Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Rudegeair, Peter P., Jr. March 24, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 26, 2011 
  Peter P. Rudegeair Jr. 
  
  ANNVILLE Peter P. Rudegeair, Jr., 99, formerly of 13 Kindred Place, Annville, 
  died Thursday, March 24, 2011, in the Lebanon Valley Home, Annville. He was the 
  husband of Imogene Harkins Rudegeair, who died in 1979. Born in Lebanon, on 
  November 20, 1911, he was the son of the late Peter, Sr. and Annie Maier 
  Rudegeair. He was a member of St. Paul The Apostle Church, Annville. Prior to 
  living in Annville, he spent virtually all of his life as a member of St. 
  Mary's Catholic Church in Lebanon and attended the original St. Mary's 
  Parochial School. Pete was a 53 year employee of the Lebanon Daily News, having 
  started working there in 1927 as an apprentice newspaper printer. He later 
  served as advertising make-up foreman, composing room foreman, plant 
  superintendent, and occupied the position as production manager of a daily 
  newspaper, two weeklies, and three small commercial shops at the time of his 
  retirement in May 1981. He was a member of Communication Workers of America, 
  formerly International Typographical Union #813, the Knights of Columbus Fourth 
  Degree, Lebanon Assembly, the original Athletic Association of St. Mary's 
  Church when Monsignor Paul Weaver introduced football to Lebanon Catholic High 
  School, and the Lebanon Industrial Management Club of Lebanon since 1950, 
  serving as its president in 1957. He was also a member of the Holy Name Society 
  at St. Mary's Church, the Lebanon Country Club for 35 years, and he was an avid 
  golfer and card player. Pete was very active and in charge of the Pennsylvania 
  Newspaper Association Production Department, the American Newspaper Association 
  Mechanical Group, and locally he was chairman of a committee that was 
  responsible for setting up a printing and publishing department at the Lebanon 
  County Career and Technology Center. He is survived by a son, Peter 
  John "Jack", husband of Marian Rudegeair of Cornwall; a daughter, Shirley Jean, 
  wife of Donald Witmyer of Lititz; eight grandchildren, eight great 
  grandchildren; and two great-great-grandsons. He was the last of his immediate 
  family and was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Jo Templin in 1993; 
  brothers, Carl, Raymond, and Richard Rudegeair; a sister, Christine McLaughlin; 
  and a friend, Ellouise Barry. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, 
  March 28, at 2 p.m. from St. Paul The Apostle Church, 125 S. Spruce St., 
  Annville. Interment will be in Holy Savior Cemetery, Cornwall. No viewing or 
  visitation.  Kreamer Funeral Home and Crematory, Annville, is in charge of 
  arrangements. 
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 26, 2011 
  
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