Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Graybill, John W. May 6, 2010
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News  from May 8 to May 9, 2010  
  John W. Graybill 
   
  Rev. John W. Graybill PALMYRA Rev. John W. Graybill, 78, of 35 Oakwood Drive, 
  went peacefully home to be with the Lord on Thursday May 6, 2010, from Acute 
  Myeloid Leukemia at home. He was the husband of Lucille Grace Hoffsmith 
  Graybill, who died in 2005. Born in South Annville Twp., on June 18, 1931, he 
  was the son of the late M. Wesley and Margaret M. Bennetch Graybill. He was 
  currently serving as pastor of Campbelltown United Christian Church where he 
  conducted Senior Seminars for his members and the community. Rev. Graybill was 
  a 1949 graduate of Hershey High School, a 1953 graduate of Millersville State 
  College with a Teaching Degree, a graduate of Fuller Theological Seminary, 
  California, and attended Messiah College. He was a former Bishop of the United 
  Christian Church, a member of the Annville United Christian Church, was a 
  former teacher at Hershey High School and Annville-Cleona High School, and at 
  one time owned his own construction business. Along with his wife, he served as 
  a Missionary in Japan from July 1957 to August 2002 where he was instrumental 
  in planting seven Brethren in Christ Churches. He also taught Industrial Arts 
  at Christian Academy in Japan. After retirement from Missions, he returned to 
  Japan and began a Wedding Ministry, conducting over 2000 Weddings. Rev. 
  Graybill published a book in Japanese and English in 1991 entitled "Our Journey 
  into the Heart of Japan, 1957-1991." Surviving are two sons, Michael W., 
  husband of Donna Graybill of Woodruff, S.C., and Edward P., husband of Maureen 
  Graybill of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia; three daughters, Brenda J., wife of Dale R. 
  Custer of Annville, Debra A., wife of Tyrone G. Miller of Lancaster, and 
  Barbara G., wife of Kazuichi Togashi of Yokohama, Japan; 14 grandchildren; 10 
  greatgrandchildren; three sisters, Elizabeth "Betty", wife of David B. Flory of 
  Lawn, Marion, wife of Earl S. Hoffsmith of Palmyra, Margaret, wife of Eugene A. 
  Kish of Palmyra; and a fianc"e, Doris Lentz of Palmyra. He was preceded in 
  death by a sister, Martha K. Graybill, and an infant sister, Mary Anna 
  Graybill. His expansive, charismatic life impacted many people cross 
  culturally. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 11 a.m. from the 
  Fontana Union Chapel. Interment will be held at the convenience of the family 
  in the Campbelltown United Christian Cemetery. Viewings will be held on Monday 
  from the Fontana Union Chapel from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 
  10 to 11 a.m. prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be 
  made to the Missions Board of the United Christian Church, 1413 Harding Ave., 
  Hershey, PA 17033; or Brethren in Christ World Missions, 431 Grantham Road, Box 
  390, Grantham, PA 17027-0290. Kreamer Funeral Home and Crematory, Annville, is 
  in charge of arrangements.  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News
  
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