Levi Franklin Gruber^[1]

1870 - 1941  (71 years)

• Name	Levi Franklin Gruber
  Born	13 May 1870	Berks County, Pennsylvania
  		Gruber Brothers in front of Gruber Wagon Works left to right: Levi, George, Jacob, and John
  Gender	Male
  Died	05 Dec 1941	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  Buried	Bern Cemetery, Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I085169	Strausstown Roots | Braun.P, Schauer.M
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Franklin Henry Gruber,   b. 14 Sep 1835, Robesonia, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 03 Jul 1898, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Matilda Himmelberger,   b. 16 Jan 1831, Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Nov 1906, Penn Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F08004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amelia Louisa Hoehn,   b. 05 Sep 1878, New York ,   d. 18 Jan 1969, Illinois  (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F29835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S164] Email, Robert Gruber Oct 2020. "We remember the only member of the Gruber family to not go into wagon making, Levi Franklin Gruber. Franklin H. Gruber founded the Gruber Wagon Works in 1882 and eventually four of his five sons continued the family business into the 20th century. However, the youngest son, Levi forged a different path as a Lutheran minister. Levi F. Gruber (1870-1941) attended Kutztown State Normal School now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, before he went on to earn a degree in theology from Muhlenberg College. He later served as the president of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois from 1926 to 1941. While president, Levi collected nearly 300 books and manuscripts from the 15th to 18th centuries still preserved today at the Lutheran Theological Seminary and is known as the Levi Gruber Collection. Seen in the photograph are a four of the Gruber brothers in 1929 with the Wagon Works visible in the background. From left to right: Levi, George, Jacob, and John".