Rhoads Opera House Fire of 1908 Victims List
The following tables show the victims of the Rhoads Opera House fire, with the first list showing those individuals whose remains were able to be identified. Names shown as a link (bolded text) are connected to my primary online genealogy database to provide further information about the individual and their families. [Note- links to database are not currently active]
Below this first listing appears the list of those 25 victims of the fire whose remains could not be identified. They were interned in a common plot in Fairview Cemetery with a memorial noting their names
| Name | Information | Cemetery |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson, James | Fairview | |
| Anderson, Maria Y. [Geyer] | Wife of Morris M. | Fairview |
| Anderson, Marigold | Daughter of Calvin R. and Olivia K. [Miller] | Falkner Swamp |
| Anderson, Mary [Helfrich] | Wife of James | Fairview |
| Anderson, Norman | son of Morris M. | Fairview |
| Bauman, Annie | Fairview | |
| Bauman, Lottie S. | Daughter of Augustus | Union, Boyertown |
| Bauman, Lucinda [Reitnauer] | Wife of Martin | Fairview |
| Bauman, Walter S. | Union, Boyertown | |
| Becker, Alma | Daughter of J.J. and Mary Alice [Donmoyer] | Hope, Kutztown |
| Becker, Mary | Daughter of J.J. and Mary Alice [Donmoyer] | Hope, Kutztown |
| Becker, Mary Alice [Donmoyer] | Wife of J.J. | Hope, Kutztown |
| Binder, Henry M. | Fairview | |
| Bortz, Layonna | St Pauls, Amityville | |
| Boyer, Edna Lucile | Daughter of James K. and Annie C. | Fairview |
| Brendlinger, Clara | Fairview | |
| Brunner, Dr. Frank | Fairview | |
| Buchert, Willoughby | Son of George and Elizabeth | Fairview |
| Christman, Kate W. [Bauman] | Wife of George | Fairview |
| Clemmer, Irwin | Union Hereford Mennonite, Bally | |
| Derr, Annie R. | Christ Union, Niantic | |
| Diamond, Rosa | Mount Carmel, Frankford | |
| Edinger, Florence | Daughter of William and Mary | Fairview |
| Emrick, Edward | Charles Evans, Reading | |
| Engel, Mary Ann [Muthard] | Wife of Willoughby | Fairview |
| Engle, Emma H. | Union, Boyertown | |
| Fegely, Lulu | Daughter of Lewis and Emma G. [Leidy] | Fairview |
| Fisher, Mary | ||
| Foreman, Harry H. | Sinking Spring | |
| Foreman, Irene | Sinking Spring | |
| Foreman. Nellie | Sinking Spring | |
| Foreman, Rebecca [Wentzel] | Wife of Harry | Sinking Spring |
| Foreman, Sophia | Sinking Spring | |
| Francis, Anna Louise [Schetzline] | Wife of Dr. L. K. Francis | Fairview |
| Francis, Rebecca | ||
| Frey, Edwin | ||
| Gabel, Abraham | ||
| Gabel, Agnes [Edinger] | Wife of Daniel | Fairview |
| Gabel, Daniel | Son of Jacob G. | Fairview |
| Geyer, Mae | Fairview | |
| Glaes, Susan [Francis] | Wife of John | |
| Godshall, Ellen | Fairview | |
| Gottshall, Herbert | Fairview | |
| Gottshall, Katie | Wife of Herbert | Fairview |
| Grabert, Matilda | Fairview | |
| Graeff, Mabel | Fairview | |
| Graver, John | Fairview | |
| Graver, Lottie | Fairview | |
| Grim, Lillie | Daughter of George and Isabella [Hess] | Fairview |
| Guard, Ruth (Mary) | Daughter of Curtis and Laura | Fairvew |
| Haring, Hannah | Daughter of John | Oley |
| Hartman, Carrie | Daughter of Frank | Fairview |
| Hartman, Charles | Son of Daniel | Fairview |
| Hartman, Rebecca A. | Wife of Amos | Fairview |
| Hartman, Sallie H. | Fairview | |
| Hartman, Verna | Daughter of William | Fairview |
| Heimbach, Stella | Fairview | |
| Herbst, Nora | Huff Union | |
| Hess, Charles | St Pauls Lutheran, Lobachsville | |
| Hoffman, John | Son of Wallace and Ressie | Amityville |
| Hoffman, Teresa (“Ressie”) [Good] | Wife of Wallace | Amityville |
| Houck, Russell | Son of Harry | Fairview |
| Johnson, Clara [Gilbert] | Wife of Ephraim H. | Fairview |
| Johnson, Ellen W. [Leaver] | Wife of Ephraim B. | Fairview |
| Johnson, Jacob P. S. | Fairview | |
| Johnson, Olivia F. [Moyer] | Wife of Herbert, Daughter of Wm. and Elizabeth [Frey] | Fairview |
| Johnson, Sallie M. [Edinger] | Wife of Henry, Daughter of William C. and Mary | Fairview |
| Jones, Mamie | ||
| Kline, Rosa [Saltzer]. | Wife of Charles | Fairview |
| Knipe, Emily | Daughter of Dr. Knipe | Falkner Swamp |
| Knipe, Katherine | Daughter of Dr. Knipe | Falkner Swamp |
| Knipe, Lizzie | Daughter of Dr, Knipe | Falkner Swamp |
| Kochel, Blanche | Daughter of Milton Kochel | Mt. Zion |
| Kochel, Mabel | Daughter of Milton Kochel | Mt. Zion |
| Kolb, Stella | Fairview | |
| Krause, Anna [Fisher] | Wife of William | Pottstown, West End |
| Krause, Daniel | Union, Boyertown | |
| Krause, Sella | Grand-daughter of Aaron Ochenford | Union, Boyertown |
| Lefever, Maggie | Fairview | |
| Leidy, Franklin E. | Son of Franklin G. and Kate | Fairview |
| Leidy, Horace | Son of Joseph and Ellen Drumheller Prutzman | St Peters Union, Macungie |
| Leidy, Howard | Son of Horace and Sallie | St Peters Union, Macungie |
| Leidy, Laura | Daughter of Joseph and Alice [Tyson] | Fairview |
| Leidy, Sallie [Wetzel] | Wife of Horace | St Peters Union, Macungie |
| Leinbach, Ada [Lefever] | Wife of Harry | Fairview |
| Ludwig, Mary Y | St Pauls, Amityville | |
| Maurer, Charles W. | Fairview | |
| Mayer, Dr. Charles Eugene | Fairview | |
| Mayer, Gwendolyn | Fairview | |
| Mayers, Della | Lecturer at performance | Fairview |
| Mensch, Austin | Fairview | |
| Miller, Clarence | Charles, Evans, Reading | |
| Moore, Ellen R. [Stauffer] | Wife of George | Fairview |
| Moyer, Alice B. | Daughter of Ephraim H. and Diane [Bauer] | Fairview |
| Moyer, Alice [Drumheller] | Wife of Harry D. Moyer | Fairview |
| Moyer, Edna F. | Daughter of William H. and Elizabeth [Frey] | Fairview |
| Moyer, Florence F. | Daughter of William H. and Elizabeth [Frey] | Fariview |
| Moyer, Frances S. | Fairview | |
| Moyer, George | Fairview | |
| Moyer, Stella S. | Fairview | |
| Nuss, Annie | Wife of Charles | Fairview |
| Nuss, Charles J. B. | Fairview | |
| Nuss, Harold | Fairview | |
| Ochenford, Aaron | Union, Boyertown | |
| Ochenford, Mary | Wife of Aaron | Union, Boyertown |
| Parsons, George | Fairview | |
| Parsons, Olivia M. [Edinger] | Wife of George | Fairview |
| Peters, Stella | Wife of George | Fairview |
| Reinert, Bertha | Union, Boyertown | |
| Rhoads, Edith K. | Daughter of William | Fairview |
| Rhoads, Jeremiah | New Hanover Lutheran | |
| Rhoads, Laura Y. | Duaghter of Richard | Fairview |
| Ritter, Annie | Daughter of Frank and Lillie | Fairview |
| Romich, Wayne | Fairview | |
| Romig, Olivia [Weiser] | Wife of George | Fairview |
| Romig, Sallie | Daughter of J. H. and Mandilla | Union, Boyertown |
| Schmoyer, Mary Ellen [Manwiller] | Wife of Addison | Union, Boyertown |
| Shaner, Amanda | Wife of Henry | Fairview |
| Shaner, Charles | Son of Henry and Amanda | Fairview |
| Shaner, Paul | Son of Henry and Amanda | Fairview |
| Stober, Frances | Terre Hill, Lancaster Co. | |
| Stober, Ira | Terre Hill, Lancaster Co. | |
| Shollenberger, Cora B. [Leinbach[ | Wife of Frank | Fairview |
| Shollenberger, Mary [Keller] | buried next to first husband as Mary Bower | Fairview |
| Shollenberger, William | Fairview | |
| Smith, Mary A. [Emrick] | Wife of George | Charles Evans, Reading |
| Stauffer, Edwin B. | Son of Levi and Sarah | Fairview |
| Stauffer, Emma | Daughter of Levi and Sarah | Fairview |
| Stauffer, Lulu | Daughter of Irwin and Olivia [Landis] | Fairview |
| Tabor, Isabella [Drumheller] | Widow of Charles Frederick | Union, Boyertown |
| Thompson. Bertha Augusta [Klinger] | Wife of Amos | Fairview |
| Toms, Eva D. [Schoenly] | Wife of WIlliam Z.Toms | Fairview |
| Toms, Mamie W. | Daughter of Charles and Lillie | Union, Boyertown |
| Turner, Sallie G. [Berks] | Wife of Richard, Daughter of A. W. Berks | Fairview |
| Van Reed, J. Warren | Fairview | |
| Weand, Vennia | Daughter of Franklin and Amanda [Reinert] | Union, Boyertown |
| Weber, Martha | Daughter of Rev, A. M. Weber | Haggs, Bernville |
| Weller, Ida | Daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann | Hill Church, Oley |
| Weller, Jacob | Son of Aaron and Sarah [Dotterer] Weller | Hill Church, Oley |
| Weller, Mary Ann [Hafer] | Wife of Jacob Weller | HIll Church, Oley |
| Wien, Carrie | Daughter of William and Emma [Walt] | Union, Boyertown |
| Wien, Florence E. | Daughter of William and Emma [Walt] | Union, Boyertown |
| Yerger, Carrie H. | Union, Boyertown | |
| Yoder, Elizabeth | Fairview | |
| Ziegler, Lizzie |
This list below is that of the 25 victims whose remains could not be identified.
| Name | Information |
|---|---|
| Anderson, Morris M. | |
| Bauman, Addie R. [Weand] | Wife of Oswin |
| Bauman, Carrie L. | |
| Bauman, Edna | |
| Boyer, James Keely | |
| Clouser, Annie E. [Gilbert] | Wife of Hiram |
| Cullen, Esther M. | |
| Erb, Esther F. | |
| Firtz, Ida Cora | |
| Fritz, John S. | |
| Hoffman, Alice | |
| Hoffman, Caroline | Wife of Reuben |
| Hoffman, Lottie H. | |
| Johnson, Ephraim H. | |
| LaPish, Marie | |
| LaPish, Robert | |
| Leaver, Clara | |
| Leidy, Hiram L B | Son of Albert S. and Elizabeth S. [Bryan] Leidy |
| Lichtel, Emma | Wife of Isaac |
| Lichtel, L. Newton | |
| Schoenly, Annie K. [Heacock] | Wife of George |
| Taggert, Ellen | |
| Taggert, Robert | |
| Taggert, Rosa Ellen | |
| Wien, Sarah Emma | Wife of Henry |