Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Martin, Geraldine R. McCorkel November 8, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. Miller shabodeho@aol.com November 12, 2007, 1:56 pm Lebanon Daily News on 11/10/2007 Martin, Geraldine R. McCorkel Geraldine R. McCorkel Martin HERSHEY Geraldine R. McCorkel Martin, 80, of Twin Oaks Nursing Home in Campbelltown, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, in the home. She was the wife of the late Melvin H. Martin, who died Dec. 2, 1978. She was born on June 30, 1927, in Hershey to Jacob and Mary Snavely McCorkel. She was a homemaker. She assisted her husband with his furniture-refinishing business for many years. She was talented with chaircaning. For a few years she worked at the former Hershey Lumber Co. as a secretary. She was a member of the Bright Hope Fellowship Brethren in Christ Church. Surviving are her sons Melvin E. Martin and his wife, Diane, of Hershey, and Wayne L. Martin and his wife, Pamela, of Palmyra; 5 grandchildren, Michele Hitz of Harrisburg, and Bradley Martin, Amy Longenecker, Melissa Devitz and Sarah Martin, all of Palmyra; 4 greatgrandchildren; brothers Samuel and Jacob McCorkel, Hershey; Lloyd McCorkel, Carlisle, and Paul McCorkel, Lebanon; sisters Shirley Meyers, Denver, Mary Kohlenberg, Hornell, N.Y., and Charlotte Rissler, Hershey. She was preceded in death by a brother, Donald McCorkel, and a sister, Mildred Runyon. Relatives and friends are invited to a time of viewing on Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, in the Rothermel Funeral Home Inc., 25 W. Pine St., Palmyra, from 9:30- 10:30 a.m. followed by her funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow in the Hershey Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 1263, Lebanon, PA 17042. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb