John Overholtz
Files
Dublin Core
Title
John Overholtz
Subject
Overholtz, John Wesley (1920-1999)
Description
Portrait of John Wesley Overholtz wearing a suit and tie in the studio.
Born in Strasburg, John was the first child of James Wesley (1892-1961) and Maudie Lee (Lake) (1901-1970) Overholtz. His father worked as a brakeman, then a flagman, for the Southern Railroad Company.
John grew up on East Washington Street in Strasburg and had a younger sister, Catherine (Overholtz) Fisher (ca 1922-2018). When he registered for the WWII draft, he worked in Winchester at the O’Sullivan Rubber Plant. He was described as being 6’3” tall and 175 pounds.
John served in the U.S. Army from 1941-1945. He married a woman named Catherine Reedy in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, in 1942. They did not have children, and divorced in 1960.
John married again to Doris Lee (Wingfield) Bowman (1919-1964) in 1962, a widow born in Lexington to William Patrick and Lottie Beatrice (Hicks) Wingfield. When John and Doris married, both lived in Strasburg, and John worked as an electrician. They moved to Waynesboro sometime after that.
Doris died only a couple of years later. John moved to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he met and married his third wife, Helen Lillian Suveges (1925-1998), in 1970. He died, years later, in Wheeling.
Born in Strasburg, John was the first child of James Wesley (1892-1961) and Maudie Lee (Lake) (1901-1970) Overholtz. His father worked as a brakeman, then a flagman, for the Southern Railroad Company.
John grew up on East Washington Street in Strasburg and had a younger sister, Catherine (Overholtz) Fisher (ca 1922-2018). When he registered for the WWII draft, he worked in Winchester at the O’Sullivan Rubber Plant. He was described as being 6’3” tall and 175 pounds.
John served in the U.S. Army from 1941-1945. He married a woman named Catherine Reedy in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, in 1942. They did not have children, and divorced in 1960.
John married again to Doris Lee (Wingfield) Bowman (1919-1964) in 1962, a widow born in Lexington to William Patrick and Lottie Beatrice (Hicks) Wingfield. When John and Doris married, both lived in Strasburg, and John worked as an electrician. They moved to Waynesboro sometime after that.
Doris died only a couple of years later. John moved to Wheeling, West Virginia, where he met and married his third wife, Helen Lillian Suveges (1925-1998), in 1970. He died, years later, in Wheeling.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labeled "1938" on box of plates.
Contributor
Subject identified by Graham Conner.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Identifier
011629
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “John Overholtz,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed May 15, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39024.
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