Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Black, John R. August 25, 2008 ************************************************ 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 September 9, 2008, 11:22 am Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/27/2008 Black, John R. John R. Black, 83, formerly of Cocoa Avenue, Hershey, died Monday, August 25, 2008, in the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra. Born May 30, 1925, in the Cocoa Avenue home, he was the son of the late John R. Sr. and Lillian (Holsberg) Black. John was a former member of the Derry Presbyterian Church in Hershey, and recently attended church at the brethren home. He is survived by his sister-inlaw, Amelia L. Black of Hershey; three nieces, Linda (Black) Davis of West Chester, Pa., Connie (Black) Blocher of Cape May, N.J., and Ann (Black) Behney of West Chester, Pa.; four nephews, Jon L. Black of Hershey, Tim L. Black of Hebron, Ky., William D.H. Black of Elliottsburg, Pa., and Dean R. Black of Hampton, Va.; eight grand-nieces; seven grand-nephews; two great-grand- nieces; and four great-grandnephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, William D.H. Black Sr. John worked for most of his life at Penn National Insurance Company, Harrisburg, retiring in 1987. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, and a member of Brownstone Lodge No. 666 F&AM, Hershey. He was a graduate of Hershey High School and the former Hershey Junior College. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 29, 2008, in the chapel of the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra. Interment with military honors will be in the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made to The Good Samaritan Fund, Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, 1200 Grubb Street, Palmyra, PA 17078. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/27/2008 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb