Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Peiffer, Martha Uhrich   March 5, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/6/2009
  Peiffer, Martha Uhrich   
   
  Martha Uhrich Peiffer, age 95, passed away peacefully at Willow Valley 
  Retirement Communities in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on March 5, 2009. Martha was 
  the widow of the Reverend Dr. Harold S. Peiffer. Together they shared a life of 
  Christian ministry that spanned seven decades. Martha was born in Grantville, 
  Pennsylvania, on November 4, 1913. The daughter of D. Valentine and L. Stella 
  Hetrick Uhrich, she was one of five siblings, Helen Uhrich, Ruth Shreffler and 
  Daniel Uhrich, now deceased, and Elenore Barnhart, who resides in 
  Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Martha attended school in Grantville, and became a 
  registered nurse in the state of Pennsylvania in 1939. She worked as a nurse at 
  the Masonic Homes and the Elizabethtown Hospital for Crippled Children, and it 
  was there that she met her future husband. Harold and Martha were married on 
  June 15, 1940, at St. Paul's United Brethren Church in Elizabethtown. Through 
  the years of their life together, Martha was a supportive and integral partner 
  of Harold's ministry in the Evangelical United Brethren Church, and in the 
  United Methodist Church. She was a beloved teacher and active participant at 
  the local, district and conference level in the work of the church. She was an 
  ardent advocate of missions throughout the world, including in the summer of 
  1962, when she accompanied Harold on a mission trip to Japan teaching English 
  and bible studies. All who knew her were touched by her gentle, loving manner, 
  and her steady devotion to family and friends. Martha lived a life of 
  purposeful service to others, combining her nurturing touch, strong faith and 
  compassionate ethic. She was a role model to many and a friend to all. In 
  addition to her sister, Elenore, and four nieces and three nephews, Martha is 
  survived by her daughter, Nadine Peiffer Wethington, and her son-in-law, Olin 
  L. Wethington of McLean, Virginia; and three loving grandchildren, Stephanie L. 
  Wethington of New York City, Catherine A.R. Wethington of McLean, Virginia, and 
  Bryan L. Wethington and his wife, Carolyn Pacala Wethington of Hoboken, New 
  Jersey. Family and friends are invited to worship in celebration and 
  thanksgiving for the life and service of Martha U. Peiffer in the sanctuary of 
  Covenant United Methodist Church, Orange and Mulberry streets, Lancaster, 
  Pennsylvania, on Saturday March 7, 2009, at 11 a.m. with the Reverend Larry 
  Leister officiating. Everyone is invited to join the family for lunch 
  immediately following the service. Visitation with the family will begin at 10 
  a.m. in the church narthex. Interment will be in the Zion Lutheran Church 
  Cemetery, Grantville, Pennsylvania. Arrangements are entrusted to the Fred F. 
  Groff Funeral Home, 234 W. Orange St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In lieu of 
  flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to Covenant United 
  Methodist Church, 110 N. Mulberry St., Lancaster, PA 17603.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 3/6/2009  
  
  
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