Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Shelly, Henry W. October 10, 2010
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on October 12, 2010 
  Henry W. Shelly 
  
  LEBANON Henry W. Shelly, 87, died on Sunday, October 10, 2010, at Good 
  Samaritan Hospital. He was born on Friday, February 16, 1923, to the late Erwin 
  Shelly and Annie Shelly (nee Houser) in Cornwall. He served his country in the 
  U.S. Army in the 509th Light Pontoon Engineers attached to the Third Army 
  building floating bridges throughout Europe's many rivers advancing troops, 
  tanks and equipment. He served in every major battle in the European Campaign, 
  including the invasion in Normandy & Battle of the Bulge. He received 5 
  battlestars. He returned from WWII in 1945 and purchased a home with his wife 
  in West Lebanon where he began a 30 year career working for Bethlehem Steel, 
  much of it working at in the ore mine in Morgantown. After his retirement from 
  Bethlehem Steel, he enjoyed his years as head of maintenance at Binner Assoc. 
  in Schaefferstown and working in the Maintenance dept. at Annville-Cleona 
  School District. Henry was a member of Mt. Olivet Lodge #704 where he was a 
  master, Quittapahilla Forest No. 25 Tall Cedars and VFW Post #23. He enjoyed 
  many trips to AC & Wildwood marching in parades and competing with the Tall 
  Cedars Drill Team. He also enjoyed fishing, crabbing, boating and going to the 
  beach and boardwalk in Delaware with his family and friends. He and his wife 
  spent many years at their Indian River Inlet vacation home he built nestled on 
  a lagoon in DogWood Acres surrounded by many friends. He was a regular at 
  Heisey's Diner after his retirement where he would meet his friends for coffee 
  every morning. Surviving are wife Emma M. Shelly (nee Reppert) Lebanon; 
  daughters, Joyce A. spouse of Scott Plasterer, Lebanon, Faye L. spouse of James 
  Aurand, Middleburg; son, Dale E. spouse of Betsy Shelly, Palmyra; 
  grandchildren, Kevin Kreiser, Melissa Groff, Kelli Plasterer, Jeffrey Aurand, 
  Bradley Aurand, Andrew Aurand; six great-grandchildren; several nieces and 
  nephews. He was preceded in death by grandchild, Michael Shelly; sister, 
  Elizabeth Gingrich. Viewing will be on Friday from 9 to 10 a.m. at Christman's 
  Funeral Home, Inc., 226 Cumberland St., Lebanon, with masonic services 
  beginning at 8:50 a.m. Funeral services will be on Friday at 10 a.m. at the 
  funeral home. Burial will be at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, 
  following the service. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart 
  Association , P.O. Box 1263, Lebanon, PA 17042; or Alzheimer's Association - 
  Greater PA Chapter, 3544 N. Progress Avenue Suite 205, Harrisburg PA 17110. 
  Christman's Funeral Home, Inc. is honored to serve the family with the 
  arrangements. 
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on October 12, 2010 
  
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