Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gruber, Ralph E. "Buck"  August 1, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/3/2008
  Gruber, Ralph E. "Buck"    
   
   
  Ralph E. "Buck" Gruber, 78, of Annville, formerly of Hummelstown, passed away 
  Friday, August 1, 2008, in The Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. Born in 
  Hershey on August 7, 1929, he was the son of the late Edwin H. and Bessie E. 
  Shive Gruber. Ralph retired after 23 years of service as a warehouseman and 
  truck driver from the Weyerhaeuser Company where he was one of the original 
  employees its Ephrata plant. He had served with the Army National Guard. Ralph 
  was a member of the Bellegrove United Methodist Church. He was a founding 
  member, Past President and Vice President of the Hummelstown Field & Stream 
  Association. Ralph was a life member of the Morris Run American Legion Post; 
  and a member of the Teamsters Local 771, Lancaster; the Bellegrove Fire 
  Company; the Rehrersburg Fire Company; and the Three Pines Hunting Camp in 
  Tioga County. He was an avid hunter and fisherman; and loved gardening and his 
  poodle "Midnight". Ralph is survived by his wife of 10 years, Nancy L. Brown 
  Gruber, whom he married on October 25, 1997; three daughters, Lois Logan wife 
  of Steven M. of Elizabethtown, Glenda M. Crawford fianc" of Jeff Hollinger of 
  Lebanon, and Tracy H. Benson wife of R. Patrick of Annville; one son, Thomas E. 
  Gruber husband of Jane L. of Richland; three stepdaughters, Veronica Kugle and 
  Barbara Blouch wife of Mark both of Annville, and Diana Leathers wife of Kirby 
  of Pataskla, OH; one step-son, Christopher Auman husband of Jacqueline of 
  Myerstown; one brother, Willis M. Gruber husband of Betty of Hummelstown; two 
  sisters, Marian J. Fansler wife of Marvin of Bernville, and Catherine 
  Kuykendall of New Caney, TX; 11 grandchildren; and 4 great grandchildren. He 
  was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda L. Gruber, and a step-son, Edwin 
  Auman. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 6, 2008, at 11 AM in 
  the Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home, Inc., 114 West Main Street, Hummelstown, with 
  Pastor David R. Alderson officiating. Interment will be in Shenk's Community 
  Church Cemetery, Conewago Township. Friends are invited to the viewings in the 
  funeral home Tuesday, August 5, 2008, from 6 to 8 PM and Wednesday from 10 AM 
  until time of the service.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 8/3/2008  
  
  
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