Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Yantis,  Merle M. Gardner  October 25, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 10/28/2008  
  Yantis, Merle M. Gardner   
   
  Merle M. Gardner Yantis, 79, of Lower Paxton Township passed away Saturday, 
  October 25, 2008, in the Harrisburg Hospital. Born in Harrisburg on December 
  18, 1928, she was the daughter of Ralph and Mabel Swartz Gardner. Merle retired 
  from the Pennsylvania State Senate and, prior to that, worked for the 
  Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She was a 1946 graduate of the former 
  Lower Paxton Township High School. Merle was a volunteer for the Tri-County 
  Association for the Blind, Harrisburg. She loved being with her family and 
  friends, helping people, and spending time at the beach in Ocean City, N.J. She 
  also enjoyed shopping and dancing. Merle was preceded in death by her husband, 
  Charles "Ben" Yantis, on March 30, 1991; and by her daughter, Deborah L. 
  Warble, on January 23, 1982. Merle is survived by one son, Scott D. Deal, 
  husband of Pam of Hummelstown; two daughters, Suzanne M. Stuck, wife of Kenneth 
  R. of Linglestown, and Stephanie A. Gourley, wife of Ron J. of Hershey; six 
  grandchildren, Melissa Fullerton, wife of Ike of Hummelstown, and David Deal, 
  husband of Jamie of Conewago Township, Brandon Stuck, husband of Joanna of West 
  Hanover Township, Ryan Stuck and Trevor Stuck, both of Linglestown, and Lindsay 
  Hitz of Hershey; and four greatgrandchildren, Madison Deal and Tytan Deal, both 
  of Conewago Township, and Samantha Fullerton and Makayla Fullerton, both of 
  Hummelstown. A service of celebrating her life will be held on Friday, October 
  31, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. in the Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home, 114 West Main 
  Street, Hummelstown. Inurnment will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens at the 
  convenience of her family. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the 
  funeral home for a viewing Friday from 10 a.m. until time of the services. In 
  lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the TriCounty 
  Association for the Blind, 1800 North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102; or 
  to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 717 Market Street, Suite 108, 
  Lemoyne, PA 17043.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 10/28/2008  
  
  
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