Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Light, John H.  November 8, 2010
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on November 10, 2010 
  John H. Light 
   
  CARLISLE Professor John H. Light, 85, died at 2:42 a.m. on Monday, November 8, 
  2010, at the Carlisle Regional Medical Center. "My family is my greatest pride 
  and joy," he once wrote. "I am constantly amazed to see the blessings that are 
  mine in this regard." A native of Pennsylvania, John Light was born in 1924 in 
  the Pennsylvania Dutch farming community of Annville. He was the third child of 
  the late Dr. V. Earl Light, Sr. and Cora G. Light. He attended the Annville 
  public schools and was graduated from Lebanon Valley College in 1948 with a 
  Bachelor of Science degree. His college years were interrupted for military 
  service during World War II, when he served with a rifle company of the 104th 
  Infantry Division in Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Light attained the rank of 
  Staff Sergeant before sustaining the injury that earned him the Purple Heart. 
  An Infantryman Remembers World War II, Light's recollection of his war years, 
  was completed on the 50th anniversary of his injury in Marburg, Germany, and 
  led to his being awarded the Silver Star during a memorable ceremony in 1996 at 
  the United States Army War College Professor Light earned graduate degrees in 
  physics and engineering mechanics while employed by the Pennsylvania State 
  University from 1948 to 1959 as a full-time Research Engineer at the Ordnance 
  Research Laboratory and as a Research Associate in the Engineering Department. 
  His lab work involved the design and development of stress measuring equipment, 
  shock and vibration isolation of electronic and mechanical components, and 
  problems associated with underwater ordnance. He was the author of two 
  publications in scientific journals at the time. In 1959 Professor Light was 
  named to the faculty of Dickinson College, where he taught mathematics until 
  his retirement in 1987. He also served as the Registrar of Dickinson College 
  from 1966 to 1969. From 1969 to 1981 Professor Light served as a School 
  Director for the Carlisle Area School Board and from 1969 to 1975 was a member 
  of the Board of Trustees of the Carlisle YWCA, serving as President from 1973 
  to 1975. He was also a charter member of Carlisle Brown Baggers and belonged to 
  the Carlisle Rotary Club and the Central Pennsylvania Eclectic Club. Professor 
  Light was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle since 1960, 
  where he served as Sunday school teacher, Deacon, and Elder. His lifelong love 
  of music included singing in the church choir, as well. Light was a charter 
  member of the Carlindian Chorus, the Carlisle Chapter of SPEBSQSA, and 
  especially enjoyed singing in a barbershop quartet called The Lamplighters from 
  1970 to 1973. For many years Light also performed in the annual presentation of 
  Handel's Messiah at Allison United Methodist Church in Carlisle and was a 
  member of the Grantham Oratorio Society. Professor Light was married for 60 
  years to and is survived by his wife, the former Mary Caroline Edelman of 
  Hagerstown, Md. Together they enjoyed music, travel, and many friendships 
  during a long and happy retirement. Professor Light is survived by his three 
  children, Leslie (Mrs. Joseph Sobel) of Mechanicsburg, Rev. Dr. John S. of 
  Lancaster, and Rebecca (Mrs. Royce Wingert) of Lititz. He is also survived by 
  his six grandchildren, Jennifer (Mrs. Ben Spead) of Lititz, J. Steven, Jr. of 
  Tampa, Fla., Mariwyn of El Paso, Texas, and Ben, Andrew, and David Wingert, all 
  of Lititz; and by his three great-grandchildren, John, Mark, and Blythe Spead 
  of Lititz. He is survived by his siblings, Mary G. Bryce of Lebanon, V. Earl, 
  Jr. of Annville, Ruth E. Leffler of Columbia, Md., Anna L. of Chambersburg, and 
  James F. of Salt Lake City, Utah. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. 
  Friday at Second Presbyterian Church, 528 Garland Drive, Carlisle, with the 
  Rev. Jeffrey Gibelius and the Rev. Jennifer McKenna co-officiating, and 
  grandson, Steve Light, preaching. A viewing will be held at the church from 6 
  to 7:30 p.m. on Veterans' Day, November 11, and from 10 a.m. until the time of 
  the service on Friday. Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian 
  Cemetery in Lancaster. Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home, 219 N. Hanover St., Carlisle, 
  is in charge of the funeral arrangements. Contributions in John's name may be 
  made to Second Presbyterian Church; or Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2151 
  Oregon Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601. 
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on November 10, 2010 
  
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