Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Frey,   Raymond T. "Raymie" Sr.  March 8, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/9/2008
  Frey Sr., Raymond T. "Raymie"    
   
   
  Raymond T. "Raymie" Frey Sr. CORNWALL Raymond T. "Raymie" Frey Sr., 90, of 
  Cornwall Manor died Saturday, March 8, 2008, in the home. He was the husband of 
  Dorothy N. "Dottie" Null Frey, with whom he was married May 9, 1942. He was 
  born May 7, 1917, in Lebanon, a son of the late Harry T. and Gertrude Bachman 
  Frey. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. He was a 1935 
  graduate of Lebanon High School and 1939 graduate of Lebanon Valley College. 
  Following graduation he was a teacher and coach at Marietta High School. He 
  served as second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers, and was blinded in 
  February of 1943 in a booby trap explosion. After 50 years of blindness, he 
  received a corneal transplant and he was able to regain some vision. He was 
  inducted into the LVC Athletic Hall of Fame in the first year of selections for 
  both football and basketball, and he received the outstanding alumnus award 
  from the college. He was inducted into the Central Chapter of the Pennsylvania 
  Sports Hall of Fame and the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He was a team 
  member of Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary of the AllAmerican Football 
  Team (one of 25 selected in the country). He was formerly active with the YMCA, 
  the Y Men's Club; a member of the Lebanon Kiwanis Club; was the first national 
  president of the Blinded Veteran Association; listed in Who's Who Among the 
  Blind; a consultant to the Blind at the Valley Forge General Hospital in 
  Phoenixville, Pa.; and received his physical therapy certification from the 
  University of Pennsylvania. He was employed at the Willmington, VA Hospital and 
  then transferred to the Lebanon VA Hospital, where he supervised the opening of 
  the physical therapy department. Together with his wife, they prepared 
  travelogue programs which were shared with friends, family, church and civic 
  groups. He headed his high school reunion committee and worked with his college 
  reunion committee. Surviving in addition to his wife are children, Carol Ann, 
  spouse of George Hollich of Palmyra, and Raymond T. "Ted" Frey Jr., spouse of 
  Nancy Frey of Lebanon; sister Annetta Tsvetanoff of Lebanon; grandchildren 
  George Hollich III of LaFayette, Indiana, Kimberly Hollich of Elizabethtown, 
  Loretta Fuller of Sunland, California, Jeffrey Frey of Bear, Delaware, Erin, 
  spouse of Bradley Walters of Pottstown, and Thomas Frey of Lebanon; 
  greatgrandchildren Sebastien Hollich, Julien Hollich and Carolyn Frey; sister-
  in-law Marie Frey of Lebanon; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was 
  preceded in death by brothers Earl, Lester and Warren Frey. Memorial services 
  will be held Saturday, March 22, 2008, at 3 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist 
  Church, 757 Willow Street, Lebanon, PA 17046. Memorials can be sent to the 
  memorial fund of his church. Christman's Funeral Home, Inc. has been entrusted 
  to handle arrangements. 
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/9/2008.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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