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Edgar Ulysses Moyer

(11/27/1884 - 4/17/1954)

		Newton S. Moyer
	Edgar Ulysses Moyer
Marriage(s)		Isabella Cressman
1 Lillie Bachman on: - No Issue Siblings: - Victor E. Moyer - Calvin C. Moyer - Minnie Cora Moyer - Ammon C. Moyer - Addie Isabella Moyer - Mary Estella Moyer - Hannah Florence Moyer - Eva Alma Moyer	Born:Springtown Baptism: Place: Sponsors: Died: Burial:Memorial Park, Bethlehem Notes: Allentown Morning Call, Sunday, April 18, 1954, Page 11 Bethlehem Man, Missing 5 Weeks, Is Found Drowned Half submerged and floating slowly with the current, the body of a man ide ntified as Edgar U. Moyer, missing from his Bethlehem home for five wee ks ? was found last night in the Lehigh River at Easton. Discovery was made by an Easton taxicab driver shortly before 7 o?clock. Identification was made by a niece, Mrs. Beulah M. Frankenfield, of 1430 P ine St., Easton. Mrs. Frankenfield said her 69 year old uncle had a bro wn birthmark about an inch and a half wide and some seven inches long on l eft side. Such a birthmark was on the body. A key in his pocket matched one to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Kindre d, of 912 Geissinger St, Bethlehem, with whom moyer had boarded for the la st six years. A blue chesterfield overcoat with a velvet collar also matched the descrip tion of the coat Moyer wore when he disappeared without leaving a tra ce on march 10. Northampton County Coroner Martin J. Bechtel, of Easton, said he was certa in the body was that of Moyer. The coroner issued a certificate of death by suffocation from drowning. ?Homicide had been ruled out.? He said. ?The body bore no marks or bruis es that would indicate the man was murdered.? Although Moyer.s brother, Ammon, of 222 N. Ambler St., Quakertown, had cle ared his brother carried several hundred dollars with him, there was on ly $36.21 found in the clothing. ?There were four other with me when I examined his clothes,: Cornoer Becht el said. ?We found two dimes and a penny in one pocket of his coat. He h ad two tens three fives and one dollar bill in his wallet.? As puzzled as his disappearance, reported in detail in last Sunday?s Call- Chronicle, so was one item concerned with the recovery of the body. There were no cards of identification, which he usually carried in his wal let. His necktie, however, bore the label of ta Bethlehem store and his o vercoat that of a store in Easton. From the condition of the body, Coroner Betchtel said he thought it had be en submerged for some time, possibly from the day Moyer was reported missi ng. The body was seen by Harry Meyers, of 110 Cooper St., Easton, in the wat er near the West Easton plant of the Ingersoll Rand Coma y on the Leigh Dr ive side of the river. Police were notified and they,, in turn, called Fi re Chief George T. Keller, of Easton, who with two men pulled the body ash ore. When it was recover it had floated past the Hillard Dinkey and Co. co al yard on South 3rd St. The body was removed to an Easton funeral home where Mrs. Frankenfield ma de her identification. She had heard reports of a body being found, Coron er Bechtel said, and immediately got in touch with him. Ammon Moyer was notified and is expected to view the body some time today. Edgar Moyer?s disappearance presented Bethlehem police with one of their m ost puzzling mysteries. The man had lived in the same neighborhood for mo re than 40 years. When his wife died, he became a boarder at the ho me of the Kindreds who had been his neighbors for all those years. Well Liked He was well known and liked by residents of the section in the northern pa rt of Bethlehem a few blocks south, of the Moravian College Campus. A m an in good health and with no financial worries, he had taken a short n ap on the morning of March 10 and then told Mrs. Kindred he was going to t ake a walk. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dorney who lived next door to the Kindreds at 914 Geiss inger St, saw Moyer several blocks from his home neighborhood a few minut es later about 12:30 p.m. Nothing had been heard from his since then. At first the Kindreds thoug ht Moyer had gone to visit relatives but they ere puzzled because he had n ot mentioned such a plan. He had always told her where he was going. Mr s. Kindred said, or, if she was not at home, when went out, he left a note . Uneasy Because he had his house key, the Kindred went to bed, although a bit une asy in their minds, but figuring if he came back late in the night he wou ld be able to admit himself to the home. When the morning came and he had still not returned, the Kindreds decid ed to call Bethlehem Police. Detective Melvin L. Packard handled the inves tigation and sent out a teletyped description of Moyer to police departmen ts throughout the northeastern section of the county. On March 30 a report was telephone to Packard that man answering Moyer?s d escription had been seen in the Sidersville Democratic Club. Investigati on proved to be false. Reported Seen Early last week, following the story in last Sunday?s Call-Chronicle, repo rts came from Palm athat an unknown man had bought food in a store in t he vicinity, at that time. Mr. and Mrs. Ammon Moyer came up from their Qua kertown home to investigate. Although they found several person who said t ey had seen the man, nobody could give them a definite lead on his whereab outs and they finally gave up the search. AS the days wore on, following Moyer?s disappearance, his relatives and th ose in the Bethlehem neighborhood where he lived, had their own theories a bout what had happened to home. Prophetic Mrs. Kindred and Mrs. Dorney were almost prophetic in the prediction th at after the trout fishing season open his body would be snagged and broug ht to the surface of a creek. Ammon Moyer said he was becoming more and more convince that robbery was t he reason behind his brother?s disappearance. His other brothers and siste rs were too bewildered to offer other theories.. Those kin, of a Pennsylva nia Dutch family that came from near Springtown in Bucks County, includ ed Calvin, 76, of near Nazareth, Ammon, who is 73, Victor, 78, of Columbia na, Ohio, and Mrs. John Strock, Springtown, and Mrs. Warren Fabian, Easto n, R2. Edgar Moyer had been employed as a gardener by Peter Jamaann at his greenh ouses on Nazareth Pike, for almost 17 years until he retired last fall. Throughout the weeks of Edgar Moyer?s Absence all of his family and frie nd had hoped for the best. But the uncertainty was hard for them to bea r. They wanted to know for sure, if the worst had happened p just what h ad happened and where and how. That meant much to them and their pea ce of mind. Allentown Morning Call, Monday, April 19, 1954, Page 3 Edgar U. Moyer Edgar U. Moyer, 69, whose body was found in the Lehigh River at Easton Sat urday night, was the husband of the late Lilly (Bachman) Moyer. He was bo rn in Springtown, a son of the late Newton and Isabella Cressman Moyer. Surviving are three brothers, Victor Moyer, Columbiana, Ohio; Calvin C., N azareth, and Ammon, Quakertown; two sisters, Mrs. John Strock, Springtow n, and Mrs. Warren Fabian, Easton Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. Entombme nt will be in the family mausoleum in Memorial Park.
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