Individual Details
Treva Susan BRUMBAUGH
(13 MAR 1908 - 13 MAR 2013)
Troy Daily News
Sisters share longevity
BROOKVILLE - Mary Brumbaugh Spitler Wampler will turn 107 on March 14. Her sister, Treva Brumbaugh Frantz will turn 102 on March 13.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Lynn Minneman: Trotwood resident celebrates 100 years
By Lynn Minneman
Contributing Writer
Thursday, April 03, 2008
When I first spoke with Treva Brumbaugh Frantz on the phone, I could immediately tell she was not your typical centurion.
Frantz was 100 years young on March 13 and celebrated this magnanimous event at Friendship Village on Denlinger Road in Trotwood.
"When we were planning the event, I wanted to let everyone know and we ended up sending out around 125 announcements," said Arleen Kuntz, Treva's daughter and only child.
Not too many can say they have lived this long and I can attest to the fact that Frantz is as able as any to carry on a conversation, and definitely has 125 friends and family who dearly would want to celebrate with her.
Her only problem is in hearing.
During the phone interview, I introduced myself and as soon as she heard the word "newspaper" she politely let me know that she had "difficulties in reading these days and would have to kindly decline the subscription."
She is a sweetheart of a lady and realizing how cognizant she was to be able to dismiss what she thought was a telemarketer so quickly; the next thing I knew I had to do was call Arleen Kuntz to finish up.
"Mother is able to talk one-on-one very well, as you have noticed, but really needs to be next to the person," Kuntz said on the phone.
"She can follow a thread of a conversation around Robin's barn and you will be amazed at the stories she tells."
Kuntz proceeded to tell me a little about her mother's early life from getting her first job at McCroy's Dime Store in downtown Dayton at 16 years old, to finding a better position at NCR.
"Her friend told her about the job and they hired her on the spot the summer between her junior and senior high school year," Kuntz said.
"At the end of the summer, she told the executives there that she wasn't going to go back to school but they would not hear of that."
Frantz was strongly advised to finish high school and promised that a position would be held for her upon graduation.
"The day after she graduated, she went back to work at NCR for five years until she married."
Kuntz said during that time, in the 1920s, women were not allowed to continue work after marriage. At that point, Frantz moved to Miami County (Elizabeth Twp.) to start her new career as wife and mother.
"Mother has also told stories of when she was young and lived in Englewood just south of State Route 48 in a house called the Wayside Inn, which was operated as a Bed and Breakfast by her mother, my grandmother."
Frantz said a couple from Fort Wayne, Ind., came every year to stay there and then participated in the Grand American Trap Shoot over in Vandalia.
"That went on for over 25 years," Kuntz said.
Over the years, Frantz has shared many memories with friends and family and would be an excellent example of an oral history.
During the course of conversation, I gave Kuntz the Randolph Twp. Historical Society's phone number and asked her to have them follow up with this lovely lady and her sister, Mary Brumbaugh Spitler Wampler, of Brookville.
Wampler is 105 and attended the birthday celebration, as well.
Contact this reporter at (937) 609-4152 or .
Sisters share longevity
BROOKVILLE - Mary Brumbaugh Spitler Wampler will turn 107 on March 14. Her sister, Treva Brumbaugh Frantz will turn 102 on March 13.
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Lynn Minneman: Trotwood resident celebrates 100 years
By Lynn Minneman
Contributing Writer
Thursday, April 03, 2008
When I first spoke with Treva Brumbaugh Frantz on the phone, I could immediately tell she was not your typical centurion.
Frantz was 100 years young on March 13 and celebrated this magnanimous event at Friendship Village on Denlinger Road in Trotwood.
"When we were planning the event, I wanted to let everyone know and we ended up sending out around 125 announcements," said Arleen Kuntz, Treva's daughter and only child.
Not too many can say they have lived this long and I can attest to the fact that Frantz is as able as any to carry on a conversation, and definitely has 125 friends and family who dearly would want to celebrate with her.
Her only problem is in hearing.
During the phone interview, I introduced myself and as soon as she heard the word "newspaper" she politely let me know that she had "difficulties in reading these days and would have to kindly decline the subscription."
She is a sweetheart of a lady and realizing how cognizant she was to be able to dismiss what she thought was a telemarketer so quickly; the next thing I knew I had to do was call Arleen Kuntz to finish up.
"Mother is able to talk one-on-one very well, as you have noticed, but really needs to be next to the person," Kuntz said on the phone.
"She can follow a thread of a conversation around Robin's barn and you will be amazed at the stories she tells."
Kuntz proceeded to tell me a little about her mother's early life from getting her first job at McCroy's Dime Store in downtown Dayton at 16 years old, to finding a better position at NCR.
"Her friend told her about the job and they hired her on the spot the summer between her junior and senior high school year," Kuntz said.
"At the end of the summer, she told the executives there that she wasn't going to go back to school but they would not hear of that."
Frantz was strongly advised to finish high school and promised that a position would be held for her upon graduation.
"The day after she graduated, she went back to work at NCR for five years until she married."
Kuntz said during that time, in the 1920s, women were not allowed to continue work after marriage. At that point, Frantz moved to Miami County (Elizabeth Twp.) to start her new career as wife and mother.
"Mother has also told stories of when she was young and lived in Englewood just south of State Route 48 in a house called the Wayside Inn, which was operated as a Bed and Breakfast by her mother, my grandmother."
Frantz said a couple from Fort Wayne, Ind., came every year to stay there and then participated in the Grand American Trap Shoot over in Vandalia.
"That went on for over 25 years," Kuntz said.
Over the years, Frantz has shared many memories with friends and family and would be an excellent example of an oral history.
During the course of conversation, I gave Kuntz the Randolph Twp. Historical Society's phone number and asked her to have them follow up with this lovely lady and her sister, Mary Brumbaugh Spitler Wampler, of Brookville.
Wampler is 105 and attended the birthday celebration, as well.
Contact this reporter at (937) 609-4152 or
Events
| Birth | 13 MAR 1908 | Darke Co., OH | |||
| Graduation | 1926 | Randolph High School, Englewood, Montgomery Co., OH | |||
| Marriage | Carl William FRANTZ | ||||
| Death | 13 MAR 2013 | Troy, Miami Co., OH | |||
| Burial | 15 MAR 2013 | Myers Cem., Clark Co., OH | |||
| Religion | a member of the Church of the Brethren - Trotwood, Montgomery Co., OH |
Families
| Spouse | Carl William FRANTZ (1901 - 1974) |
| Child | Arleen Kay FRANTZ (1940 - 2015) |
| Father | Ora Franklin BRUMBAUGH (1876 - 1911) |
| Mother | Julia Catharine "Julie" CROWELL/CHROWL (1878 - 1960) |
| Sibling | Arthur Jennings BRUMBAUGH (1900 - 1994) |
| Sibling | (Infant) BRUMBAUGH (1901 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Mary Leona BRUMBAUGH (1903 - 2011) |
| Sibling | Marion Le Roy BRUMBAUGH (1903 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Anna Lorine BRUMBAUGH (1906 - 2013) |