Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gotwols, Rev. George Webster     April 18, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 4/20/2008 
  Gotwols, Rev. George Webster    
   
   
  Rev. George Webster Gotwols LEBANON Rev. George Webster Gotwols, 91, Mt. 
  Lebanon Camp Meeting Grove, Lebanon went home to be with his Lord on Friday 
  April 18, 2008. He was the husband of Ruthann Whitehead Gotwols whom he married 
  in Falls Methodist Church, June 1943. "Web" was born in the East Falls section 
  of Philadelphia on December 13, 1916 son of the late George and Emma Webster 
  Gotwols. He attended Philadelphia schools graduating from the Northeast Boys 
  High and Brown Prep. He and his brothers, Earl and Harold, attended Temple 
  University where all three played on the baseball team; later playing in the 
  P.A. League. Web served with the US Navy as a Yeoman 1st Class during WW2. He 
  studied classical voice at the Clarke Conservatory in Phila. and the Academy of 
  Vocal Arts. He sang with the Phila. Gilbert & Sullivan Co and later with the 
  Berks Grand Opera. He was soloist in several churches and synagogues. He and 
  Ruthann were well known throughout the Eastern Pa. Conference of the United 
  Methodist Church as professional singers and song leaders and with their four 
  children as a family singing group and camp counselors. In 1962 Rev. Gotwols 
  entered ministry in the Methodist Church. He attended Wesley Seminary in 
  Washington DC, where he served as president of his class for 2 years. He served 
  seven congregations in Central PA and Phila., retiring from full time ministry 
  in 1986, serving part time until 1989. As a retired pastor he served as 
  Visitation Pastor for Covenant United Methodist Church, Lebanon and as a 
  chaplain at the Good Samaritan Hospital. He also volunteered for LCCM. Web was 
  known in the Eastern Pa. Conference as an enthusiastic song leader. The Gotwols 
  moved to the Mt. Lebanon Camp Meeting Grove, where they have lived since 1986 
  with him serving on the board of directors and song leader. Among his hobbies 
  were singing in choirs and senior chorus, wood-working, gardening and reading, 
  especially books on baseball. In addition to his wife he is survived by sons: 
  Andrew and wife Mazie, Columbia; G. Robert and wife Jackie, Wrightsville; 
  Timothy and wife Sandra Jones, Holderess NH; daughter: Virginia Taylor, 
  Wolfeboro NH; 7 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Memorial service 
  Sunday May 11, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Ebenezer United Methodist Church, RT 72 North 
  Lebanon. Private interment will be made at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. In 
  lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a charity of your choice. Rohland 
  Funeral Home, Inc, Lebanon is in charge of arrangements.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 4/20/2008.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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