Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Swope, Christian D. August 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 S. M. shabodeho@aol.com September 13, 2009, 12:22 am Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/1/2009 Swope, Christian D. Christian D. Swope BETHEL Christian D. Swope, 91, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, of natural causes in Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. He was the husband of Dorothy B. (Weidner) Warluft-Swope. his first wife, LaRue E. (Yiengst) Swope died in 1985. Born in Bethel Twp., he was the son of the late Henry D. and Mary M. (Shirk) Swope. He was the owner of the former Swope & Keener Garage, Bethel, later worked for the former Weber Chevrolet, Myerstown, and last was the owner of the former Swope's 'Y' Garage in Bethel. Christian was a member of the Union Fire Co., Bethel, Williamson Lodge #307 F.&A.M., Womelsdorf, Tall Cedars of Lebanon Quiltapahilla Forest #25, and the Scottish Rite Lodge Council Chapter of Reading. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Ruth L., wife of Kenneth N. Moyer of Womelsdorf; stepson, Scott K. Warluft, husband of Denise K., Robesonia; sister, Edith J., widow of Amos Ziegler, Myerstown; grandson, Chris P. Houtz, Bethel; and a greatgranddaughter, MacKenzie M. Houtz. Also four stepgrandchildren; and one step great-granddaughter. He was preceded in death by a son, Mahlon M. Swope; stepson, Glenn Ray Warluft; brother, Ammon H. Swope; and a sister, Lena G. Harlan. Service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday in Hill Funeral Home, Rehrersburg. Interment at Salem Reformed Cemetery, Bethel. Friends are invited to call Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. with Masonic Services at 6 p.m. and Thursday 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Salem Reformed Church, P.O. Box 223, Bethel, PA 19507. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/1/2009 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb