator of Ephrata Self-Service Laundry for 26 years and was a real estate salesman and appraiser for Hauenstein Agency, Ephrata, from 1971 to 1996. He had been an Ephrata Borough councilman for four years and served on the Ephrata School Board Authority for four years. He was an Ephrata Building and Loan director for 20 years and an Ephrata National Bank director for 23 years. Hummer was a member of First United Methodist Church, Ephrata, where he was a trustee for four years; the Ephrata Free & Accepted Masons Lodge 665; the Ephrata American Legion Cloister Post 429 since 1940; the Lebanon Country Club since 1959; and the Ephrata Lions Club for 40 years. He served five years in the U.S. Army during World War II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was an avid golfer and stock market enthusiast. He attended Ephrata High School and graduated from the Lancaster Business Institute. Born in Ephrata, he was the son of the late Alvin H. and Maria Hackman Hummer. He was married to Alverta Summy Hummer for 56 years on July 30. Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Julie Marie, married to Thomas S. Wettach, and Cindia Sue, married to Jeffrey M. Rutt, both of Ephrata; four grandchildren; and a brother, John A. of Akron." Lancaster Newspapers Inc., Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) December 31, 1999 P.B-3

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Ancestry.com, U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 0). [S147] Ancestry.com, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 0). [S137] Ancestry.com, U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Number: 180-10-1267; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951 (Reliability: 0). [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52979854/jacob-henry-hummer.