Ruth Gertie Kissinger, b: 1936

^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}




	^{Lester Daniel Schmeltz}^{b.1931 d.1989 ,}

^{Bruce Lamar Schmeltz}^b.1954 d.

^{Debra Ann Schmeltz}^b.1957 d.

^{Diane Marie Schmeltz}^b.1959 d.		^{Ernest Milton Kissinger}^{b.1906 d.1947}

	^{Ruth Gertie Kissinger}^{b.1936 Lykens Township, d.}		^{Charles M. Wiest}^{b.1870 Mahantongo Township, d.1958 Upper Mahantongo Town}

		^{Gertrude Sophia Wiest}^{b.1907 , d.2009 The Manor at Susquehan}	^{Mary Amelia Clark}^b.1872 d.