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Robert Alban HENKEL

Male 1918 - 2008


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  • Born  18 Aug 1918  Jeannette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  16 Jan 2008  Hempfield Manor, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I219  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  3 Sep 2018 

    Father  Louis Robert HENKEL,   b. 16 Feb 1894,   d. 24 Dec 1970, Jeannette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Anna Victoria KLEMMER,   b. 30 Nov 1896, N. Braddock, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1991, Jeannette, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  St. Joseph R.C. Church in Braddock, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F71  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Dorothy Lorraine Carns,   b. 21 Jan 1924, Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1975 
    Children 
     1. Robert Alban HENKEL,   b. 28 Jan 1945, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1994
    Family ID  F2764  Group Sheet

    Family 2  Frances Misner 
    Children 
     1. Michael C. HENKEL
     2. Signe Ann HENKEL,   b. 27 Feb 1947
     3. Mary HENKEL
    Family ID  F2765  Group Sheet

    Family 3  Lydia Toniolo Knight 
    Family ID  F2766  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • The following obituary was published in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review :

      Robert A. Henkel
      Greensburg, Formerly of Jeannette

      Robert A. Henkel, 89, of Greensburg, formerly of Jeannette, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008, in Hempfield Manor, Greensburg. He was born Aug. 17, 1918, in Braddock, a son of the late Louis R. and Anna Victoria Klemmer Henkel. He was a member of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, Greensburg. He was a graduate of Penn State University. Prior to his retirement, he worked as an industrial engineer for the Non-Fluid Oil Company of Newark, N.J. He was an avid dancer, a member of the choir of First Baptist Church in Jeannette and was a member of the Men's Senior Bowling League at Hillview Lanes. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by three wives, Dorothy Carns Henkel, Frances Misner Henkel and Lydia Toniolo Knight Henkel; and son, Robert Alban Henkel. He is survived by two sons, Michael C. Henkel and his wife, Francine, of Greensburg, and Pat McDonald and his wife, Bernadette, of Durham, N.C.; a daughter-in-law, Kathy Henkel, of Imperial; two daughters, Signe Ann Cecchetti and her husband, William, of Jeannette, and Mary Hahn and her husband, Gerard, of Mercersburg; nine grandchildren, Jennifer Bruns, Lissa (Brian) Hoffman, Shawn Henkel, William (Shannon) Cecchetti, Matthew (Katie) Cecchetti, Dianna (Jim) Born, Signe Rae and Kelsey Henkel; two great-grandchildren, Korbin Born, Molly Hoffman and baby Cecchetti; four stepchildren, Jeannie Bohine, Tom Misner, Dallas Knight and Douglas Knight; and numerous step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren. Family and friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the BARNHART FUNERAL HOME, 505 East Pittsburgh St., Greensburg, where a blessing service will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, followed by a funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, North Main St., Greensburg. Interment will follow in Greensburg Catholic Cemetery. Should friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the Youngwood Volunteer Fire Department, for their weekly dances, Depot and Second streets, Youngwood, PA 15697.


      According to Kathy Hurley, who knew Robert, Robert Uncle Bob, "was a “charmer! He always knew how to make a person feel good about themselves and life! A real “Penn Stater" too." Email on March 29, 2008, mkhurley@worldnet.att.net.