Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Hontz, Freas W. Jr., June 2, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 6/4/2009
  Hontz Jr., Freas W.    
   
  
  Freas W. Hontz Jr., 86 yrs., of Birdsboro, formerly of Morgantown, died 
  surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at the Lebanon VA 
  Medical Center following an illness. He was born in Shickshinny, Pa., on 
  December 24, 1923. He was the son of the late Freas W. Sr. & Josephine (Peters) 
  Hontz. He was the husband of the late Norma P. (Fleming) Hontz, who died on 
  August 2, 2002. Freas was a retired plumber who was selfemployed after working 
  at the Grace Mines Plant in Morgantown for many years. He served his country in 
  the United States Marine Corps and he earned a Purple Heart for battle wounds 
  during the Korean War. He attended the Milton Hershey Industrial Boys School. 
  He was active as an alumni member. He shared many stories with his family about 
  the education and values that he learned from the time spent at the school. Pop 
  Pop Freas looked forward to attending any sporting event that his beloved 
  granddaughter, Jessica, took part in. He was also a softball coach in 
  Morgantown at one time. He had a mountain cabin, where he enjoyed hunting and 
  the time spent there enjoying nature. Freas was a member of the Morgantown 
  United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Roy, Carl, 
  Paul and Homer Hontz. Freas is survived by a son, Freas W. Hontz III of 
  Ephrata; a daughter, Cindy and her husband, James Peppernick of Birdsboro; a 
  granddaughter, Jessica Peppernick of Birdsboro; 3 brothers, Russell Hontz of 
  Jonestown, Donald Hontz of Manheim and Freddie Hontz of Sunbury; 4 sisters, 
  Inze Campbell, Naomi Hochenbrough and Arlene Knepp, all of Sunbury, and Lois 
  Wood of Harrisburg. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2009, 
  at 11 AM from Morgantown U.M.C., Main & Walnut Streets, Morgantown, Pa., with 
  Pastors Steve Hontz, Robert Pope and David Hertzler officiating. Interment will 
  follow at the Caernarvon Cemetery. A calling hour will be held on Friday from 6 
  to 9 PM at The Labs Funeral Home Inc., 141 Pequea Ave., Honey Brook, Pa., and 
  from 10 to 11 AM on Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial 
  contributions may be made in the memory of Freas to either the Hospice Care at 
  the Lebanon VA Medical Center, 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon, Pa. 17042 or the 
  American Cancer Society, PO Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 72123-1718.   
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 6/4/2009  
  
  
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