Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Hughes, Irvin E. June 8, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 6/9/2009
  Hughes, Irvin E.    
   
   
  Irvin E. Hughes, age 85, of Palmyra died Monday, June 8, 2009, in the Lebanon 
  VA Medical Center Hospice. He was the husband of Arlene J. (Thompson) Hughes. 
  He was born on January 11, 1924, in Union Deposit to Irvin P. and Lottie Neidig 
  Hughes. He retired in 1986 after 33 years from management of the Seltzer's 
  Bologna Company. He was a 1942 graduate of Palmyra High School, a lifetime 
  member of the First United Methodist Church, Palmyra, an active member of the 
  church's Married Couples Class and a Youth Fellowship counselor; and a member 
  of the Palmyra Optimist Club. His hobbies were golfing, fishing, traveling and 
  being with friends. He was an extremely loving husband, father, grandfather and 
  greatgrandfather, and his family was always the most important part of his 
  life. He was a veteran of the 8th Army Air Corps during WW II (19431945) where 
  he was honorably discharged as a T-Sgt. He was a tail and waist gunner on the B-
  17 "Strictly From Hunger" during the war. His airplane was shot down on his 
  13th mission over Germany on July 21, 1944. He became a POW and survived a 
  forced 3 months march of POWs through Germany that killed 1,500 men. He was 
  liberated by the British on May 2, 1945. He was awarded the following medals: 
  Air Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster; the Purple Heart; the Prisoner of War; the 
  Victory-WWII; the Good Conduct; the American Service; the European, African, 
  Middle Eastern Service with 2 campaign Stars, one from Air Offensive Europe, 
  the other from Normandy; and the French Jubilee of Liberty Medal which he 
  received on July 15, 1997, from the French government. A few years ago, a 
  German man, Rolf Ebnet, located the crash site of the B-17 airplane and 
  researched what happened to all the crew members after they were shot down. He 
  wrote a book entitled "Absprung ins Ungewisse" ("Jump into the Unknown"") that 
  can be read at the Palmyra Public Library and the Lebanon County Historical 
  Society. Irvin's accounting of that time is documented in this book. Surviving 
  him, in addition to his loving wife Arlene, is his daughter, Sandra H., wife of 
  Daniel McKinley of Palmyra; his grandchildren, Jason D. McKinley of Connecticut 
  and Kelly D. McKinley of Lititz; his 2 greatgrandchildren, Connor Hughes 
  McKinley and Jackson Taylor McKinley. He was preceded in death by his sister 
  Eva Nelson. Relatives and friends are invited for a time of viewing on 
  Saturday, June 13, 2009, from 1:002:00 at the First United Methodist Church, 
  520 E. Birch St., Palmyra, followed by his funeral at 2:00. Burial will follow 
  with full military honors in the Gravel Hill Cemetery. Military honors will be 
  provided by the Lebanon VFW Post #23. In lieu of flowers, memorial 
  contributions may be given to his church or to the VA Medical Center Hospice, 
  1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon PA 17042. Rothermel Funeral Home Inc. is 
  entrusted with funeral arrangements.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 6/9/2009  
  
  
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