Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Shope, Donald D.  March 17, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 19, 2011 
  Donald D. Shope 
  
  PALMYRA Donald D. Shope, 87, passed away suddenly on Thursday, March 17, 2011, 
  at Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra. He was married to Annie S. (Hetrick) 
  Shope for 48 years prior to her death in 1991. He is currently married to 
  Frances (Rodeffer) Shope. He was born Thursday, March 13, 1924, on the family 
  farm in Middletown, to the late Eli C. and Pearl (Yetter) Shope. In his early 
  years, Donald was a Milton Hershey farmer and houseparent, a self-employed 
  farmer, and a school bus driver. In the mid-1950's, he developed the 
  communities of Shope Gardens and later Colonel Burd Estates. He was the founder 
  and former co-owner of Shope Gardens Construction. He worked with the Corps of 
  Engineers during the 1972 flood. He had been active with the Lower Swatara 
  Sewer Authority, Lower Swatara Fire Company, Highspire Fire Company, Middletown 
  Borough, and Lower Swatara Water Control Board. He had served as a board member 
  of the Highspire Tinian Manor Swim Club and had been a former member of the 
  West Shore Chamber of Commerce. He was also active with the Conewago Church of 
  the Brethren, where he had served as superintendent, Sunday School teacher, 
  chair of the Pastoral Board, and a board member for the Atlantic Northeast 
  District. He worked on disaster relief mission trips in the past to Haiti, 
  Honduras, Mississippi, and Albany, Ga. He helped initiate the development of 
  the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, served as an initial board member, chair of 
  the LVBH Building Committee, and a volunteer bus driver for many years. He was 
  a current resident of the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home. In addition to his 
  wife, he is survived by four children, Shirley A. Deichert, wife of Richard of 
  Elizabethtown, Donald J. Shope and wife, Betsy of Elizabethtown, Faye A. 
  Maulfair, wife of Pastor Paul, Jr. of Middletown, and Ray E. Shope of 
  Harrisburg; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Lehman 
  Shope of Middletown. He was predeceased by four brothers, Arthur, Robert, 
  Clair, and Harry Shope. A funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday, March 22, 
  2011, at 10:30 a.m. at the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, DiMatteo Worship 
  Center, 1200 Grubb Road, Palmyra 17078, with Pastor Paul Maulfair, Jr. and 
  Chaplain Norman D. Yeater officiating. Family and friends are invited for 
  visitation on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation 
  Services, Inc., 25 W. Pine St., Palmyra 17078, and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. 
  Tuesday at Lebanon Valley Brethren Home. Burial will take place in Woodlawn 
  Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg. 
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 19, 2011 
  
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