Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gonzalez, Jorge L. Norat, Sr., October 18, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 10/20/2008 
  Gonzalez Sr., Jorge L. Norat   
   
  Jorge L. Norat Gonzalez Sr. (George L.N. Gonzalez), 93, of Stevens entered into 
  rest at his residence on Saturday, October 18, 2008. Born in La Plata, Puerto 
  Rico, on April 5, 1915, he was a son of the late Jose Maria and Josefa (Norat) 
  Gonzalez. He migrated to the United States in August 1953, and retired from 
  Victor F. Weaver Poultry in New Holland in 1980. He was the husband of Emma 
  (Horting) (High) Gonzalez. They would have celebrated their 54th wedding 
  anniversary on November 6th of this year. Jorge was the founder of the Spanish 
  Mennonite Church in Lebanon, Pa. The work was started in 1954. He started out 
  by having services in homes, and later having services in the afternoon in an 
  English church. In 1965, he started the Followers of Jesus Christ Mennonite 
  Spanish Church in Lebanon. He retired from there in 1984, and then started 
  Mennonite Followers of Jesus Christ Church in Lancaster, where he was the 
  senior pastor until the time of his death. He was licensed to the Lancaster 
  Mennonite Conference in 1961. He was ordained in 1967 by Fred Hostetler at Good 
  Shepherd Mennonite Church in Neffsville, Pa. Jorge has helped numerous families 
  get established here in the United States from Puerto Rico. In addition to his 
  wife, Jorge is survived by 10 daughters, Mirta I., wife of Pedro Melendez of 
  Cayey, Puerto Rico, Hilda R. Matos of Charlottesville, Va., Norma S. Gonzalez 
  of Stevens, Irma S. Bonilla of Lancaster, Anna Mary, wife of James M. Hoover of 
  New Holland, Miriam, wife of Louis Lauver of Lititz, Rachel, wife of Anthony 
  Rivera Sr. of Stevens, Naomi, wife of Floyd W. Halteman of Wrightsville, Ga., 
  Martha, wife of Gary Schleifenheimer of Birdsboro, and Esther, wife of Kenneth 
  L. Garman of Stevens; three sons, Joseph M., husband of Anna Mary (Pfautz) 
  Gonzalez of Reamstown, George L. Gonzalez Jr. of Wrightsville, Ga., and Daniel, 
  husband of Orpha J. (Lehman) Gonzalez of Denver; two brothers, Roberto and Jose 
  Gonzalez, both of Cayey, Puerto Rico; a sister, Matilde (Gonzalez) Rivera of La 
  Plata, Puerto Rico; 41 grandchildren; 34 greatgrandchildren; and nine great-
  greatgrandchildren. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his first 
  wife, Antonia Santos Gonzalez in October 1949; and a daughter, Ruth Gonzalez in 
  December 1995. He was also preceded in death by four sisters, Lydia Ester 
  Gonzalez, Julia (Gonzalez) Gonzalez, Hilda (Gonzalez) Pagan and Carmen 
  (Gonzalez) Santiago. A Hispanic service will be held at Iglesia Seguidores de 
  Cristo, 624 Lime Street, Lancaster, on Tuesday, October 21st, at 7 p.m. A 
  viewing will also be held on Wednesday, October 22nd, at Pleasant Valley 
  Mennonite Church, 140 Pleasant Valley Road, Ephrata, from 2-4 and 68 p.m., and 
  also one hour prior to services on Thursday at the church. Funeral services 
  will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 23, 2008, at the Pleasant Valley 
  Mennonite Church. Interment will follow in the adjoining church cemetery. 
  Please omit flowers. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Jorge's 
  memory may be sent to Hospice of Lancaster County, PO Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 
  17604. Arrangements by Stradling Funeral Homes, Akron/Ephrata.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 10/20/2008  
  
  
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