He retired from Bethlehem Steel Corp. Cornwall Mines; worked for Cornwall - Lebanon School District transportation department; and was a member of Cornwall United Methodist Church, Mount Olivet Lodge 704 F&AM, Harrisburg Consistory, Zembo Temple, Zembo Ushers Unit, Hershey Shrine Club, Lebanon Optimist Club and Cornwall - Lebanon School Board.
Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth C. Beil Patton; a son, Gordon E. of Virginia Beach, VA; two daughters, Gloria E. Balmer of Manheim and Nila L. Reich of Lebanon; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Christman's Funeral Home, Lebanon. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Cornwall Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Lebanon County, P.O. Box 1281, Lebanon 17042-9933.
[The Patriot News - January 10, 1998]
He retired from Bethlehem Steel Corp. Cornwall Mines; worked for Cornwall - Lebanon School District transportation department; and was a member of Cornwall United Methodist Church, Mount Olivet Lodge 704 F&AM, Harrisburg Consistory, Zembo Temple, Zembo Ushers Unit, Hershey Shrine Club, Lebanon Optimist Club and Cornwall - Lebanon School Board.
Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth C. Beil Patton; a son, Gordon E. of Virginia Beach, VA; two daughters, Gloria E. Balmer of Manheim and Nila L. Reich of Lebanon; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Christman's Funeral Home, Lebanon. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Cornwall Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Lebanon County, P.O. Box 1281, Lebanon 17042-9933.
[The Patriot News - January 10, 1998]