Residents Part III
Terminology Used For Laurelton Residents Over The Years:
Idiot and imbecile were IQ terms.
The correct terms used for Residents as a whole ranged from Inmates in the 1920s and 1930s to Patients, followed by Students, then Residents, and finally Individuals. Other terms used either info informally by staff or even in narratives on reports to the state were:
Low morons, High morons, Borderline, Dull Normal, Delinquent Defective, Psychotic, Personalty Deviate, Brain Injured, Incorrigible, Uncooperative, Insane, Feeble-minded, Women, Girls, Children, Imbecile, and Little Girls
Still in use in 1956 on Analysis of Admissions were:
Idiot, Imbecile, Low Moron, High Moron, Borderline, Dull Normal, Average
Idiot (via Wikipedia) From the Greek. Formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for profound intellectual disability where mental age is 2 years or 20 or less.
In the 14th Century, a mentally deficient I.Q. below 30 was an idiot. Imbeciles were in the 3-7 year range and morons were in the 7-10 year range.
This list contains the names of approximately 1650 former residents. Names have been collected from census records; newspaper articles and notices, mostly prior to 1970; websites maintained by former employees; personal recollections of interviewees; and obituaries with the assistance of many.
Names vary in spelling and form, depending upon the source. In addition to appearing in this master list of resident names, names are also in some sub-sets. These include but are not limited to escapees, residents, and babies buried in the Laurelton plot of the Hartleton Cemetery and resident deaths at Laurelton. Initial code definitions follow the name list.
An additional resident list can be found here.
A.
Margaret Kathryn Agu_____ - bapt. 1943
Melva Angelo
Ethel Ansell - escapee 1954
Emily Attallah - Correction - admitted 1959
Janet Austin
B.
Rose Jane Bailey - 20 in 1930 - bapt. 1943
Edith Bair - bapt. 1943
Eliza Baker - 1972
Gladys Charlotte (Williams) Baker - bapt. 1945
Thelma Baldwin - 1967
Dollie Banks - 1968
Ellen Banning - Correction - 22 - escapee 1949
Jackie Beck - 1964
Segrid Beck - 1973
Walter Bedenk - 1985
Linda Behler - 1968
Ivy Beringham - 1974
Bernice Bickham - 25 - escapee 1940s - Hazleton
Helen Billman - escapee 1954
Delores Blagman
Ella May Blovert - 1946
Dorothy Boone - 1964
Paul Leon Boop - d. 6/1983 - Union County
Mary Bornyak - 1964
Bethany Ann Bossert - d. 1988
Paige Boyd - d. 1975?
Arlene Breiner - 1964
Helen Breiner - 1964
Steven Bressler - 1974
Olive Brobet
Joyce Brought - 1966
Marie Brown - Xmas 1939
Margaret Agnes Bunda - 1968
Sara Ann(Geist) Burd - 1942 - 2000 - Lehigh County
Grace Burdin - 1964
Madeline Burrell - 1975
Jeffrey N. Butler - 1987
C.
Cable, Flora May – age 37 – 1940
L. Callohan - 1965
Anna Belle Campbell - 17 escapee - Philadelphia
R. Casey - 1964
Robert Chestlo - d. 1981 - Allegheny County
Jessica D Clark - 22 - d. 1/2001
Jane Conoly - 1964
Barbara Craig - 1965
Pat Croyl - 1964
D.
Florence Daugherty - 22 - escapee 1954 - New Kensington
Sarah Davies - 1960
Susan Dawson
Mac Derr
Lena Dersek - 1993
Julia DeWald - escapee 1947
Mary Dice - 1972
Mary Dishman - 1964
Paula Dishman - 1968
Ruth Dochterman - 1975
E.
Lillie Eck - 1965
Jane Elser - 1973 - 1985
Flora Entsey - N - escapee 1950
?Bertha Etsweiler - Xmas 1939
F.
Mary Faccet
Helen Fair - N - escapee 1950
Satina Fedel - Xmas 1939
Bonnie Felker - 1967
Marjorie Fief - 1973
Allen Fink - 1973 - 1985
Sally Firestone - 1964
Edith L. Fisher - 26 - 1930
Kathryn Flores - Xmas 1939
Doran Fogelman - 1987
Beatrice Forrester - 1942 - Potter County
Erma Hulda Fouse - d. 6/1995
Geraldine Francis - N - escapee 1950
Rose Frick - 1966
Bessie May Fritz - 1932 - Fulton County
Betty Furgeson -- 1964
G.
Dorothy Gamble - escapee 1950
Anna Gaumer - 1972
Richard Geltze - 1985
Mark Getz - 1974
Andrew "Buddy" Glinka - correction - d. 51 - 11/1976 - after being lost on the property in October
Catherine Glunt - Xmas 1939
Betty Jane Good - 1964
Sherri L. Goss - d. 3/1994
Catherine Greeninger - 20 yr. res. - d. 11/1982 Berks County
P. Grimm - 1972
David Groome - 1973
Mary Gross - 1968
Pearl Guyer - 1968
H.
Brenda Hammond - 1964
Ferne Hammond - 1944 - Berwick (might be La Verne) - troublesome career
Mary Hammond - 1965
Edith Hampton - 1974
Martha Harter - 1973
Marion K. Haxta - d. 6/2019 - Northumberland County
Jane Hayes - 1964
Mary Elizabeth Hazzard - 16 - Oct. 1956 - Northampton County
Ann Hellyer - 1946
Cinda Lou Hengst - correction d. 7/202?
B. Henry - 1969
J. Henry - 1964
S. Henry - 1964
Patsy Henderson - N - C - 10
J. Herrold - escapee 1960
Estralita Hewes - 1964
Benita Hill - escapee 1954
Sharon Hill - 1964
Rose Hinton -20 - escapee 1954 - Philadelphia
Mirian Hirner - 1929 - Lehigh County
Nancy Hockensmith
Eleanor Hoffeditz - 1965
Violet Hoffer - escapee 1960
Franklin F. Hoop, Jr.
Anna Marie Hoover escapee 1938 - Found - Philadelphia
Henry Paul Horn - 20 year guest - d. 2/1995
Christina M. "Chrissy" Hosler - Derr - d. 2002
Theresa Houghton - 1971
Charlotte Hughes - 1965
I.
Nancy H. Immel - Earle - d. 4/2023
Betty Ivory - 1970
J.
Hulda Jeremice - escapee 1954
Joyce Jewell - C-10 and Johnston - 1975
Eugene Johnston - 1985
Leona Johnson - 1964
Rhoda Johnson - 1973
Vida Johnson - N - escapee 1950
Edna May Jones - N - escapee 1950
Ida May Jones - Xmas 1939
K.
F. Kaile - 1965
Linda Karahan - 1967
Elsie Kepple/Kipple - escapee - Cumberland County
Helen Kepple - 1964
Pearl Kline - 18 - 1923 - New Castle
B. King - 1971
Josephine Kolodcieck - Xmas 1939
Charles J. Korman - d. 8/2000
Minnie L. Kuhns - 17 - escapee 1920 - Trevorton
L.
George Lampher - 1974
Mitzi Laughman - 1987
Barbara Leas? - 1967
Margie Elaine Leib - 1977
Beverly Lenze? - 1964
Marjorie Lewis - 1946
Olive Lingenfelter - 1968
Joyce Ann Lockard
Sammy (fem.) Logan - 1969
James A. Lovett - 22 year res. d. 11/1993
Benjamin Lupton - 1977
David Lynch - 1974
M.
Shirley Magent - 1968
Jenny Manne - 74 - d. 1/1993
Catherine Martin - escapee 1950
Emma Mase - 1964
Brenda McCloe - 1964
Margaret McDonald - Xmas 1939
Beatrice McKelvey - Xmas 1939
Hilda McKelvey - correction - escapee 1950 - Franklin County
Pat McKerahan - 1964
Sara McMillan - Xmas 1939
Margaret Alverda Mentzer - 21 - 1943 - Blair County
B. Mitchell - 1928
Florence Monoca - 1965
Frederick Moody - 24 year res. d. 1/1996 Sunbury
Jean Moore - 1965
Madeline Pearl Morrison - 1943
Vivian Mosely - 1964
Veronica Musselman - 1966
N.
Anna Nabozney 24 - escapee
J. Noble - 1975
O.
Jennie O'Shell - 1965
P.
Josephine Pachocha - 1946
Shirley Paden - 1965
Greg Parks - early 1980s - blind and deaf
Zola Payne - 1964
Bill Peace - 1975
Pennsworth Sisters - 1968
Carmella Percy - 1946
Beverly Phillips - 1964
Helen Phillips - 1946
Vince Polony - Jolly Hall then a group home - d. 3/2022
Mary Polosky - 1966
Joseph Ponish - Linn - d.2/1984 - Centre County
Martha Port - 1946
Mary Poston - 1961
Loretta Powell - 1964
Theresa Priblek - Xmas 1939
R.
Carl Reed
Doris Raymond - 1964?
Cynthia Reeser - 1974
Linda Rehm - 1968
Cecelia Reimer - 1968
Maizie Renard - 16 - 1942 - Snyder County
C. Reynolds - 1968
Betty Rice - 1969
E. Rider - 1975
Isabel Rinker - Xmas - 1939
Louise Rise - 1965
Harriet Robison - 1985
Eleanor Rogue - escapee 1961 - was returned
(Mrs.) Mabel Roush - 1939 - Union County
S.
LaVerne Sams - 1968
David Schlosser - 1984
Maizie Schmuck - 1922 - York County
Chere Schwartz - 1975
Betty Sechler - 1965
Kate Sedoris - 1967
Kathryn Mae (Adams) Shively - 1975-1995 - ret. - d. 2/24
Ruth Shores - 1946
Gladys Singer - 1946
Rose Sliffy - 1973
Barbara Slobodnick - d. 1981 - Hamburg
Violet Slockwich? - 1964
Linda Smith - 1971
Theresa Sneriglo? - 1966
Renee Mamie Snyder - 1940
Ruth Snyder - 1973
R. Starr - 1975
T.
Nancy Taylor - 1967
Rose Tischler - 1985
Mabel Todd - 1968
Joe Toohey - 1974
Alverta Trostle - 1946
Mae Trutt - Xmas 1939
Marion Turner
W.
Dorothy (Harris) Walker? - d. 12/1995
Elizabeth Wall - 1946
Blanche Warburton - Bapt. 1943
Genevieve Warburton - Bapt. 1943
Helen Warner - 1968
Pauline Watson - 1964
Judy Weidenhammer - 1966
W. A. Welters - 1966
AmeliaWheary - Northumberland
Adelaide Rowena Wheeler - 1939
Richard "Chester" Whipple - wandered away - 1976
V. A. White - 1965
Willa Whitehouse - 1966
Marjorie Williams - 1964
Rebecca Winters - 1964
Nancy Wischman - 1968
Glenn E. Wise - d. 11/1998
Randy Wolfe - 1975
Mildred J. "Millie" Wood - d. 1/2000
?Mary Woodland -- Xmas 1939 - ?Towanda
?Mary Woodling? - Xmas 1939
Lena Workman - 1966
Y.
Esther Yeager - 24 - escapee 1954 - Philadelphia
James Yoder - 1973
M. Yoder(s)? - 1964
V. A. Yokum - 1964
Betty Young - 25 - escapee 1951
Z.
Mabel Zandell - 1970
Marie Zerbe - escapee 1938 - Erie County