Fourth Generation  

8. Merle Madison Hollis (Charles Merle (Dr.)⁷, James Madison², Charles¹) was born on Oct 11, 1905, died on Oct 16, 1905, and was buried on Oct 20, 1905 in Seaford Odd Fellows Cmtry.

9. "Lib" Mary Elizabeth Hollis (Charles Merle (Dr.)⁷, James Madison², Charles¹) was born on Nov 11, 1907, died on Jul 6, 1984 at age 76, and was buried in Seaford Odd Fellows Cmtry.

General Notes: Lib graduated as class valedictorian from Seaford HS. Attended Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA, for a year before transferring to U. of Del., where Bill was attending. She taught at a country school for a year, to the best of Julia Price's recollection. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Ivy Club, Bloomsburg Hospital Corp and Bloomsburg Auxiliary. She was the fjounder of the hospital's gift corner, the forerunner of the current gift shop. She was a longtime director of the Bloomsburg Public Library for 32 years and was a Brownie troop leader for 10 years. She and her husband Bill had lived in Bloomsburg, PA, since 1939. Interment is in Odd Fellows cemetery in Seaford, DE.

"Lib" married William Albert Lank, son of Albert Jackson Lank and "Lizzie" Elizabeth Estelle Hayman, on Sep 8, 1927. William was born on Dec 29, 1907 in Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware, died on May 24, 1993 at age 85, and was buried in Seaford Odd Fellows Cmtry. The cause of his death was heart failure.

General Notes: He graduated from Seaford HS and attended Univ. of Delaware for two years, majoring in pre-law. Mr. Lank began his banking career with the Bank of Delaware in Wilmington from 1927-29. From 1929-1939 he was employed by the Comptroller of the Currency (US Treasury Dept.) in Wash., D.C. and Philadelphia as a federal bank examiner. In November 1939 he moved to Bloomsburg and began a career with the former Farmers National Bank of Bloomsburg (Organized 1891). He was elected president of the town bank in 1949, serving until 1964 when he became senior vice president and director of United Penn Bank, whose formation from several PA banks was the result of Mr. Lank's efforts. He retired in 1972.
He served in WWII as Lt/jg in USNR, stationed in San Francisco--released in 1945.
He was President of the Bloomsburg State College Board of Trustees. See http://library.bloomu.edu/Archives/125/saturday.htm for a picture taken in 1964, in a 125th anniversary ceremony of BSC in which the keys to the two new women's dormitories, East and West Halls, were presented for safekeeping to William Lank, President of the BSC Board of Trustees.
He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Bloomsburg, serving on the church's board of trustees for nine years and as treasurer for six years. He was a member of Washington Lodge 265 F&AM and the Bloomsburg Royal Arch Chapter 218, Caldwell Consistory, for more than 50 years, serving on the finance and executive committees for many years.
He was a member of the Irem Temple Shrine, Wilkes-Barre and was crowned a 33rd degree mason in 1962. He was a member of the Bloomsburg Hospital board of directors, serving for 11 years, five of them as president. He was a former director of the Columbia County United Way and served as drive chairman in 1960; served on the board of directors of the Salvation Army for 12 years and was a former treasurer of the Columbia County Girl Scouts Council. He acted as financial adviser to the Town of Bloomsburg and Bloomsburg school board on many occasions. He served as president of the PA Bankers Assoc. in 1961-1962.
Funeral was held at the Kriner Funeral Home in Bloomsburg with Rev. Derwood A. Strunk of Wesley UMC officiating (no viewing). Burial in Seaford Odd Fellows Cemetery.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 11 F    i. Merle Elizabeth Lank was born on Sep 21, 1930.

10. Charles Merle Hollis Jr. (Charles Merle (Dr.)⁷, James Madison², Charles¹) was born on Apr 25, 1915, died on Jul 4, 1973 at age 58, and was buried in Seaford Odd Fellows Cmtry.

Charles married Dorothy Griffin. Dorothy was born in 1920 in Berlin, MD.

General Notes: Enrolled in elem. school as 'Griffith.'

Children from this marriage were:

+ 12 M    i. Charles Merle Hollis III was born in 1940.

+ 13 M    ii. John Hollis was born in 1944.

+ 14 F    iii. Mary Anne Hollis was born in 1954.