Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Messenger, Jack G.    November 28, 2007
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  Lebanon Daily News from 11/30/2007 - 12/2/2007
  Messenger, Jack G.     
   
  Jack G. Messenger HERSHEY Jack G. Messenger, 85, of Hershey passed away 
  Wednesday, November 28, 2007, in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born 
  July 22, 1922, in Clarksburg, W.Va., a son of the late Okey J. and Ora 
  (Facemire) Messenger. Mr. Messenger was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and 
  survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack, a retired employee of the Milton Hershey 
  School where he was a herdsman and substitute houseparent, and a member of the 
  Union Deposit United Methodist Church. He was also an accomplished woodcarver 
  and member of the National Woodcarvers Association, and was known as 
  the "Vagabond Wittler." Surviving are his wife, Juanita (Wright) Messenger; two 
  sons, Jack II and his wife Linda of Lebanon, and Jeffrey and his wife Gayle of 
  Hershey; a sister Margaret Edminston of Missouri; six grandchildren, Douglas, 
  Jayson, Travis, Jonathon, and Joshua Messenger and Stasia Miller; 11 
  greatgrandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in 
  death by a daughter Elizabeth Gene Messenger. A memorial service will be held 
  Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in his church. Friends may call at the 
  church Tuesday from 9 a.m. until service time. Interment with military honors 
  will be in the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, 
  the family prefers memorial contributions be made to his church at 34 W. Main 
  Street, Hershey, PA 17033. Hoover Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc. in Hershey is 
  handling the arrangements.  
  
  
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