Ethel P. Earnest, 84, of Outlook Pointe Commons, Lewisbury, formerly of Richfield RR1, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000, at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg.
Born Feb. 22, 1915, in Richfield RR1, she was a daughter of the late Samuel S. and Grace (Shirk) Leitzel. Her husband, Russell Earnest, whom she married June 26, 1948, died Aug. 24, 1974.
Surviving are: sisters, M. Kathryn Amey, Mifflintown RR1, and Mrs. G. Edgar (A. Geraldine) Arbogast, Mount Pleasant Mills RR1; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Glenn E. Leitzel, in childhood, C. Shirk Leitzel, S. Ernest Leitzel, Robert A. Leitzel, and H. Nobel Leitzel; and two sisters, Agnes Mae Fisher and Olive E. Hornberger.
She was educated at Graybill's Grammar schoolhouse, Upper Heister Valley, Richfield RR1. She also studied and completed the practical nursing program at Lewistown Hospital. She worked for the Richfield Shirt Factory and retired from the Middleburg Throwing Mill, Middleburg.
She was a lifelong member of Richfield Mennonite Church. She was an avid reader and enjoyed doing quilt piece work for the Mennonite Church women's sewing group.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Richfield Mennonite Church, Richfield, with the Rev. Chandler J. Cutting officiating. Interment will be in Richfield Union Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Richfield Mennonite Church, RR1, Box 11, Richfield, PA 17086.
The George P. Garman Funeral Home Inc., Mount Pleasant Mills, is in charge of arrangements.
George P. Garman Funeral Home Inc. Obituary
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Ethel P. Earnest, 84, of Outlook Pointe Commons, Lewisbury, formerly of Richfield RR1, died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000, at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg.
Born Feb. 22, 1915, in Richfield RR1, she was a daughter of the late Samuel S. and Grace (Shirk) Leitzel. Her husband, Russell Earnest, whom she married June 26, 1948, died Aug. 24, 1974.
Surviving are: sisters, M. Kathryn Amey, Mifflintown RR1, and Mrs. G. Edgar (A. Geraldine) Arbogast, Mount Pleasant Mills RR1; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by five brothers, Glenn E. Leitzel, in childhood, C. Shirk Leitzel, S. Ernest Leitzel, Robert A. Leitzel, and H. Nobel Leitzel; and two sisters, Agnes Mae Fisher and Olive E. Hornberger.
She was educated at Graybill's Grammar schoolhouse, Upper Heister Valley, Richfield RR1. She also studied and completed the practical nursing program at Lewistown Hospital. She worked for the Richfield Shirt Factory and retired from the Middleburg Throwing Mill, Middleburg.
She was a lifelong member of Richfield Mennonite Church. She was an avid reader and enjoyed doing quilt piece work for the Mennonite Church women's sewing group.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Richfield Mennonite Church, Richfield, with the Rev. Chandler J. Cutting officiating. Interment will be in Richfield Union Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Richfield Mennonite Church, RR1, Box 11, Richfield, PA 17086.
The George P. Garman Funeral Home Inc., Mount Pleasant Mills, is in charge of arrangements.
George P. Garman Funeral Home Inc. Obituary
Obituary provided by Leo Shelley
Gravesite Details
Birth & Death Dates from the Social Security Death Index
Family Members
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Glenn Edward Leitzel
1905–1907
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Shirk C. Leitzel
1906–1971
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Mary Kathryn Leitzel Amey
1907–2001
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Agnes Mae Leitzel Fisher
1909–1981
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S. Ernest Leitzel
1910–1988
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Robert A. "Henny" Leitzel
1912–1982
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Olive Elizabeth Leitzel Hornberger
1917–1962
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A Geraldine Leitzel Arbogast
1920–2011
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Henry Nobel Leitzel
1922–1991
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