 1918 - 2019 (101 years)
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| Name |
Arlene L Swope |
| Born |
23 Feb 1918 |
Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
05 Jun 2019 |
Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
| Buried |
08 Jun 2019 |
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
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Deck, Ray A. & Arlene L. (Swope)
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| Person ID |
I294866 |
Strausstown Roots |
| Last Modified |
9 Jun 2019 |
| Father |
Jerry Levi Swope, b. 27 Nov 1898, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 10 Jun 1973, Fredericksburg, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (Age 74 years) |
| Mother |
Lillie I Grimes, b. 07 Jan 1900, Bethel Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 28 Dec 1966, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (Age 66 years) |
| Married |
16 Aug 1917 |
Hamlin, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
| Family ID |
F95830 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ray A Deck, b. 13 Aug 1916, Bethel Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania , d. 20 Sep 2001, Hershey, Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Age 85 years) |
| Married |
16 Aug 1937 |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
9 Jun 2019 |
| Family ID |
F54850 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S167] Lebanon Daily News, on-line, 07 Jun 2019.
Arlene L. Deck, 101, of Cornwall and previously of Fredericksburg and Hershey, passed away on June 5, 2019, at Cornwall Manor. She was the wife of the late Ray Deck who died in 2001.
Born in Fredericksburg on February 23, 1918, and raised in Hamlin, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Lillie (Grimes) Swope. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg. Arlene and Ray ran the Fredericksburg post office for 37 years. Arlene served as the postmaster, while Ray served his country overseas during WW II. She was a past member of Fredericksburg Lionettes, the Lutheran Church Women and the Jonestown Business and Professional Women's Club. Arlene loved her family and friends and loved to laugh.
She is survived by her daughter, Jane L. wife of Patrick S. Blaser of Hershey; grandchildren Jessica Somers of Lenexa, KS and Zach Blaser of Allentown; four great grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild; sisters Anna M. Swope of Hershey, Nancy wife of John Rhen of Jonestown and Frances Lutz of Hershey. She was preceded in death by a sister Florence Gerhart and her brother Gene Swope.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. at the Kreamer & Lum Funeral Home & Crematory Rt. 72 & Camp Meeting Rd. Jonestown. Viewing will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg.
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