Lorraine June Smith Heisey (1929-2012)

Lorraine June Smith Heisey

Birth

30 Aug 1929

Elstonville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

20 Aug 2012 (aged 82)

Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Mastersonville Brethren In Christ Cemetery

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Lorraine, J. Heisey, 82, of Maytown, died peacefully, Monday August 20, 2012 at Hospice and Community Care, Mount Joy. She was the wife of the late Charles C. Heisey who in died in 2009. Born in Elstonville, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin W. and Minnie (Hoffer) Smith. She enjoyed reading, cooking, traveling, and walking, but her greatest love was being a wife, mother, and grandmother. Lorraine was active with the Maytown Historical Society. In her earlier years she attended St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Mount Joy and in her later years she attended St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Maytown.

Surviving is a son Gary husband of Janice (Nixon) Heisey of Asheville, NC; two grandchildren Alexander and Emma Heisey; four sisters Ruth Forry, Darlene Lamberson, Shirley Morrison, Helen Rhoads; and five brothers Hoffer K., James R., Wayne G., Eugene, and Robert Smith.

In addition to her husband and parents she was preceded in death by a son Jerry Heisey, and two brothers Jay and Ben Smith.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend her funeral service at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 11 N. Queen St. Maytown, on Saturday September 1, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. Interment will be in Mastersonville Brethren in Christ Cemetery. There will be a public viewing on Saturday at the church from 1:00 P.M. until the time of the service.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Lorraine's memory may be sent to Hospice & Community Care, founded as Hospice of Lancaster County, P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster PA 17604-4125 or Maytown Historical Society, 4 W. High St. Maytown, PA 17550. www.heiligfuneral.com

Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era 8/29/2012