Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bitner, John Donald (Jack) March 14, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/17/2008
  Bitner, John Donald (Jack)    
   
   
  John (Jack) Donald Bitner HARRISBURG Born: 7/16/1917 Died: 3/14/2008 Born in 
  Harrisburg, son of John Donald Bitner Sr. and Ethel Daugherty Bitner, Jack, 
  known as "Mr. Mt. Gretna," graduated from John Harris High School in 1935. He 
  entered the U.S. Army Air Corps at Langley Field, Virginia. Jack left the Air 
  Corps in 1938 and enrolled in aeronautical engineering at the University of 
  Pittsburgh, where he was a member and president of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. 
  In his senior semester he met his future wife, Jeanine Stephenson, a member of 
  Delta Delta Delta sorority. Upon graduation Jack was commissioned into the Army 
  Air Force and assigned to the Air Force Development Center at Wright Field, 
  Ohio. During World War II, Jack was engaged in the correction of combat 
  aircraft problems and tests of modifications. After the war, Jack and Jeanine 
  were married and he took employment with Glenn Martin Aircraft Co. in 
  Baltimore, Md. Jack designed several missiles at Martin, one of which was 
  deployed in Germany and Okinawa as an atomic deterrent against Russian 
  aggression during the Cold War. His later career consisted of managing the 
  development and deployment of several highly classified projects. Upon 
  retirement, he and Jeanine bought a home in Mt. Gretna where the family always 
  had a cottage going back to his grandparents at the first campmeeting in 1892. 
  He has published two books on the history of Mt. Gretna, in addition to 
  documenting the history of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua and the Mt. Gretna 
  narrow gauge railroad. He also presented countless lectures for community 
  groups. Jack is survived by his wife, Jeanine, of Mt. Gretna; son, Robert, 
  husband of Carol Bitner, of Elizabethtown; daughter, Joan, wife of Tom Brown of 
  Marietta; three grandchildren; and a great-grandson. Friends and family may 
  call at the Mt. Gretna Museum at 206 Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday, March 22, 
  3-5 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent or brought to the Mt. Gretna 
  Museum, P.O. Box 362, Mt. Gretna, PA 17064. Richard H. Funeral Home is serving 
  the family.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/17/2008.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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