Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Pence,  Markwood   May 19, 2009
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 5/20/2009
  Pence, Markwood    
   
   
  Markwood Pence, 98, of the Countryside Christian Community, Annville, died 
  Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at the home. Born October 15, 1910, in Mt. Clinton, 
  Virginia, he was a son of the late Hugh Casper and Lulla (Wolfer) Pence. He was 
  the widower of Ethel (Bell) Pence, who died May 5, 1987, and also was preceded 
  in death by brothers Albert Pence and Golden Pence and sister Edna Pence Frank. 
  He was a member of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren. In 1927 A.B. Heatwole 
  brought Markwood to Pennsylvania to work on his farm in East Hanover Township, 
  Dauphin County. Since arriving in Pennsylvania, Mark worked for Joe Pence in 
  Reading, Walter Weaber at the Mt. Wilson sawmill, Harvey and Glenn Smith as a 
  farmhand in Campbelltown, Landis Shoe Factory, Palmyra, and Hershey Abattoir. 
  After retirement, Mark worked on Dr. Hanshaw's farm caring for his horses. 
  Surviving are a brother, Edward Pence of Mt. Clinton, Virginia; nephews Ernest 
  Lee Pence of Elken, Virginia, and George Bell II of Palmyra; and nieces Evelyn 
  Bell Dietz of Palmyra and Ruth Long Rice of Albany, New York. Funeral services 
  will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, May 23, 2009 at Buse Funeral Home, 145 North 
  Grant Street, Palmyra, preceded by a viewing from 10:00 AM. Burial will be in 
  Hanoverdale Cemetery, Hummelstown. Memorial contributions may be made to 
  Lebanon County Christian Ministries, 250 South 7th Street, Lebanon, PA 17042; 
  Palmyra Church of the Brethren, 45 North Chestnut Street, Palmyra, PA 17078; or 
  Countryside Christian Community, 200 Bellann Court, Annville, PA 17003.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 5/20/2009  
  
  
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