Blattenberger/Plattenberger Family Geneology

Snyder

Thelma Boerstler [Parents] was born on 18 Jun 1914 in PA. She died on 25 Jan 1996 in Broward Co., FL. Thelma married Snyder.

In 1967 and 1973 Thelma (Boerstler) Snyder was reported to be living in Miami, FL.

(Other sources:
1. SSDI. Last residence - Homestead, Miami-dade, Florida, 33032
2. Florida Death Index)

Robert Daleton Plattenburg [Parents] was born on 12 Aug 1926 in East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., PA. He died on 9 Oct 1990 in Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., PA and was buried on 13 Oct 1990 in Laurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., PA. Robert married Janet A. Hennet.

Other marriages:
Stackhouse, Frances Marie

Robert D. Plattenburg and Frances M. Stackhouse were married with a Monroe County marriage license (docket #35). They divorced on 26 February 1957. In 1972, 1976 and 1979 Robert was living at RD #4, East Stroudsburg, PA. He was a QM3 in the US Navy from 17 April 1944 to 29 July 1947)

"The Express", Easton, PA, Thursday, 11 October 1990, pg. D-6:
Robert Plattenburg, was former owner of boomerang firm
Robert D. Plattenburg, 64, of East Stroudsburg R.D. 8 died Tuesday in Pocono Medical Center.

In his early years he owned and operated the Plattenburg Esso Service Station on North Courtland Street in East Stroudsburg. In 1967 he and his wife purchased the Boyd Manufacturing Co. in Cherry Valley, PA. They made quality "Bullseye" boomerangs until 1989, when he sold the business to his grandson, Brett Reish. From 1989 to the present, he was a carrier for the Dekalb Laboratory in East Stroudsburg.

Born Aug. 12, 1926, in East Stroudsburg, he was a son of the late Daleton and Laura Armitage Plattenburg.

He was a lifetime resident of the Marshalls Creek, PA, and East Stroudsburg areas. He was a 1944 graduate of Stroudsburg High School. He was a member of Middle Smithfield, PA, Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon, trustee and usher. Mr. Plattenburg was a past board member of Bushkill Ambulance Corps and a Navy veteran of World War II, serving in the American, Asiatic and Pacific theaters.

Surviving are his wife, the former Janet A. Hennet; two daughters, Beatrice J. Reish of Poplar Valley in Stroud Township, PA, and Yvonne M. Smith, at home; a sister, Marie Stettler of East Stroudsburg; four grandsons and several nieces and nephews.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Warner and Pula Funeral Home in Stroudsburg. Interment will be in Laurelwood Cemetery in Stroudsburg.

(Other sources:
1. Findagrave.com - Memorial# 96862885
2. US Social Security Applications and Claims Index
3. Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012
4. SSDI
5. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
6. Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966)