Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Geiling, Austin C., Jr. January 14, 2010
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 1/16/2010  
  Geiling Jr., Austin C.  
   
   
  Austin C. Geiling, Jr. PALMYRA Austin C. Geiling, Jr., 86, died Thursday, 
  January 14, 2010, in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was born June 16, 
  1923, in Hershey, son of the late Austin, Sr. and Arnie (Clotfelter) Geiling. 
  Austin attended Hershey High School and following graduation in 1941 enlisted 
  in the United States Marine Corps. He served in the Pacific during World War II 
  where he was wounded twice in the line of duty. Following active military 
  service, Austin worked at Olmsted Air Force Base for 20 years before going to 
  work for the Hershey Chocolate Company, where he retired in 1996. After 
  retirement, as part of the Marine Corps League, Austin served as Paymaster for 
  the Young Marines, served as President of the 4th Marine Division Association 
  of World War II, and as part of the Marine Corps Reserves, worked actively for 
  Toys-For-Tots. He was a recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award. 
  Austin was an active member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Hershey, where 
  he served on the church council and as a teacher and choir member. He was also 
  a member of the Order of The Purple Heart, and a Past Master of the Brownstone 
  Masonic Lodge #666. Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Janice (Stahl) Geiling; 
  and three children, Bobbie Brehm (married to Ron Brehm of Palmyra), Doug, who 
  resides in Fairfield, Conn., with his wife, Kathy, and their three children, 
  and Lee, who resides in Fort Wayne, Ind., with his wife Nancy. He is also 
  survived by seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral service 
  will be held on Monday, January 18, 2010, at 11 a.m. in the Holy Trinity 
  Lutheran Church, 212 Cocoa Ave., Hershey. A visitation will be held one hour 
  prior to service. Private interment with military honors will be in the 
  Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, the family 
  prefers memorial contributions be made to either All Saints Fund of Holy 
  Trinity Lutheran Church, Hershey; or Capital Area Young Marines, 101 N. 
  Umberland St., Middletown, PA 17057. Hoover Funeral Homes & Crematory, Inc. of 
  Hershey is handling the arrangements. 
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 1/16/2010  
  
  
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