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     Irvin Valentine Grant was buried at Copper Hill Church of the Brethren Cemetery, 8838 Floyd Hwy N. US Hwy 221, Copper Hill, Floyd Co., Virginia.¹ He was born on August 15, 1907 at Roanoke Co., Virginia.¹ He married Divers Marie Gunter on March 31, 1945 at Roanoke, Virginia.² Irvin Valentine Grant and Divers Marie Gunter were divorced on October 11, 1949 at Roanoke, Virginia.⁴ Irvin Valentine Grant married Verlie Noell on March 22, 1952 at Roanoke, Virginia.² Irvin Valentine Grant died on May 11, 1954 at Copper Hill, Floyd Co., Virginia, at age 46.¹

     Her Social Security Number was 229-24-1733.² Divers Marie Gunter was born on October 5, 1920 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2 As of March 31, 1945,her married name was Grant.¹ She married Irvin Valentine Grant, son of Alfonzo Irvin/Erwin Grant and Zilpha Elsie Jane Wilson, on March 31, 1945 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹ Divers Marie Gunter and Irvin Valentine Grant were divorced on October 11, 1949 at Roanoke, Virginia.³ Divers Marie Gunter died on October 28, 1994 at age 74.²

     Thelma May Miller was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.² Her Social Security Number was 223-62-8393.³ Her married name was Wilson.⁴ She married Theron Kavilla Wilson, son of Irving Henry Wilson and Clara Ludie Ratliff.⁴ Thelma May Miller was born on March 17, 1912 at West Virginia.^4,2,3,1 She died on November 21, 2003 at Burke Co., North Carolina, at age 91.^2,5,3,1 She Thelma M. Wilson, 91, formerly of Roanoke, Va., passed away Friday, November 21, 2003. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Jack A. and Luella Wilson of Hickory, N.C; two daughters and sons-in-law, Shirly A. and John C. Dills of Durango, Col., and Linda K. and Arthur F. Pape of Newport News, Va; and four grandchildren. Funeral services are incomplete. on November 23, 2003.⁵

     Irma Margaret Harler was buried at Evergreen Burial Park, 1307 Summit Ave SW, Roanoke, Virginia.³ Her Social Security Number was 231-16-7274.⁴ She was born on October 26, 1914 at Kincaid, Fayette Co., West Virginia.^1,4 As of November 1, 1940,her married name was Wimmer.¹ She married Francis Richard "Frank" Wimmer, son of Alfred Richard Wimmer and Ruth Sallie Hodges, on November 1, 1940 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,5 Irma Margaret Harler and Francis Richard "Frank" Wimmer were divorced on December 14, 1954 at Roanoke, Virginia.² Irma Margaret Harler died on October 25, 1992 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 77; Her obituary has a death date of Oct 26, 1992.^3,6 She Mrs. Margaret H. Miller, age 77, of Roanoke, died Monday, October 26, 1992. Mrs. Miller is survived by four daughters, Rose Mary Wimmer, Roanoke; Ruth Ann Shack, Florida; Frances Dawn Wimmer, Fla; Nira Kania, W. Va; two sons, Roger Dale Wimmer, Fla; Richard Wimmer, Jr., Ore; two sisters, Ruby Helen Harler and Madge Harler, both of W.Va; 32 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and special friends, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hanniford. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, October 28, 1992, 3:00 p.m. at Evergreen Burial Park. on October 28, 1992.³

     His Social Security Number was 230-60-4776.³ Roger Dale Wimmer was born on June 9, 1949 at Roanoke, Virginia.^3,4 He died on September 16, 2007 at Seminole Co., Florida, at age 58.^2,3 He Roger Dale Wimmer, 58, Sanford, died Sunday. Central Florida Direct Cremation Service, Orlando. on September 21, 2007.²

     David Lynn Wimmer was buried at Saint Marys of the Lake Cemetery, 1 Honey Locust Drive, Lakewood, Ocean Co., New Jersey.¹ His Social Security Number was 229-62-8422.³ He married Catherine Guagenti.⁴ David Lynn Wimmer was born on December 2, 1946 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2,3,4 He died on February 17, 1979 at Jackson Township, Ocean Co., New Jersey, at age 32.^1,4 He JACKSON TOWNSHIP - A 32-year-old-man and his two step-daughters were killed early yesterday when fire that started from a candle swept through the upper floor of their home during a power failure. The man died after he went back into the burning house in an attempt to save the children. His wife and three other children survived. David Wimmer, 30 South Lane View Drive, and Michelle Scudiero, 12, and her sister, Catherine, 10, were pronounced dead at Paul Kimball Hospital, Lakewood, police said. Three other children, Joseph Ferraro, 15; David Wimmer Jr., 8, and Daniel Wimmer, 1 12, were treated at the hospital and released, a hospital spokeswoman said. The man's wife, Catherine, 33, was uninjured, she said. The fire was reported just after 3:30 a.m. in an area that had been without power since 1:15 a.m., police said. According to Detective Gary Brown, the fire began when a candle in one of the bedrooms ignited a combustible material. Heat and smoke filled the second floor of the Cape Cod-style house, and Wimmer and the two girls were found in another bedroom later, police said. According to a neighbor, Iris Broder, 13 South Lake Drive, Joseph was carrying a candle into the room of one of the girls who had woken up crying and afraid of the dark. A stray dog the family had taken in only a few days earlier jumped on the boy. she said, causing him to fall against a window and the curtain to ignite. After trying in vain to extinguish the fire himself, Joseph awakened the father who then alerted the other boys and his wife, Mrs. Broder said. Wimmer, his wife and the three boys escaped from their first-floor bedrooms, but the two girls were trapped in their room up stairs, the neighbor said. Wimmer re-entered the house for the girls, she said. Another neighbor, Phillip Huddy, and a man she knew only as Lee entered the house after they learned the father had gone back in for the girls, Mrs. Broder said. Huddy, 20 Maple Ave., said he tried to get upstairs but was pushed back by flames. His family had been awakened by the cold in his home, and, while he was in the basement working on the furnace, his wife heard screams coming from the direction of the Wimmer house, he said. Huddy said he got Joseph, who was downstairs, to leave the house before he tried to go upstairs. After the first police car arrived, Huddy said he and one of the officers tried again to reach the upper floor. Earlier, Wimmer had romoved candles from the children's room, she said. According to George Metzger, spokesman for Jersey Central Power & Light Co., aproximately 80 customers were affected when a wire came down about 1:15 a.m. on Bennett Mills Road. There was no apparent cause for the break which interrupted service in the area of South Lake View Drive, Bates Road and Boston Road, he said. Fire Company No. 1 and Jackson Mills Fire Co. responded, assisted by the Ocean County prosecutors unit and the state arson squad, police said. The arson squad is called out in every fatal fire, police said. Mr. Wimmer was born in Roanoke, Va., and moved here from Staten Island with his family in December. He was employed as a mason by S & S Construction Co., Woodbridge. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Guagenti Wimmer; two sons, David and Daniel; a stepson, Joseph Ferraro, and his mother, Mrs. Margaret Harler, Roanoke. Michele Scudiero was born in Brooklyn. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Scudiero, Brooklyn; three brothers, David and Daniel Wimmer and Joseph Ferrara; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Harler, and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Mildren Scudiero, Brooklyn. She was a communicant of St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, here. Her sister, Catherine, also was born in Brooklyn. The G. A. Dp Bow Brookwood Memorial Home, here, is in charge of arrangements. on February 18, 1979.⁴

     His Social Security Number was 226-64-5819.⁴ Charles Allen Wimmer was buried at Crest Lawn Cemetery, 2000 Marietta Boulevard Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.³ He was born on January 22, 1948 at Roanoke, Virginia.^4,1 He died on September 28, 1969 at Gaffney, Cherokee Co., South Carolina, at age 21.^4,3 He Services for Charles Allen Wimmer, 21, of 1402 Lyle Ave., East Point, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Donehoo's chapel, with burial in Crest Lawn. Mr. Wimmer, a clerk for Zayre's Department Store, died Sunday in an automobile wreck near Gaffney, S.C. Survivors include his wife and a son. on September 29, 1969.³

     Leslie Paul Gross was born on April 27, 1953 at Roanoke, Virginia.^1,2 He married Rose Mary Wimmer, daughter of Francis Richard "Frank" Wimmer and Irma Margaret Harler, on August 7, 1978 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹ Leslie Paul Gross and Rose Mary Wimmer were divorced on October 9, 1979 at Roanoke, Virginia.²