Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bennetch, John D. March 16, 2009 ************************************************ 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 Sue M. shabodeho@aol.com March 24, 2009, 6:49 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/18/2009 Bennetch, John D. John D. Bennetch John D. Bennetch, 79, of Schaefferstown died Monday, March 16, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Hospital. Born September 17, 1929, in Rehrersburg, he was the son of the late David S. and Florence Hostetter Bennetch. He is survived by his loving wife, the former Loretta J. Krall. John graduated in 1947 from the high school in Schaefferstown. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953, was commissioned an officer at Fort Sill, Okla., in May 1952, and proudly served his country as a first lieutenant in the Korean War. He retired from North American Refractories in Womelsdorf in 1991. John enjoyed fishing, hunting, and traveling. He attended Lebanon Valley Bible Church. John was preceded in death by his infant son, Gregory J., and brothers Richard P. (surviving spouse Peggy Jarman), and George D. (surviving spouse Jean Bennetch). In addition to his wife, John is survived by brothers the Rev. Fred E. Bennetch, husband of Mary Lou, and Robert B., husband of Barbara A.; daughters Karen, wife of Robert Struwe of Allentown, Kim Marie, wife of Pastor Richard Gilbaugh of Bellefonte, and Leslie Schaeffer, currently of Schaefferstown. Also surviving are grandchildren Rebecca L. Struwe, Lieutenant David R. Struwe, Kristy Gilbaugh Smith (wife of Pastor Ryan Smith of Port Matilda), and Kurtis Gilbaugh; and greatgrandson Grant Lewis Smith. Funeral service will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Lebanon Valley Bible Church, 1482 Horseshoe Pike, Lebanon, Pa., with a viewing beginning on Saturday at 10 a.m. Interment will be made in the Schaefferstown Cemetery. Clauser Funeral Home Inc. is handling the arrangements. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/18/2009 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb