Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Merkey, Evelyn C. Yantz May 16, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Miller Shabodeho@aol.com May 24, 2008, 11:30 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 5/18/2008 Merkey, Evelyn C. Yantz Evelyn C. Yantz Merkey, 93, of 945 Duke St., Lebanon, died Friday, May 16, 2008, in Spang Crest Manor. She was born December 14, 1914, in Lebanon, daughter of the late Irwin and Emma Pyles Zimmerman. She was a member of the Lebanon Moravian Church. She had worked for many families as a house keeper. She was active in her church, and for many years enjoyed CB radio. Surviving are children Donald, spouse of Wilma Yantz of Springfield, Oregon, Dale, spouse of Judy Yantz of Lebanon; grandchildren Michelle Thorn of Keizer, Oregon, Lynette Wittmayer of Prineville, Oregon, Danny Yantz of Las Cruces, New Mexico, Denise Lawrence of Ovilla, Texas, Diane Toennes and Heather Laughlin of Lebanon, Stephanie Poore, David Yantz, Ralph Yantz and Abigail Seder of Warminster; 16 great grandchildren; and five great-greatgrandchildren; and daughter-in-law Barbara Yantz of Warminster. She was preceded in death by husbands Walter C. Yantz on Aug. 13, 1980, and Lloyd S. Merkey on Aug. 11, 1984; children Catherine Yantz, Harold T. Yantz and Ralph Yantz; and siblings Charles Zimmerman, Harold Zimmerman and Elizabeth Peiffer. Viewing is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, 2008, from 7-8 p.m. in Christman's Funeral Home Inc., 226 Cumberland St., Lebanon. Services on Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Moravian Church, 1115 Birch Road, Lebanon, preceded by viewing at 9 a.m. Interment in Mt. Lebanon Cemetery. Memorials can be sent to her church. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 5/18/2008. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb