Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Krause,  Paul Edward "Punch" March 1, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 3, 2011 
  Paul Edward "Punch" Krause 
   
  LEBANON On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, our 'Punch' Krause of the "Greatest 
  Generation" was called to God's home. Born on December 7, 1922, in Lebanon, he 
  was the son of the late Richard J. and Wilhelmina Seabold Krause. The last 
  survivor of five brothers and three sisters, Punch graduated from Lebanon High 
  School in 1940. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont while in the service. 
  He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on October 6, 1941. After the United States 
  entered WWII, he served with distinction in both the Atlantic and Pacific 
  Theaters. He was a Signalman assigned to convoy duty aboard the S.S. Richard 
  Henry Lee, crossing the Atlantic while enduring relentless attacks from German 
  submarines and aircraft. Upon his return he was reassigned to the cruiser 
  U.S.S. Vincennes and set off for action in the Pacific where his ship 
  participated in numerous battles and island bombardments, surviving Kamikaze 
  attacks and enemy action until the war's end. He achieved the rank of Petty 
  Officer 1st Class and was honorably discharged in 1945. After his return to 
  Lebanon, he married Mary Elizabeth Hartman and they would have celebrated their 
  63rd anniversary this year. He worked for the Bell Telephone Company of 
  Pennsylvania for 38 years, retiring as an Outside Facilities Engineer in 1984. 
  He was also a past President of the PA Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of 
  America. Aside from raising eight children, he was very active in the 
  community, volunteering much of his time with the Friendship Fire Company as 
  part of the fire crew and various committees. Punch was a past President, but 
  was best known for his 22 years as company secretary, social event emcee, and 
  for his role in promoting the Friendship Youth Athletic Programs. Punch also 
  served as a South Lebanon Township Supervisor for 28 years, most of them as 
  Chairman of the Board. Most prominent among the achievements during his tenure 
  would be the expansion and development of South Hills Park. Punch loved to 
  picnic there and enjoyed this 'jewel' of the county. Upon his retirement, South 
  Lebanon Township honored him by naming the football field at the park in his 
  memory. Punch was a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Cornwall and was a member 
  of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by his wife, Mary; children, 
  John and wife, Jean of Mechanicsburg, Jean, wife of James Bragg of Jonestown, 
  Susan, wife of Joseph Dunning of New Hope, Joseph and wife, Barbara of 
  Mechanicsburg, Paul, Jr. and wife, Cathy of Lebanon, Stephen and wife, Debra of 
  Lebanon, Milissa, wife of Jeffrey Woodward of Cleona, and Lori, wife of Brendan 
  Renne of New Cumberland. Punch's 18 grandchildren include Stephen Sherk, 
  Jennifer Statler, Brian and Paul Hockin, Sarah Gebhard, Jamie Bentley, Amanda, 
  Rebecca, Joseph, Daniel, Emily, John, and Matthew Krause, Hannah and Mikayla 
  Woodward, Dylan Renne, and Brett and Jed Dunning. His eight great-grandchildren 
  are Isaac, Alexander, Jonah, and Isabella Hockin, Davis Gebhard, Nora Bentley, 
  and Logan and Vincent Dunning. Friends may call on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at 
  the Thompson Funeral Home, 126 S. 9th St., Lebanon. Visitation will continue on 
  Saturday at 9 a.m. with a funeral mass beginning at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's 
  Catholic Church, 2 N. 8th St., Lebanon. Interment with military honors will be 
  held at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Monday, March 7, at 10 am. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 3, 2011 
  
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