Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Long, Thelma Sipling    December 2, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 12/5/2008 
  Long, Thelma Sipling   
   
  Thelma Sipling Long Thelma Sipling Long passed away at ManorCare Health 
  Services, Elizabethtown, on December 2, 2008. Born in Conoy Township August 5, 
  1933, she was the daughter of the late Bishop Daniel M. and Estella K. Smith 
  Sipling. She married Kenneth Luke Long, April 19, 1952, with whom she 
  celebrated 56 years of marriage. Thelma served God by serving her husband, 
  children and grandchildren. She ministered to many as Sunday school teacher, 
  VBS director and served in many children, youth and adult ministries. She 
  shared her love of music by participating in many church singing groups. Her 
  gifts of hospitality and service were used to serve others at their point of 
  need, and as an expression of her love for Jesus Christ and others. She was a 
  longtime member of the United Zion Church and, most recently, attended the 
  Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church. She retired from the Commonwealth of 
  Pennsylvania after 35 years of service. During her tenure with the 
  commonwealth, she was a personnel director and personnel analyst for the 
  Department of Health. Thelma is survived by her husband, Kenneth; a son, 
  Kenneth E., husband of Renee S. Long of Elizabethtown; a daughter, Jean L., 
  wife of Dean M. Messick of Hershey; six grandchildren, Daniel, Samantha and 
  Jared Long of Elizabethtown, Carrie, Kimberly and Douglas Messick of Hershey; 
  and a brother, Robert, husband of Dorothy Sipling of Rheems. She was preceded 
  in death by a brother, Earl Sipling; and two sisters, Almeda Sipling and Marie 
  Gish. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2008, from the 
  Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church, 996 East High Street, Elizabethtown, 
  at 2 p.m. Friends may call at the church on Monday from 6:30-8:30 p.m., and on 
  Tuesday from 1 until the time of service. Interment will take place in East 
  Donegal Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the 
  Compassion Fund of Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church, 996 East High 
  Street, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. Arrangements by Miller/Sekely Funeral 
  Services, Elizabethtown.   
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 12/5/2008  
  
  
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