Above we see Walter Lee Mitzel (1863-1926) and his grandson Walter Melvin Ehrhart (1917-1986), both of York County, PA.
Walter Lee was the son of Daniel Saylor Mitzel (1830-1893) and Caroline Shenberger (1832-1899). He married Mary Ellen Stabler (1866-1953) in August 1887, the daughter of George Jacob Stabler (1821-1892) and Elizabeth “Eliza” Flinchbaugh (1827-1897). They had twin daughters, Elsie Eliza Mitzel (1893-1962) and Esta Caroline Mitzel (1893-1978). According to his obituary Walter Lee was “a trustee and financial secretary of the United Brethren Church, secretary of the Winterstown, PA schoolboard, past master of Red Lion, PA Lodge No. 649 Free and Accepted Masons, and affiliated with the following other fraternal organizations: Howell Chapter, York; Gethsemane Commandery, Knights Templars, York; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Red Lion; and the local camp of the Patriotic Order Sons of America.”
Grandson Walter Melvin Ehrhart was the son of Walter Lee’s daughter Esta and her husband Melvin Captis Ehrhart (1889-1976). He married Vera Laura Neuhaus in June 1941 and they had one daughter, Veronica Rae Ehrhart (1946-2024). According to his obituary, parts one and two, Walter Melvin was the proprietor and funeral director of the Walter M. Ehrhart Home for Funerals from 1952 to 1979 and a member and former secretary of the York County Funeral Directors Association. He served as the Dallastown, PA borough manager from 1974 until his death, and had formerly served as the borough’s secretary treasurer for 24 years. He was “a member of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Dallastown and former president and secetary of the parish council; life member, secretary, and former president of the Dallastown Lions Club; a grand master key member of the International Association of Lions Clubs; and a member of Lodge 1592, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Rescue Fire Company, Dallastown, and a the York County Firemen’s Association.
Charles Yessler Hake (1881-1961) operated the Penn Park Photographic Gallery for 15 years until 1922.