Wallace W. Wegemer

1909 - 1984  (74 years)

• Name	Wallace W. Wegemer  [1, 2]
  Birth	29 Aug 1909	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 May 1984	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Burial	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I3849	Branches and Roots
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph George Wegemer,   b. 13 Aug 1880, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Dec 1965, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Edna Mae O'Donnell,   b. 28 Feb 1884, Du Bois, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Dec 1973, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Jan 1904	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Kathryn Gormont,   b. 18 Jan 1911, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Jun 1949, Benzinger, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 38 years)
  Children	1. Denny Wegemer  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Stacey Wegemer  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Susie Wegemer  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Andrew Wegemer  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Janis Bernadette Wegemer,   b. 21 Oct 1932, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Mar 1998, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 6. Keith Torrence Wegemer,   b. 10 Aug 1935, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 2 Oct 1999, Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Living   8. Living
  Family ID	F641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Irene J. Sarginger,   b. 5 Aug 1924   d. 11 Oct 2009, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	8 Jul 1950	St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. James Leo Wegemer,   b. 11 Apr 1953, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Dec 1953, St Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2026

  
  

• Notes

  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Wallace Wegemer SSN: 193-01-7723 Last Residence: 15857 Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 29 Aug 1909 Last Benefit: 15757, Mahaffey, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: May 1984 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951) Source Citation Number: 193-01-7723; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Description The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Wallace Wegemer SSN: 193-01-7723 Last Residence: 15857 Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 29 Aug 1909 Last Benefit: 15757, Mahaffey, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: May 1984 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951) Source Citation Number: 193-01-7723; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Description The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Wallace Wegemer SSN: 193-01-7723 Last Residence: 15857 Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 29 Aug 1909 Last Benefit: 15757, Mahaffey, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: May 1984 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951) Source Citation Number: 193-01-7723; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Description The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 Name: Wallace Wegemer SSN: 193-01-7723 Last Residence: 15857 Saint Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA BORN: 29 Aug 1909 Last Benefit: 15757, Mahaffey, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America Died: May 1984 State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951) Source Citation Number: 193-01-7723; Issue State: Pennsylvania; Issue Date: Before 1951 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Description The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.

  
  

• Sources

  [S393] Pacific Beach Chapel, Wegemer, Donald Edmond. Donald Edmond Wegemer, 89, longtime resident of Pacific Beach, passed away peacefully on 11/13/15. He was born on July 23rd, 1926, in Saint Marys Pennsylvania to Joseph George Wegemer and Edna Mae O’Donnell Wegemer. Don was raised in this small town in western Pennsylvania with his six brothers (George, Jody, Bill, Harry, Gene, and Ben) and two sisters (Helen and Pat). Growing up in the depression, Don worked many jobs to help the family, delivering newspapers morning, afternoon, and evening, and working at the drug store, and butcher shop after school. When Don graduated high school, he joined the army and became a Mess Sargent towards the end of World War II. Don fed many a hungry GI on their way to or from their assignments in Germany. After the war, Don returned to Saint Marys and worked at a brewery and a light bulb factory to save enough money to go to college on the GI bill. He received his bachelor’s degree from Duquesne University and his master’s from the University of Pittsburgh. It was while he was a graduate student at Pitt that he met the love of his life, Patricia Anne Jordan. They were married on August 16th, 1954. Don also worked with Doctor Jonas Salk at Pitt and was the last surviving member of the team who discovered the polio vaccine. After Don’s daughter Donna, and son Mike were born, the family moved to California where Don worked with Doctor Salk to establish the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in 1963. He worked for Doctor Salk for 30 plus years before eventually retiring from Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Don was an avid bowler competing in many leagues and state tournaments. He was very involved at St. Brigid Catholic Church as head lector, usher, and lay minister for many years. When the children were young, Don would drive the family across the country every year to see their relatives. Later in life, he and Pat enjoyed traveling the country by train to visit family or taking long drives together on the weekend before settling on the back porch to listen to the waterfall he constructed, enjoying all the flowers and trees he planted, and together watching the butterflies and hummingbirds. Don is survived by his daughter Donna Wolff (Rob); granddaughter Tricia Beyer (Keith); great-grand daughter Hazel; grandson Sam Wolff; son Michael Wegemer (Debbie); grandsons Mark and Jordan Wegemer. He was preceded in death by Patricia, his beloved wife of 61 years, his parents, and all his brothers and sisters. Arrangements are being made by The Pacific Beach Chapel, Saint Brigid Church, and Miramar National Cemetery. Please contact Pacific Beach Chapel for specific dates and times. Pacific Beach Chapel http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/ 23NOV2015 [S405] de la Llera Family Tree, de la Llera Family Tree by Dawn de la Llera. Ancestry.com. Dawn de la Llera and Matthew Hout-Reilly are 4th cousin or half 3rd cousin 1x removed according to AncestryDNA.