Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Melito, Annabel R.  September 11, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 15, 2011 
  Annabel R. Melito 
    
  PALMYRA Annabel (Ann) Ruth (Vandevere) Melito, 92, of the Lebanon Valley 
  Brethren Home, Palmyra, PA, died Sunday, September 11, 2011. Born August 4, 
  1919, on her grandfather's farm near Fredricksburg, she was the daughter of 
  Verna Caroline (Deck) Vandevere and Rev. Ray Spooner Vandevere, former 
  Superintendent of Bethany Children's Home in Womelsdorf. Surviving are her 
  daughter, Carol A. (Grogan) Meyer, wife of Ralph P. Meyer of Palmyra; two 
  sons, Brian V. Melito of Sellersville, and Joel P. Melito, husband of Shirley 
  (Vann) Melito of Wilmington, N.C.; nine grandchildren and three great-
  grandchildren: Ted, husband of Tammy (Wenner), and father of Cole and Ava; 
  Andy, husband of Keira (Strickler) and father of Owen; Alex Meyer, husband of 
  Carole J. (Roethlein), children and grandchildren of Carol Meyer; Greg, 
  Cristina, and Julia, children of Brian Melito; and Helen, Martin, and Laurel, 
  children of Joel Melito. Husbands, Oliver D. Grogan and Angelo J. Melito, and 
  a son, Aldo R. Melito, preceded her in death. Annabel graduated from Berwick 
  High School, Berwick, in 1936, Catawba College, Salisbury, N.C., in 1940, and 
  did masters work at Drexel University. She retired from her teaching career at 
  Northern Lebanon High School in 1981. She was a member of the Lebanon County 
  Home Economics Association, Lebanon County Educational Honor Society, Lebanon 
  County Association of School Retirees, Past Matron of Conrad Weiser Order of 
  the Eastern Star- Chapter #449 in Womelsdorf, was a former member of Delta 
  Kappa Gamma, served as a Stephen Minister for Palm Lutheran Church of Palmyra, 
  and was a member of the Myerstown United Church of Christ. A celebration of 
  Annabel's life will be held at the convenience of the family. In death as in 
  life, Ann will be teaching as she has donated her body for research.   
  Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 25 W. Pine St., Palmyra 
  17078 is providing supportive services.
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 15, 2011 
  
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