Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Smith, Harvey A.  November 26, 2007
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  Lebanon Daily News on 11/29/2007
  Smith, Harvey A.    
   
   
  Harvey A. Smith SCHAEFFERSTOWN Harvey A. Smith, 81, of North Lancaster Avenue, 
  Schaefferstown, Pa., died Monday, November 26, 2007, while doing one of his 
  favorite activities, hunting in the woods in the Pocono Mountains. He was born 
  in Kunkletown, Pa., on October 31, 1926, a son of the late John and Mary George 
  Smith. He is preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Doris Feller Smith. His 
  survivors include his daughters Gail Hibshman, wife of Glenn Hibshman, 
  Schaefferstown, and Marylouise Gingrich, wife of Timothy Gingrich, Lebanon; 
  grandsons Clinton Hibshman, Ephrata, Chad Hibshman, Lebanon, Daniel Moyer, 
  Myerstown, and James Zengerle, Lebanon; and granddaughters Dana Moyer, Lebanon, 
  Jonelle Edris, Jonestown, Cameron Moyer, Cornwall, Holly Zengerle, Lebanon. He 
  is also survived by his greatgrandchildren, Dustan, Lebanon, Kaitlyn and 
  Xandra, Myerstown, Victoria, Cornwall, Molly, Lebanon, and Braden, Jonestown. 
  Also preceding him in death are his sister Mabel Paloubet, his brothers Francis 
  Smith and Raymond Smith, and his great-grandson, Jason. Surviving siblings 
  include Franklin Smith, Saylorsburg, Marvin Smith, Stroudsburg, Ellis Smith, 
  Kunkletown, Earl Smith, Lehighton, Virginia Anthony, Kunkletown, Sarah 
  Heminitz, Kunkletown, and Arlene Smith, Nazareth. Upon graduation from Polk 
  Township High School, Harvey served his country in World War II in the U.S. 
  Army Infantry as an expert rifleman. He was stationed in the Philippines in 
  19451946 with the 117th Hospital Battalion until the end of the war. After the 
  war, he worked at Bethlehem Steel in Palmerton before enrolling in the 
  Agricultural Science Program at Penn State University. After earning a 
  bachelor's degree in 1952, he began his career teaching agriculture, shop and 
  science at Schaefferstown High School. During his teaching tenure, he found 
  time to obtain a master's degree from Penn State in 1956. Harvey taught for 17 
  years and worked for the Pennsylvania State Department of Education for 20 
  years. He later accepted a position as vocational agricultural consultant for a 
  region of five counties. After retiring from that position, he was self-
  employed as an electrician, a trade he learned from his father; drove delivery 
  truck for Layser's Flowers; and worked as a consultant for a landscaping firm. 
  Harvey was also proficient in Pennsylvania Dutch and taught the dialect for 
  adult classes at Eastern Lebanon County High School for many years. Throughout 
  the years, Harvey has received numerous awards and honors from the Future 
  Farmers of America and the National Vocational Agricultural Teachers 
  Association for his years of dedicated and outstanding service. He received the 
  FFA Keystone Farmer Degree in 1964 and the National Vo-Ag Certificate of 
  Appreciation in 1988. He has received the FFA Degree of Honorary Chapter Farmer 
  from 23 of the organization's chapters. In 1984, he was awarded the Degree of 
  Honorary American Farmer at the National FFA Convention. In 1964, Harvey was 
  elected and served as Justice of the Peace for Heidelberg Township. Harvey was 
  an active member of the Kunkletown Rod and Gun Club, Grundsow Lodge No. 17 and 
  the Mt. Lebanon Masonic Lodge No. 226 F and AM. He was past president and 
  chairman of numerous committees, including the sight committee and organizing 
  the Schaefferstown Halloween Parade for the Heidelberg Lions Club. He was a 
  member of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Schaefferstown for many years and held 
  various positions within the church, deacon, trustee and president of the 
  Church Council. He was an excellent husband, a loving father, and a doting 
  grandfather. His positive attitude made him a joy to be with, and he will be 
  sorely missed by his family and friends. He was always determined to take the 
  optimistic viewpoint in any and every situation, and this lifelong attitude was 
  a wonderful example to all who knew him. Memorial services celebrating a life 
  lived to the fullest will be held in Schaefferstown's St. Luke Lutheran Church, 
  on Saturday, December 1, 2007, at 11 a.m., with a Masonic service conducted by 
  Mt. Lebanon Lodge No. 226 F and AM on Saturday at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, 
  contributions may be made to St. Luke Lutheran Church, 107 East Main St., 
  Schaefferstown, PA 17088; and Heidelberg Lions Club, P.O. Box 363, 
  Schaefferstown, PA 17088. Clauser Funeral Home Inc. is handling the 
  arrangements.  
  
  
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