Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Neff, Elizabeth Royer December 21, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on December 24, 2011 
  Elizabeth Royer Neff 
   
  Elizabeth Royer Neff Wife of the late Dr. Charles Neff, went into the morning 
  of heavenly joy on December 21, 2011. She went from the loving embrace of her 
  family and friends who cared for her at 551 Hemlock Lane, Lebanon PA into the 
  glad welcome awaiting her. Elizabeth was born on Christmas Day in 1914 in 
  Orrville, OH to pastor I.W. Royer and Christina Neuhauser Royer. There she 
  grew with her two sisters in the nurture of her family and the church. She 
  graduated from Goshen College in Goshen, IN and became a teacher in the public 
  school system in her Ohio home and also in Baltimore, MD where her husband was 
  in medical school. Afterwards they lived and worked in beautiful Harford 
  County Maryland; Dr. Neff served as a physician in rural practice with his 
  wife's devoted help. This was the birthplace of their daughter Christina and 
  son John Timothy. Because of family health problems, they moved to 
  California's warmer climate. There they provided a home for Elizabeth's 
  elderly parents and Dr. Neff entered his residency in psychiatry. In 1972, at 
  the call of Philhaven Hospital, they moved to the lovely Lebanon Valley and 
  took up residence in Cornwall. It was in this area, rich in Pennsylvania 
  history, that she discovered her Royer lineage dating back to land purchased 
  from William Penn's sons in the early 1700's. As a wife, mother and homemaker, 
  Elizabeth was devoted to everyone who walked through her door. She was a 
  gracious hostess, delighting in children and young people and in happy 
  gatherings around the table. She resourced young mother's groups, sharing her 
  great concern and investment in the value of the family and the home. She was 
  a faithful and enthusiastic member of Gingrich's Mennonite Church. Elizabeth 
  was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Charles Neff; by her sisters, Dr. Mary 
  Royer and Katherine Royer; and by an infant son, John Timothy. She is survived 
  by her loving daughter and son-in-law, Christina Neff Okamoto and Dr. Jeffrey 
  Okamoto, in whose home she spent her last years; by a devoted grandson Stephen 
  Okamoto and his wife, Cassie Okamoto; as well as a dear host of nieces and 
  nephews and even a great great great nephew. Her farewell service will be held 
  at Gingrich's Mennonite Church, 100 Forney Road, Lebanon, PA, 17042; phone 
  (717) 274-1521 on Saturday, December 31. It will open with a time of visiting 
  and fellowship, breakfast and music from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The formal 
  service will begin at 12:00, with a graveside ceremony to follow at Gingrich's 
  Church cemetery. Gifts of remembrance may be sent for the purchase of Bibles 
  for the prayer room and books for the children's and adolescents' units at 
  Philhaven Hospital; Attention Development Office, P.O. Box 550, Mount Gretna, 
  PA 17064. This poem, written by Elizabeth, reflects her life of faith and love 
  and prayer: On our earthly journey there are many changing landscapes. 
  Sometimes we are in high Alpine meadows, sunlit and strewn with flowers. 
  Sometimes our road winds through deep dark canyons. But Jesus is with us in 
  both the meadows and the canyons. He left the breathtaking beauty of the 
  Heavenly Meadows to walk the dusty roads of earth- And then to tread the 
  darkest loneliest canyon of rejection, shame and THE CROSS- rising gloriously 
  to deliver us from the evil one. Now, forever free forgiven and safe, we can 
  ascend into the boundless beauty and joy of the Highest Meadows in the shining 
  company of the angels and the redeemed With Jesus! Arrangements are being 
  handled by Grose Funeral Home, Inc., 358 W. Washington Ave., Myerstown, PA 
  17067.
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on December 24, 2011 
   
  
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