Irvin Unangst, Jr.

1895 - 1965  (70 years)

• Name	Irvin Unangst  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	1 Sep 1895	Pondcreek (White Haven), Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Biography	When he worked in the coal mines he drove a "locy" (a small gauge locomotive used to haul coal from the mine shafts to the breakers). He served in the Army in France in World War I. After returning he quit the mines and began to work as an agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co about 1927. The first car he owned was a 1935 Rockne (mfg. by Studebaker). He bought a 1937 Ford two years later, which he drove until after the war. Up to that time he walked his route to all the patch towns around Freeland writing and collecting premiums on life insurance policies. He used to do his weekly account and report every Thursday night at the kitchen table. It usely took him several hours. He was the smart one of the family. Everyone else would come to him for advice and help. He was also very active in the church (St Johns German Reformed Church). He was Sunday School Superintendent, Senior Elder, Choir Leader and Soloist (he had a pretty decent tenor voice), and substitute minister. His obituary: Ex-Insurance Agent Dies Irvin Unangst, 930 Birkbeck street, Freeland, retired insurance agent and active church worker, died suddenly at 9:30 a.m. today at the State Hospital where had been a patient since last Thursday. Born in Pond Creek, a son of the late Irvin and Ellen (Williams) Unangst, he had resided on the North Side his entire life. Prior to his retirement in 1956, he had been employed as an agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. A veteran of World War One, he served with Army in France. The deceased was a member of St. John's Reformed United Church of Christ, Freeland, president of the church consistory, member of the Men's Bible Class, Men's Brotherhood and Choir of the church, member and treasurer of Arbutus Lodge No. 611, F and A.M,. Freeland, and Lehigh Consistory, Allentown. Surviving are his wife, the former Clara Kresge, and four children: Robert E., New Providence, N. J.; Marian R. Timko, Virgin Islands; Mrs. Malcolm (Mary Ellen) Van Horn, Freeland; and Mrs. Leroy (Carolyn) Warner, Allentown. Also surviving are seven grandchildren and these sisters and brothers: Mrs. Torrence (Nettie) Culp, Hazleton; Mrs. John (Mary) Brennan, Mrs. Mabel Pavlic and Mrs. Eden (Beatrice) Moyer, Freeland; Samuel, Philadelphia; Tillman, Lost Creek; and John, Washington, D. C. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
  Died	Sep 1965	Hazelton, Pennsylvania   [3]
  Person ID	I20	Our Family
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	Irvin Unangst,   b. 8 Aug 1860, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1933  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Ellen Ann Williams,   b. 15 Mar 1869, Slatington, Pennsylvania ,   d. 14 Nov 1931, Mt Carmel, Pennsylvania  (Age 62 years)
  Marriage License	6 Oct 1888	Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania
  Married	10 Oct 1888	Freeland, Pennsylvania   [4]
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clara Alice Kresge,   b. 27 Aug 1897, Pennsylvania ,   d. 16 Sep 1987, Freeland, Pennsylvania  (Age 90 years)
  Married	28 Dec 1922	St. John's German Reformed Church, Freeland, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. Marian Unangst,   b. 19 Apr 1926, Freeland, Pennsylvania ,   d. 3 Nov 1978, Houston, Texas  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - Sep 1965 - Hazelton, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Tradition (Reliability: 0). [S447] WWI Draft Card. Irwin Unangst - 1 Sep 1895 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6VL-WSK : 12 December 2014), Irvin Unangst, 1917-1918; citing Luzerne County no 10, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,894,014. [S138] Unangst, Irvin (obit), Obituary (Reliability: 2). [S9] Unangst-Williams, Marriage License, . (Reliability: 2).