Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Ebersole, Roy I. August 10, 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 August 28, 2008, 9:50 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/12/2008 Ebersole, Roy I. Roy I. Ebersole, 91, formerly of 1800 Thompson Ave., Lebanon, died Sunday, August 10, 2008, in Countryside Christian Community, North Annville Township. He was the husband of the late Ruth Rohland Ebersole, who died in 2007. Born in North Cornwall Township on November 21, 1916, he was the son of the late Clayton and Ella Wolfe Ebersole. He began auctioneering in 1948, and was the owner of Ebersole's Auction Barn from 1965-1984. Roy was a 1934 graduate of Annville High School, a member of New Hope Brethren in Christ Church, Linglestown, and a former member of Fairland Brethren in Christ Church, Cleona, where he was a former deacon, Sunday school superintendent, and Sunday school teacher. He was a life member of the Pennsylvania Auctioneers Association, was inducted into the Pennsylvania Auctioneers Hall of Fame in 1998, was named Auctioneer of the Year in 1981, and a member of the National Auctioneers Association. He was also a member of the Annville-Cleona Kiwanis Club, and a former member of the Annville-Cleona School Board. Surviving are two sons, Kenneth R. and wife Terry Ebersole of Annville and David L. and wife Nancy Ebersole of Palmyra; two daughters, Nancy, wife of David Ritchie of Annville, and Brenda, wife of Ted Hartman of Lebanon; a sister Anna Myrle, wife of Stanley Long of Upland, Calif.; and a daughter-in-law, Frances Ebersole of Annville; 10 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; and one great-great- grandson. He was preceded in death by son Robert A. Ebersole. Funeral services will be held on Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Kreamer Funeral Home, 618 E. Main Street, Annville. Interment will be in United Zion Cemetery, North Annville Township. Viewing will be held on Wednesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home, and also on Thursday from 10-11 a.m. prior to the service. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/12/2008 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb