He married Betty Jane Spangenberg and together raised their family of three boys in New Cumberland PA: Tim (married to Nancy Bonner) a book designer and calligrapher near Chicago IL, Greg (married to Jenny Hankwitz) a painter and poet near Santa Fe NM, and Ken (married to JoAnn Ryan) a graphic designer near Dayton OH. He worked at the Evangelical Press as a printer for twenty years, then sold life insurance with several companies, and in retirement drove a school bus. After Betty Jane died in 1975, he married Shirley Eisenhower, a widow who had four children: Cynthia, Cory, Keith, and Henry whom he helped raise in Mechanicsburg PA. He sang in church choirs most of his life and was especially fond of organ music. In later years he also owned a boat and enjoyed water skiing. He moved to Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream IL in 2014.
He is survived by one sister, Beverly Bortner of Harrisburg, six children, eleven grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.
Internment with military honors will take place at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Pennsylvania, Friday June 16 at 9:30 AM. A memorial service will be held later this month at Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois.
Published on Pennlive.com and in The Patriot-News on June 11, 2017
He married Betty Jane Spangenberg and together raised their family of three boys in New Cumberland PA: Tim (married to Nancy Bonner) a book designer and calligrapher near Chicago IL, Greg (married to Jenny Hankwitz) a painter and poet near Santa Fe NM, and Ken (married to JoAnn Ryan) a graphic designer near Dayton OH. He worked at the Evangelical Press as a printer for twenty years, then sold life insurance with several companies, and in retirement drove a school bus. After Betty Jane died in 1975, he married Shirley Eisenhower, a widow who had four children: Cynthia, Cory, Keith, and Henry whom he helped raise in Mechanicsburg PA. He sang in church choirs most of his life and was especially fond of organ music. In later years he also owned a boat and enjoyed water skiing. He moved to Windsor Park Manor in Carol Stream IL in 2014.
He is survived by one sister, Beverly Bortner of Harrisburg, six children, eleven grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.
Internment with military honors will take place at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Pennsylvania, Friday June 16 at 9:30 AM. A memorial service will be held later this month at Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois.
Published on Pennlive.com and in The Patriot-News on June 11, 2017
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