Descendents of Anna Mina Koppelman

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Anna Mina (Minnie) Koppelman (b. January 4, 1888, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d.January, 1980) was the second-eldest daughter of John Harman Koppelman. She married George Peter Raab on April 12, 1917 (b. March 5, 1891, Baltimore Co., MD; d.1953, Baltimore Co. MD). They are buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD.

Unlike the Koppelmans, who were Lutheran, George Raab was a Roman Catholic.

G. Edward “Eddie” Koppelman recalls that George Raab and his son, George Jr., were in great demand for both mortared stonework and dry wall stonework. He did the block and stone work for St. Clement’s Catholic Church, and built many stone walls along Belair Road. Even when his hands became crippled with arthritis and he was no longer able to handle stones himself, if authentic traditional stonework was called for, George Sr. would be brought to sit and direct the work from a chair. George and Minnie’s children were:

1. Gertrude Mary Raab (b. March 4, 1918, Baltimore Co., Maryland; d. April 13,

2004, Baltimore Co., MD) m. William R. Bush (b. October 7, 1913, MD; d.

November 17, 1996, Baltimore, MD) Gertrude worked as a secretary and bookkeeper

for Gross Mechanical Laboratories. She and her husband lived in the Brooklyn Park

area for 40 years. They were members of St. Philip Neri Roman Catholic Church.

Gertrude and William Bush are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery just south of

Baltimore.[1] Their children are:

a. Virginia F. Bush (b. June 1940, MD) m. Ronald E. Hawkins (b. Aug 1934):

1. Stacy L. Hawkins (b. July 1974, MD?)

2. Ronald Hawkins

3. Kristy Hawkins

b. Ronald J. Bush (b. ?) m. Carol ?:

1. Kimberly Bush m. Terry ?

c. Anne Mary Bush (b?) m. Richard Smith:

1. Richard Smith

2. Michael Smith

3. Sharon Smith

4. Patty Smith

5. Terry Smith m. Mark Gillespie

d. William R. Bush, Jr. (b.?) m. Carol ?:

1. William Bush, III

2. Kelly Bush

2. Anna Evelyn Raab (b. August 11, 1920, Baltimore, MD m. Lester Jones:

a. Lester Jones, Jr. m. Betty:

1. Michael Jones

2. Leslie Ann Jones

b. Carol Jones m. John Demik:

1. Terry Demik

2. Michael Demik

3. Leslie Demik

4. Evelyn Demik

3. Ruth E. Raab (b. July 10, 1923, Baltimore Co., MD) m. Leighton P. Sterner (b. 4

Sept 1917, York Co., PA; d. 19 July 1981, Baltimore, MD[2]) Leighton Sterner was the

son of York County, PA blacksmith and farmer Miles Sterner (b. 26 Mar 1874, Carroll

Co., MD?[3]; d. 3 Oct 1927, York Co., PA[4]) and Martha J. Albright (b. May 1877, PA;

m. Miles Sterner 29 Oct 1900, York Co., PA[5]; d. 26 Jan 1957, York Co., PA?[6]),

daughter of West Manheim Township farmer Isaac Albright (b. June 1847, PA; d. 5

Aug 1905, York Co., PA) and Elizabeth Albright (b. Sept 1845, PA). One of Miles’

younger brothers, Jacob H. Sterner (b. March 1870, MD; d. 20 Mar 1920, York Co.,

PA[7]) moved to West Manheim Township, York County, with his family sometime

between 1897 and 1899, to farm.

This line of Sterners or Starners appears to go back to at least 1811 in Carroll County,

MD. Miles Sterner was the son of Rebecca Sterner (b. abt. 1839, MD)

and Edmund or Edward H. Sterner[8] (b. abt. 1845, MD), a Manchester Township,

Carroll Co. “huckster.” Edmund was the son of farmer Jacob Starner (b. abt. 1820,

MD) and Sarah Starner (b. abt. 1823, MD), Based primarily on census data, this line of

descent has not yet been confirmed.

Leighton Sterner had a brother, Robert H. F. Sterner (b. abt. 1908, York Co., PA),

and a sister, Pearl V. Sterner (b. abt. 1912, York Co., PA). In 1910, Miles had a

blacksmith shop in West Manheim Township, on the Hanover-Baltimore Pike (Route 30).

It appears that he purchased land in West Manheim Township from Anna M. Garrett

on 9 Apr 1900[9]. In 1920, he had a small truck farm on Black Rock Road outside of

Hanover[10]. After Miles Sterner’s death, Martha and Robert went to work in a cordage

factory[11]. Leighton was not with him; he may have hired out as a farm laborer.

Ruth and Leighton Sterner had four children:

a. Leighton P. Sterner, Jr.

1. Timothy

2. Gregory

3. Tasha

b. Denise Sterner (b. 22 June, 1948, MD; d. Sept. 1982, Baltimore, MD or

Riverside CO., CA[12]) m. Bill Hardy:

1. Amber Kelly Hardy

2. Barbara Hardy m. Larry McHugh:

a. Thomas McHugh

b. Daniel McHugh

c. Michael V. Sterner m. Teresa E. Ledesma (b. 1954?)

d. Dennis Wayne Sterner (b. June 1948, MD; d. 8 April 2008, Baltimore CO., MD) m.

Antonetta J. Caraffa; Dennis was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He is buried in

Gardens of Faith Memorial Gardens, Baltimore Co., MD.

4. George W. Raab (b. December 29, 1925, Baltimore, MD; d. September 13, 2004,

Baltimore, MD) m. Rita A. Franz (b. May 19, 1924, MD) George W. Raab is buried in

Gardens of Faith Memorial Gardens, Rosedale, Baltimore Co., MD. George and Rita had

12 children:

a. George Gregory Raab (b. 1947, MD) m. Linda (b. 1948) Greg Raab, president of

Raab & Associates, Inc., is an independent consultant specializing in technology

innovation, reimbursement requirements, and health policy. His clients include medical

technology associations and groups, as well as medical technology companies.

Before beginning his consulting practice in 2000, Dr. Raab held senior government

affairs and health policy positions at AdvaMed, the Advanced Medical Technology

Association, for more than seven years, and at Medtronic, Inc. for close to ten years.

From 1981 to 1983, Dr. Raab staffed Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) in his role as the

Ranking Democratic Member of the Senate Finance Committee's Health

Subcommittee, concentrating on Medicare policies and hospital reimbursement reform.

He also worked for several years at HCFA (now the Centers for Medicare and

Medicaid Services) on a wide range of legislative and policy matters, as well as the

U.S. Public Health Service. He earned his M.A. and PhD. from the University of

Virginia.[13]

b. Frederick A. Raab (b. Apr 1949, MD) m. Kathy R. (b. Mar 1950)

c. Annetta M. Raab (b. July 1950, MD) m. Paul C. Kotschenreuther (b. May 1949):

1. Lauren Kotschenreuther ?

2. David P. Kotschenreuther (b. Nov 1977, MD)

d. Beverly Raab m. Martin Lang:

1. Jonathan Lang

e. Stephen M. Raab (b. December 4, 1953; d. March 29, 1999) m. Judy; Stephen M.

Raab is buried in Gardens of Faith Memorial Gardens, Rosedale, Baltimore Co.,

MD. Stephen and Judy had one son:

1. Stephen M. Raab Jr. (b. 1981, MD)

f. David Raab

g. Geraldine Raab

h. Gloria Raab

i. Gary Raab

j. Brian Raab

k. Patricia Jean Raab (b. 1956, Baltimore, MD) m. Thomas G. Thanner (b. Jan

1954); divorced. They have one son:

1. Eric G. Thanner (b. abt. 1982, MD?) Eric Thanner is a graduate of Villa Julie

College in Baltimore County.

l. Mary Ellen Raab m. Craig Olsen

5. Edna E. Raab (b. Nov 4, 1932, Baltimore, MD) m. Howard Robert Thomas (b.6 Dec

1925, Baltimore, MD; d. 9 July 1998, Baltimore, MD[14]) A graduate of Kenwood High

School, Bob served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was a lifelong

employee of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and an automobile enthusiast who drove in

stock car races during the 1950s. He is buried in Parkwood Cemetery, Parkville, MD.[15]

a. Howard Robert Thomas, Jr. (b. abt. 1948, MD; d. 7 Dec 2007, Baltimore, MD)

Known as “Bob,” he was a Vietnam veteran. He is buried in Parkwood Cemetery,

Parkville, MD.[16]

1. Rob Thomas

b. Kenneth R. Thomas (b. abt. 1950, MD) m. Deborah A.