Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Ferry, Mark Z.  December 13, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on December 15, 2011 
  Mark Z. Ferry 
   
  PALMYRA Mark Zeller Ferry, 91, of Palmyra, formerly of Lebanon, died Tuesday, 
  December 13, 2011, at the Royer Green House at the Lebanon Valley Brethren 
  Home. He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Jean Miller Ferry, in 
  1995. He was also predeceased by his half-sister, Dorothy Anspach, and a 
  grandson, Thomas B. Bowman III. Born June 12, 1920 in Palmyra, Ferry was the 
  son of the late George U. and Virginia Zeller Ferry. He attended Palmyra Area 
  High School and Lebanon Valley College. During World War II, he was a Tech. 
  Sergeant serving as a weapons instructor in Cadre at the Infantry Replacement 
  Training Center at Fort McClellan in Alabama. Ferry and his wife were 
  proprietors of Ferry's on the square in Palmyra until they closed the store in 
  1979 and retired. The store was founded as a general store in 1905 by Ferry's 
  father, George. When Ferry and his wife purchased the business in 1951 they 
  converted it to an apparel and domestics store. Ferry was a member of the 
  American Legion, and a life member of Trinity United Church of Christ and 
  Citizen's Fire Company #1, of Palmyra. He was a former member of Lebanon 
  Country Club, Quentin Riding Club, Valley Beach Club, Lebanon County Chamber 
  of Commerce, and the Pennsylvania Retailers' Association. He was a past 
  president of the Palmyra Business Association, and a former member and song 
  leader of the Palmyra Rotary Club. Ferry had served on the Board of Directors 
  of the Valley Trust Company of Palmyra, and on the Advisory Board of American 
  Bank and Meridian Bank. He enjoyed cruising, gardening, music, and dancing. 
  Ferry and his wife traveled throughout the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, 
  Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, South and Central America, and 
  Canada. He was devoted to his late wife and to his family. He is survived by 
  his daughter and son-in-law, Lynda J.F. and Glenn E. Moore of Harrisburg; 
  daughter Sylvia Ferry Bowman of Palmyra; granddaughter Alexis Moore Evans, her 
  husband Henry, and great-grandchildren Collin and Alicia Jean Nissley of 
  Palmyra; grandson Mark T. Bowman of Myerstown; and grandson Zachary J. Moore 
  of Harrisburg. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 19, 2011 at 11 
  AM at Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 25 West Pine Street, 
  Palmyra, PA 17078 with Chaplain Dr. Norman D. Yeater officiating. Family and 
  friends are invited for viewing from 10 AM until time of the service. Burial 
  will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Palmyra.
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on December 15, 2011 
  
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