Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Darkes, Vista Elethia January 30, 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 February 9, 2009, 6:31 pm Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 1/31/2009 Darkes, Vista Elethia Vista Elethia Darkes, 92, of Spang Crest Manor, Lebanon, formerly of Mountville Drive, died Friday, January 30, 2009, in Spang Crest Manor. She was born December 1, 1916, in Lebanon, daughter of the late Charles David and Roberta Estelle Brugh Hostetter. She was a member of Zoar Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Willing Workers. She had been a nurse's aide at the Lebanon VA Medical Center and a member of the Lebanon Flower Club. Surviving are children: Dale L. Darkes of Camp Hill, Diane R. Darkes of Lebanon, and Deborah Kern, spouse of Frank Kern of Pine Grove; sisters Pauline Royer of Palmyra and Christine Troutman of Myerstown; grandchildren Jason Kern, Justin, spouse of Tommi Kern, and Erin Kern-Phillips; greatgrandchildren Ryan Phillips, Saoirse Phillips and Brogan Kern. She was preceded in death by husband Leo Wilson Darkes on 01/02/2005; son Dean David Darkes on 09/05/1976; sisters Muriel Horst and Louise Schaeffer; brothers Roy Hostetter, Sterling C. Hostetter and Paul Hostetter. Viewing is scheduled for Thursday, February 5, 2009, from 6-8 PM at Christman's Funeral Home Inc., 226 Cumberland St., Lebanon. Services on Friday at 11 AM in Zoar Lutheran Church 560 Freeport Rd., Lebanon, PA 170-46 preceded by viewing from 10-11 AM. Burial will be at Zion "Goshert's" UCC Cemetery. Memorials can be sent to her church. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 1/31/2009 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb