Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Lerch, Marlin J., Sr.  November 5, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on November 7, 2011 
  Marlin J. Lerch Sr. 
  
  HUMMELSTOWN Marlin J. "Mart" Lerch, Sr., 84, passed away Saturday, November 5, 
  2011, at his home. Born in Elizabethtown on March 21, 1927, he was the son of 
  the late Martin L. and Caroline Bard Lerch. Mart retired from the former 
  Verdelli Farms, Hummelstown, where he was a truck driver. He was an U.S. Army 
  veteran having served in World War II. Mart was a lifetime member of the 
  American Legion Post 265 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1687 both of 
  Hummelstown. He was an avid golfer; a lover of nature especially feeding the 
  birds; and enjoyed recycling cans. Mart is survived by his wife of 61 years, 
  Betty J. Arnold Lerch, whom he married on December 4, 1950; three sons, Marlin 
  J. Lerch, Jr. of Hershey, Joseph M. Lerch of Hummelstown, and Douglas W. Lerch 
  husband of Connie of Blain; two daughters, Barbara A. Seibert wife of Scott of 
  Middletown, and Patricia D. Olinger wife of Roger of Hummelstown; four 
  brothers, Earl E. Lerch of White Bluff, Tenn., Robert C. Lerch of Hershey, 
  Jack D. Lerch of Hummelstown, and Dale E. Lerch of Oberlin; four sisters, Jean 
  A. Shertzer and Stella J. Cobaugh both of Hummelstown, Dolores M. Cobaugh of 
  Williamsport, and Gloria J. Sumpter of Mt. Joy; 16 grandchildren; and 16 great-
  grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Marlin J. Lerch, III; 
  two brothers, Adam Lerch and Donald M. Lerch; and one sister, Irene Cobaugh. 
  Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. the Trefz & Bowser Funeral 
  Home, Inc., 114 W. Main St., Hummelstown, with The Rev. Kimberly B. Shifler, 
  his pastor, officiating. Interment with military honors will be in the 
  Hummelstown Cemetery. Friends are invited to the viewings in the funeral home 
  Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until time of the services.
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on November 7, 2011 
  
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