Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Firestine, Verna E. September 28, 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 Miller shabodeho@aol.com October 10, 2008, 11:11 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/30/2008 Firestine, Verna E. Verna E. Firestine, 83, of ManorCare Health Services, Lebanon, formerly of Newmanstown, died Sunday, September 28, 2008, at Manor Care. She was the widow of Jacob D. Firestine, who died August 7, 2005. Born in Lebanon, January 11, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Jacob A. and Lizzie M. (Bomberger) Krall. She worked at Layser's Flowers of Myerstown, and various sewing factories in the area, before retiring in 1984 from Bayer Corp., Myerstown. She was a member of Elias UCC, Newmanstown, and enjoyed making art and wood projects, gardening and sewing. She is survived by a daughter, Kimberly, wife of Stan Smith Jr. of Richland; sons Kenneth Kline of Richland and Bruce, husband of Debbie Kline of Myerstown; stepdaughters Eloise Firestine of Mt. Joy, Eileen Kreiser of Manheim and Cathy, wife of Peter Zerbe of Richland; step- son Carlton Firestine of Reading; six grandchildren; and four great- grandchildren; sisters Anna Blatt of Lebanon, Erma Light of Robesonia, Esther, wife of John Ulrich of Lebanon; brother Grant Krall of Lebanon; several nieces and nephews; several greatnieces and greatnephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Strauss; and brothers Cyrus, Harvey, Marvin, Herman, Warren and Leon Krall. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 2, 2008, at 11 a.m. from Grose Funeral Home, 358 W. Washington Ave., Myerstown, Pa. Viewing Thursday at 10 a.m. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Myerstown, Pa. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Elias U.C.C., 9 N. Sheridan Road, P.O. Box 265, Newmanstown, PA 17073. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/30/2008 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb