This is a list of the House Parents, or Stewards and Matrons over the years at the Neffsville Brethren Children's Home. If anybody has any additional information or photos of any of these people, please comment below or to my personal email address gspne61@gmail. We are also still working on a list of children who lived here and the years they lived here.
1913-1914 Mr. & Mrs. Peter Heagy
1914-1915 Mr. & Mrs. Levi Ziegler
1915-1918 Mr. & Mrs. H.A. Buffenmyer
1918-1921 Mr. & Mrs. C.K. Kilhefner
1921-1926 Mr. & Mrs. John D. Ebersole
1927-1941 Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Dotterer
1941-1942 Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Dotterer
1942-1943 Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Hiestand
1943-1944 Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Hoover
1944-1957 Mr. & Mrs. John Hevener, Sr. (Reverend Hevener & "Mother Hevener")
1957-1958 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Sherer
1958-1962 Mr. & Mrs. Glen Crago
My name is Tom Crago. I lived in the home from 1958 to 1962 with my parents, Glen and Florence Crago.
ReplyDeleteI have a few pictures, I think. Dad was Rev. Glen Crago.
DeleteMy email is Tomjanettravelin@aol.com
ReplyDeleteI found a letter from the Buffenmyers to my Grandmother. My Grandfather was in the orphanage as a child. Mrs. Buffenmyers says that she lived there from 1914 to 1918.
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