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     George Henry Overbeck was born circa 1875 at Missouri.¹ He married Elsie Dean Smalley.¹

     Harry Casper Overbeck was born on 28 June 1894 at Missouri.¹ He married Edna Ophelia Kessler circa 1920.¹ Harry Casper Overbeck lived in April 1930 at 1111 Louisville Avenue, St. Louis, MO, Clerk in drugstore.¹ He died on 2 April 1964 at St. Louis, MO, at age 69. He was buried in April 1964 at Laurel Hill Memorial Gardens, Pagedale, St. Louis Co., MO, Findagrave #185226923.

     Abner Overdeer was born circa 1847 at Mannheim Twp., York Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Adam Overdeer was born circa 1843 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Anna Maria Overdeer was born on 22 December 1816 at Hanover, York Co., PA.¹ She married Michael Luther Resh, son of Daniel Resh and Elizabeth Slagel.¹ Anna Maria Overdeer died on 3 January 1902 at Hanover, York Co., PA, at age 85. She was buried in January 1902 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., PA.

     Catherine Overdeer was born circa 1840 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ She was the daughter of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Enos Overdeer was born circa 1839 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Henry Overdeer was born circa 1833 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Jacob Overdeer was born circa 1844 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Lewis Overdeer was born circa 1843 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Maria Catherina Overdeer was born on 31 July 1815 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ She was the daughter of Peter Overdeer and Maria Catherine Long. Maria Catherina Overdeer was christened on 15 October 1815 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., PA. She married Jacob Schwartz, son of Jacob Schwartz and Regina Magdalena Geiselman, on 9 March 1837 at Adams Co., PA. Maria Catherina Overdeer died on 28 August 1898 at Mt. Joy Twp., Adams Co., PA, at age 83

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Mrs. Maria Catharine Schwartz died at the house of her son Reuben Schwartz in Mt. Joy township, with whom she had been living, on the 28th inst. The remains were buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, on Wednesday last, Rev. Dr. Mann, of Littlestown, officiating. The bearers were Henry Hake, David Conover, Nicholas Snyder and Uriah Spangler. Mrs. Schwartz was the wife of Jacob Schwartz who lived on the well known Schwartz farm, to the right of the Baltimore pike, about three miles from town, and who died in the spring of '63. She was one of those motherly women, a few of whom there are in the community, and was universally respected. She is survived by a family of eight children: Mrs. Sarah Weikert, of Cumberland township; Levi Schwartz, of Franklin; Mrs. Annie Allison, of Strahan; Samuel, David, John and Reuben, of Mountjoy, and Mrs. Lizzie Spangler, of Kansas.
Her age was 83 years and 29 days.
Sep 6, 1898 Gettysburg Compiler.

She was buried in 1898 at Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA, Findagrave #29099850.

     Maria Margarethe Overdeer was born on 3 April 1812 at York Co. (probably), PA. She was the daughter of Peter Overdeer and Maria Catherine Long. Maria Margarethe Overdeer was christened on 28 June 1812 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., PA.

     Peter Overdeer was born on 11 March 1779. He married Maria Catherine Long, daughter of Samuel Lang and Mary Margaret DeWald. Peter Overdeer died on 9 May 1843 at age 64. He was buried in May 1843 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hanover, York Co., PA.

     Peter Overdeer was born circa 1837 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Samuel Overdeer was born on 8 January 1807 at Pennsylvania. He was the son of Peter Overdeer and Maria Catherine Long. Samuel Overdeer was christened on 8 April 1807 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Hanover, York Co., PA. He married Catherine (?).¹

     Samuel Overdeer Jr. was born circa 1835 at York Co. (probably), PA.¹ He was the son of Samuel Overdeer and Catherine (?)¹

     Charles Hubert Overholts was born on 21 May 1892 at West Elkton, Preble Co., OH. He married Clara E. Tipton. Charles Hubert Overholts died on 12 December 1960 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, at age 68. He was buried in December 1960 at Willow View Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, Findagrave #104998294.

     Jack David Overholts was born on 20 July 1956 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH. He was the son of Robert Eldon Overholts and Margaret Virginia Mickel. Jack David Overholts died on 4 June 2000 at Huber Heights, Montgomery Co., OH, at age 43.
Note: Did not marry.

     Kenneth W. Overholts was born on 25 August 1949. He was the son of Robert Eldon Overholts and Margaret Virginia Mickel. Kenneth W. Overholts married Catherine M. Todd, daughter of Boyd Douglas Todd and Marie B. Mann, on 3 January 1970 at Montgomery Co., OH. Kenneth W. Overholts and Catherine M. Todd were divorced on 22 October 2007 at Montgomery Co., OH. Kenneth W. Overholts died on 23 March 2008 at Montgomery Co., OH, at age 58. He was buried in March 2008 at Willow View Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, Findagrave #145437738.

     Marilyn Overholts was also known as Marilyn Overholts-Lohrbach. She was born in 1951 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH. She was the daughter of Robert Eldon Overholts and Margaret Virginia Mickel. Marilyn Overholts married Clarence Burns on 7 October 1972 at Montgomery Co., OH, no children. Marilyn Overholts died on 25 August 2005 at Huber Heights, Montgomery Co., OH. She was buried in 2005 at Willow View Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, Findagrave #145437675.

     Robert Eldon Overholts was born on 9 April 1923 at Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH. He was the son of Charles Hubert Overholts and Clara E. Tipton. Robert Eldon Overholts married Margaret Virginia Mickel, daughter of Clarence Jacob Donnaker and Mary Katherine Burts. Robert Eldon Overholts began military service on 25 January 1943 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, WW II service, U.S. Army, enlisted. He died on 29 October 1976 at Montgomery Co., OH, at age 53

Obituary -- Dayton Daily News, Dayton, Ohio, Sunday, 31 OCT 1976, p.56 (Newspapers.com):

OVERHOLTS, Robert (Jack) E. age 53, of 4033 Kennebec Ave. passed away Friday at the VA Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was a Truck driver for Dayton Builders Concrete for 5 years. Survived by his wife, Margaret Virginia, 2 daughters, Judy Young of New Carlisle, Marilyn Overholts, at home; 5 sons, Robert Jr., Kenneth, Dennis, Charles, and Jack; 3 sisters, Frieda Mathis, Betty Bruns, and Marjorie Cooks, all of Dayton, 10 grandchildren. Services 1 p.m. Monday at the Hoyne Funeral Home, 1817 E. Third Street., Chaplain Thompson officiating. Burial in Willowview Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home, Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m.

He was buried in November 1976 at Willow View Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co., OH, Findagrave #145445542.

     Charles Herman Overholtz was born on 14 February 1846 at Philadelphia, PA. He married Zepherina Singer.¹ Charles Herman Overholtz died on 11 April 1915 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, at age 69.

     Charles W. Overholtz was born on 14 March 1905 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Charles Wilfred Overholtz and Margaret Rhoads.¹ Charles W. Overholtz married Laura May Johnson in 1929 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA. Charles W. Overholtz lived on 11 April 1930 at 3118 McPeak Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.² He died in November 1982 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, at age 77.
Note: No children as of the 1940 census.

     Charles Wilfred Overholtz was born on 19 October 1874 at Bucks Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Charles Herman Overholtz and Zepherina Singer.¹ Charles Wilfred Overholtz married Margaret Rhoads, daughter of Theodore Rhoads and Catharine Garges, on 13 March 1904, per Pennsylvania Marriages, or 30 MAR per Wanger book, Ceremony by Rev. W. H. H. Marsh.¹ Occupation: Cemetery sexton in 1940 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.¹ Charles Wilfred Overholtz died on 28 May 1940 at Philadelphia Co., PA, at age 65.

     Eva Overholtz was born in 1877. She married Harvey Bailey. Eva Overholtz died on 13 June 1967 at Oxford, Butler Co., OH. She was buried in June 1967 at Fairmount Cemetery, Camden, Preble Co., OH, Findagrave #25636924.

     Margaret Overholtz was born on 5 October 1909 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Wilfred Overholtz and Margaret Rhoads.¹ Margaret Overholtz died on 23 October 1910 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, at age 1.¹

     Katherine Overholtzer was born on 19 April 1844.² She married Rev. Jacob Moyer Price, son of Abraham H. Price and Elizabeth Moyer.¹ Katherine Overholtzer died on 26 March 1922 at age 77.²

     Rebecca Overkirsch married William Rahn.

     Elbert Paul Overlin was born on 11 June 1918 at Fairburn, Custer Co., SD. He was the son of Gilbert Willard Overlin and Ethel Aleta Scott. Elbert Paul Overlin married Dorothy Louise DeVault, daughter of Edward Monroe DeVault and Ethel Agnes Higens, on 25 November 1944 at Mitchellville, Polkl Co., IA. Elbert Paul Overlin died on 9 April 2000 at age 81. He was buried in April 2000 at Mitchellville Cemetery, Mitchellville, Polk Co., IA, Findagrave #37484656.

     Gilbert Junior Overlin was born on 14 June 1925 at Fairburn, Custer Co., SD. He was the son of Gilbert Willard Overlin and Ethel Aleta Scott. Gilbert Junior Overlin married Olive Ruth DeVault, daughter of Edward Monroe DeVault and Ethel Agnes Higens, on 13 January 1951 at Mitchellville, Polk Co., IA. Gilbert Junior Overlin died on 28 January 2007 at Mitchellville, Polk Co., IA, at age 81 BIOGRAPHY - Janet Marie (Overlin) Wilcox wrote about her father:
Gilbert Junior Overlin was born the seventh of eight children to Gilbert Willard Overlin and Ethel Aleta Scott on June 14, 1925, in Fairburn, South Dakota. I imagine they were poor, as most people during the depression years were. He and his younger sister graduated the same year (1944) because they held my dad back so his sister, Bessie Beryl, didn't have to go to school alone. Pictures show he had unruly curly hair that practically stood straight up. He had blue, blue eyes and a funny little chuckle of a laugh.
He joined the Navy after graduation, and was in Chicago. His father encouraged him and helped him learn the Morse Code so he wouldn't have to go on the battle field. He lost his brother, Floyd James (James was what he actually went by), in WWII, and I believe he wanted to go and get one of the Japs for his brother's life. This is written in some of my dad's personal items. He did learn the Morse Code, and worked in communications in the Navy. He was only in for maybe 2 years. His older brother, Elbert Paul, had came to Iowa before him, and he met my mother's sister, Dorothy Louise DeVault, and they were married in 1946. My mother, Olive Ruth DeVault, appears to have dated my father for about 7 to 8 years before they were married. I assume Elbert introduced them, and the rest was history. They married on January 13, 1951.
Their first son was born on December 9, 1951: Curtis Allen Overlin, February 7, 1953 brought Lyle Gilbert Overlin, September 23, 1954 brought Russell Lee Overlin, December 28, 1956 brought Scott Dean Overlin, and last but not least, I came on May 31, 1959. (Janet Marie Overlin)
We lived in Valeria, Iowa, until I was about nine months old, and then moved in with our Grandmother as Grandfather had died in February 1958 (Edward Monroe DeVault), and my dad helped farm the land. We then lived in rural Mitchellville, Iowa, in Grandma's house until December of 1969. My mom and dad purchased a 40 acre farm from Jack and Doris Reynolds just to the SW of Grandma's place. My mom always wanted a house with a fireplace, and I think since she was born and raised in that same area, she knew that house, and wanted it. They paid $40,000 for it, and my dad paid it off as soon as he could because he didn't want to pay the banker's interest. He sold every piece of livestock he had to pay off the mortgage. My dad did not like to owe anyone money, or lend anyone money, or pay interest. If he couldn't afford to buy something, he saved for it and paid cash. He was very private about his finances. Mom, on the other hand, loved to spend money. She always had dresses, shoes, and purses that I played with when I was little. High heel shoes that I wouldn't dream of wearing now were plentiful in her closet. I also inherited her love of sweets and chocolate.
Dad started making home brew in the 70's and also grew a beard for the bicentennial. Mom hated both. He also made jams and jellies. He would take his home brew around at Christmas time to neighbors, the CO-OP guys, and also to the bank. Many looked forward to his gifts, and others were detested by it, but I think they graciously accepted the wine, but probably poured it out later.
Mom died May 5, 1984, of a second heart attack. She had had one previously in April of 1978. Dad was lonely and began trying to date over the WHO radio station. Russell lived at home at this time mostly, he had job after job, and mostly drove semis. He also tried his luck at the dating game. He and Scott never really had a interest in girls. Dad dated several women, but none seemed to be the right one. I think he was just so devastated by Mom's death that he would never find another like her. He deeply regretted some of the ways he treated her but didn't realize how much he loved her until it was too late. He remarried in 1986 and was married to Naomi Lee Wright Lawr until their deaths in January 2007. Naomi was an over-bearing woman that drove Russell crazy. Dad never stuck up for him, and hate grew for the both of them. Russell always had trouble keeping a job, every since he was a teenager. Mom helped him when she could. He tried lots of business endeavors, but he failed at all of them.
Russell reached his breaking point a few years ago (today is 10-08-2007) and decided the only way out for him was to kill Naomi and our dad. He did this on January 28, 2007, at Dad's farm right as they got home from church. He beat them to death with an aluminum baseball bat and dumped their bodies in a cistern in the back yard. They weren't discovered until Feb. 1st, and then all Hell broke loose. He had left the state and wasn't found until Feb. 9th. We buried Dad and Naomi on Feb. 7th, Lyle's birthday. IT WAS COLD!!!
Lyle was going through his own personal problems at this time. He had been accused of and admitted to some degree of child molestation of his own adopted children. He turned himself in to the police the following week after the family left. His ordeal had been going on since about the year 2000.
Russell is serving two life sentences in Iowa's State Penitentiary at Anamosa. Lyle is serving 45 years at the Oakdale Classification Center near Coralville, Iowa.


OBITUARY - Des Moines Register, February 06, 2007, page 5-B,

GILBERT J. OVERLIN
Mitchellville, Iowa
GILBERT J. OVERLIN, 81, died Thursday, February 1, 2007, at his home. Funeral services will be held Noon Wednesday, February 7, 2007, at Berean Assembly of God Church, 5225 Maple Drive, with burial at MITCHELLVILLE CEMETERY, Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m. with family present from 5 to 8 p.m. at Hamilton's Mitchellville Funeral Home, 303 Center Avenue South.
Gilbert was born on June 14, 1925 to GILBERT W. & ALETA OVERLIN. He was raised and graduated from High School in Fairburn, South Dakota. He served his country in the U S Navy during WORLD WAR II. Gilbert was united in marriage to OLIVE RUTH DeVAULT on January 13, 1951, in Mitchellville, Iowa. He was later united in marriage to NAOMI WRIGHT in 1985. He was a member Methodist Church in Mitchellville, Iowa. Gilbert farmed in the Colfax/Mitchellville, Iowa area for many years; He enjoyed playing his fiddle and playing horseshoes.
Gilbert is survived by CHILDREN: Curtis (Cheryl) OVERLIN; Lyle (Janet) OVERLIN; Russell OVERLIN; Scott OVERLIN; Janet (John) WILCOX; GRANDCHILDREN: Andrew; Matthew; Merrill; Tony; Christina; Anjie; Amanda; Julie; Karissa; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: Zachary; Lucas; and Kalea; several STEP-CHILDREN and STEP-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHER: Edgar OVERLIN; SISTER: Lela GORSUCH; Marie GORSUCH; Beryl MYHILL. He was preceded in death by his PARENTS: ALETA and GILBERT W. OVERLIN; FIRST WIFE: OLIVE RUTH DeVAULT in 1984; BROTHERS: James; Darrell; and Elbert.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Methodist Church in Mitchellville, Iowa.