Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Light, Faithe M.  June 18, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 6/20/2008
  Light, Faithe M.    
   
   
  Faithe M. Light Faithe M. Light, of Messiah Village, Mechanicsburg, and 
  formerly of Annville, died Wednesday, June 18, 2008, in her residence. Born in 
  Lebanon on May 18, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Harvey K. and Minnie 
  M. Books Light. She was a 1935 graduate of Grantham Academy, a 1941 graduate of 
  Messiah Junior College, received her elementary education degree in 1943 from 
  Elizabethtown College, and her master's degree in special education from Penn 
  State University in 1956. She was a teacher for 38 years, beginning in a 
  oneroom schoolhouse in Fontana, and then in the Lawn Elementary School. After 
  receiving her master's degree, she taught special education in various Lebanon 
  County schools, finally retiring from the Northern Lebanon School District. 
  Faithe was a member of the Messiah Village Brethren in Christ Church, 
  Mechanicsburg, and the Fairland Brethren in Christ Church, Cleona, where she 
  served many years as a Sunday school and bible school teacher, and was involved 
  with the Youth Crusaders. It was her vision to start the Pioneer Girls, which 
  then developed into the Pioneer Club Program for girls and boys. For years she 
  was a member and chairperson of the Missions Prayer Fellowship, was active in 
  the Lebanon County Child Evangelism Fellowship, the Womans Christian Temperance 
  Union, and was also a founder and charter member of the Kenbrook Bible Camp. As 
  a very active volunteer, she was very involved in helping those in need in the 
  community, her family, and encouraging young folks in many ways. She loved 
  people, and spread the gospel message to those with whom she came in contact. 
  She and her sister Naomi served many dinners in their home for family, church 
  members, friends, missionaries, Lebanon County Workshop employees, and those in 
  need. She also enjoyed traveling, quilting, bowling, exercising classes, 
  swimming, and gardening. Faithe was a special aunt, who spent summers 
  vacationing with her nieces and nephews on various day and overnight trips to 
  places of historic or religious interest. Surviving are sisters Grace L. 
  Ensminger of Lebanon, Elizabeth B. Stoessel of Mechanicsburg, and Miriam A., 
  wife of Frantz Dengler of Schaefferstown; and numerous nieces and nephews; and 
  grandnieces and grandnephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Harvey K. 
  Light Jr.; and sisters Myrle A. Pyke and Naomi R. Light. A viewing will be held 
  on Monday, June 23, 2008, from 10-11 a.m. at the Messiah Village Chapel, 100 
  Mt. Allen Drive, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Funeral services will then be held on 
  Monday at 3 p.m. from Fairland Brethren in Christ Church, 529 West Penn Ave., 
  Cleona, PA 17042, with a viewing from 2-3 p.m. prior to the services. Interment 
  will be held in Fairland Brethren in Christ Cemetery, Cleona. In lieu of 
  flowers, contributions may be made to her church or Messiah Village in her 
  memory. Kreamer Funeral Home, Annville, is in charge of arrangements.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 6/20/2008.  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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