Calvin Albert Unger b. 15 JUN 1876 Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania d. 7 JAN 1950 West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

1876 - 1950

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Born 15 Jun 1876 Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Gender Male

Baptism 27 Jul 1876

sponsor the Parents;

Education 1896 Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Kutztown State Normal School

Census 1930 West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Location; Penn Avenue, Unger, Calvin A 53, Alice D 51, Occupation; Secretary Supt. Schools

Died 7 Jan 1950 West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Buried 11 Jan 1950 Strausstown Union Cemetery, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Person ID I000022 Strausstown Roots | Descendants of Adam E Spengler

Last Modified 07 Feb 2010

Father Alfred M Unger, b. 17 Dec 1842, Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 13 Nov 1915, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Mother Esther DeTurk, b. 11 May 1845, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 4 Feb 1920, West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Married 31 Mar 1866

Family ID F00014 Group Sheet

Family Alice Diana Spengler, b. 22 Sep 1878, Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 31 Oct 1956, West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Married 13 Feb 1897

Detail: Thos. C. Leinbach

Children

	1. Helen May Unger, b. 2 Oct 1897, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 5 Nov 1978, West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
	2. Carrie Alberta Unger, b. 24 Apr 1900, d. 12 Jul 1988, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
	3. Earl Alfred Unger, b. 6 Jun 1904, Strausstown, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 23 Mar 1975, West Lawn, Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
	4. Grace Sarah Unger, b. 28 Dec 1907, d. 1 Sep 1908, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Family ID F00010 Group Sheet

Sources

[S2] Reading Eagle (Reliability: 3), 7 Jan 1950.
C. A. Unger, School Aide, Dies Suddenly
Calvin A. Unger secretary to Newto W. Geiss, county superintendent of schools, succumbed to a heart attack this morning at his home, 2026 Penn Ave., West Lawn. He was 73.
Unger's death was unexpected and came as a shock to his family and many friends. He attended to his duties as usual on Friday and this morning arose at his customary time. He was about to shave, preparatory to going to the county school office, when he was stricken. Medical aid was summoned but he died within a short time.
Born and reared on a farm at Strausstown, he entered the teaching profession as a young man and followed this career throughout his life. He was active in church and Sunday school work, was a teacher of vocal music for a time, was a bank director, a school director, and a leader in civic projects.
In 1918 he retired from teaching in the Strausstown grammar school to become a cleark under County Recorder of Deeds Jacob R. Meck. Four months later he was appointed secretary to the late Eli M. Rapp, then county superintendent of schools. He continued in that capacity under Dr. Alvin F. Kemp and with the present county superintendent, Newton W. Geiss.
He was a son of the late Alfred M. and Esther (DeTurk) Unger. He moved to Emmaus with his parents in 1888 and was graduated from the high school there in 1892. He taught for a while in a school near Stroudsburg and in 1893 took a special course at the former Keystone State Normal School at Kutztown.
Returned to Strausstown
The family returned to Strausstown and in 1894 he taught school in Jefferson Township. He was graduated from the normal school in 1896 and subsequently taught in Upper Tulpehocken Township schools until his appointment to the county office.
He served a term as justice of the peace in Upper Tulpehocken Township, and served as clerk at hundreds of public sales. For a time he taught an old-fashioned singing school and was also chorister at Zion's (Blue Mountain) Church.
He was instrumental in organizing the Strausstown Fire Company and was its first president. He also was president of the Strausstown Homecoming Association. He was a director of the Bernville National Bank and later of the Strausstown National Bank, relinquishing these positions after he moved to West Lawn. He served as a trustee of the Kutztown State Teachers College Alumni Loan Fund.
Helped organize church
He helped to organize Advent Lutheran Church and Sunday School in West Lawn. He served for a time as a deacon, and was chorister in the Sunday school until his death. He was a member of the Spring Township School Board for many years, and served some years as president of the board.
He took an active part in projects sponsored by the Berks County Sabbath School Association. Other organizations with which he was affiliated included Camp 664, P.O.A. of A., Strausstown; Camp 38 P.O. of A., Strausstown, and Williamson Lodge, 307, F. and A.M., Womelsdorf.
Surviving are his widow, Alice D. (Spengler) Unger; two daughters: Helen M., wife of Samuel Berger, West Lawn, and Carrie A., wife of Norman S. Spatz, of Union N.J.; one son, Earl A. Unger, of Pottsville; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Lamm & Witman Funeral Home at Wernersville, Wednesday at 2 p.m. Officiating pastor will be the Rev. Ernest A. Weber, pastor of Advent Church. Burial will be made in Zion's Union Church Cemetery at Strausstown.
[S2] Reading Eagle (Reliability: 3), 11 Jan 1950.
Many Attend Unger Rites
County Educators Pay Tribute To School Secretary
Several hundred Berks County educators and school officials today paid their final tribute to Calvin A. Unger, 73, of 2026 Penn Ave., West Lawn, secretary to the county superintendent of schools since 1918. Unger died Saturday morning of a heart attack in his home.
The Rev. Ernest A. Weber, pastor of Advent Luterha Church, which Unger helped to organize, officiated at the services in the Lamm & Witman Funeral Home, Wernersville. Burial took place in Zion Church Cemetery, Strausstown.
Six of the county's leading school officials served as bearers. They were: Newton W. Geiss, county superintendent of schools; Richard M. Moll and William B. Herbein, assistant superintendents; Raymond Hilbert, of Exeter Townhip, representing the county school board; William C. Kutz, supervising principal of the Spring Towhship schools, where Unger was a director for 14 years, and Lawrence E. Grim, president of the Berks County Schoolmen's Club and principal of Boyertown High School.
[S151] Montgomery Bios, Morton L. Montgomery, (. H. Beers & Company of Chicago, 1909), 1477 (Reliability: 1).
Calvin A. Unger, of Strausstown, in Upper Tulpehocken township, Berks county, teacher and justice of the peace, was born there June 15, 1876, a great-grandson of Michael Unger. The latter lived in Perry township, where he followed farming, and died upon his farm.
Calvin A. Unger attended the public schools of upper Tulpehocken township and the high school at Evans City, Pa., from which he was graduated in April, 1892. After that he taught for three terms, the first term in Monroe county, and then two terms in Berks county, and then entered the Keystone State Normal School, at Kutztown, graduating from that institution in 1896. He has ever since been engaged in teaching in the graded school at Strausstown, where his services have given him eminent satisfaction. In 1898 Mr. Unger was elected justice of the peace and has since held that office. He is a Democrat in political faith and has been active in the local workings of the party, having served as delegate to county conventions. He is an active Lutheran member of Zion's Blue Mountain Church, at Strausstown, of which he has been chorister since 1903, and he has been superintendent of the Sunday-school since 1898. He is a member of the P. O. S. of A., belonging to Camp No. 664, and of the I. O. O. F., belonging to Lodge No. 77, and to Charlotte Rebekah Lodge, No. 289.

In February, 1897, Mr. Unger married Miss Alice D. Spengler, daughter of Peter F. and Sarah (Hiester) Spengler, and they have had a family of four children: Helen M., Carrie A., Earl A. and Grace S. (who died aged eight months, three days).