Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Sponsler, Marilyn      September 11, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News from  9/13/2008
  Sponsler, Marilyn     
   
   
  Marilyn Sponsler Marilyn Sponsler, 75, of 211 Willow Valley Square, Lancaster, 
  went home to be with her Lord while surrounded by her family on Thursday, 
  September 11, 2008. She was married to the Reverend Melvin G. Sponsler Jr. for 
  51 wonderful years. Active in Christian work, Marilyn graduated from Shamokin 
  High School in 1950 and Bob Jones University in 1955, with a major in sacred 
  music. She began working as organist for Ash Grove-Clarks Grove churches in 
  Paxinos, and also was the director of Child Evangelism with her own radio 
  program for Northumberland County. Marilyn was part time on the faculty of the 
  United Wesleyan College in Allentown, where she taught organ, piano, and choral 
  conducting. She used her office skills over the years, working at Milton 
  Hershey Estates, Hershey; the Moravian Music Foundation; the Energy Research 
  Center at Lehigh University, both of Bethlehem; Alumax Corporation, Lancaster; 
  and retired in 1997 from the Corporate Offices of the Catholic Health 
  Initiative, Aston. A talented musician, Marilyn used her training in many of 
  the churches that her husband, Mel, served. She was the organist and director 
  of four choirs at Campelltown U.M. Church, and served as director of Music for 
  the Mountville United Church of Christ, and also St. Paul's U.M. Church in 
  Mountville. Even though Marilyn retired from music in 1990, she volunteered as 
  the director of the JOY Singers, a 35-voice choir of retired people, while at 
  Mount Hope U.M. Church in Aston. In 1998, she and her husband moved to Mount 
  Joy and became members of Glossbrenner U.M. Church, Mount Joy, where she 
  substituted as organist for several years. In addition to music, Marilyn 
  enjoyed golf, tennis, and reading. Special times with her children, and 
  grandchildren were cherished. During their retirement years, she and Mel 
  enjoyed spending late fall and winters in Avon Park, Fla. Born in Irish Valley, 
  she was the daughter of the late Reverend William F. and Florence Wagner Derk. 
  In addition to her husband, Mel, Marilyn will be deeply missed by her four 
  children, Timothy, married to Melanie Bryan Sponsler of Orlando, Fla., Tamara, 
  married to Daniel Johnson, Mount Joy, Theodore Sponsler of Mountville, and 
  Thomas, married to Sharon Buttemere of Budapest, Hungary; seven grandchildren, 
  Sarah, Jenna, Luke, Mark, Andrew, Jessica, and Jordan; and a sister, Lois 
  Heiser, Allentown. A brother, Ivan Derk; and a sister, Elaine Derk, preceded 
  her in death. A funeral service celebrating Marilyn's life will be held at 
  Glossbrenner United Methodist Church, 713 Church St., Mount Joy, on Sunday, 
  September 14, 2008, at 3 p.m. with the Reverend Mark Moore, the Reverend 
  Kenneth H. O'Neal, and the Reverend Charles Cummings officiating. Friends may 
  call at Glossbrenner Church on Sunday from 1:30 until 3 p.m. Please note the 
  service will start promptly at 3 p.m. Internment will be private. In lieu of 
  flowers, memorial contributions in Marilyn's name may be made to Hospice of 
  Lancaster County, P.O. Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604-4125.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/13/2008  
  
  
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