Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Small, Edward L.  December 14, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News  on December 17, 2011 
  Edward L. Small 
  
  PALMYRA Edward L. Small, 65, died Wednesday, December 14, 2011, in the Lebanon 
  VA Medical Center Hospice. Born November 24, 1946, in Lebanon, he was a son of 
  the late Kermit U. and Mary H. (Hershey) Small. A 1964 graduate of Lebanon 
  High School, Ed was President of his Senior Class and National Honor Society, 
  Treasurer of Student Council, member of the German Club, Hi-Y Club, and the 
  band, which in 1962 participated in the Mason City, Iowa, Music Man 
  Competition and placed third. He also participated in the Lebanon High School 
  Oratorical Contest, was voted Best Personality and Most Courteous of the males 
  in his class, and lived the 1964 class motto "Not for ourselves, but for all." 
  Following his 1968 Elizabethtown College graduation with a B.S. in Biology/Pre-
  Med, he served as an operating room technician in the U.S. Army, receiving an 
  Honorable Discharge in December 1971. Following his military service, Ed 
  worked as a Real Estate Specialist for the Housing and Redevelopment Authority 
  of Lebanon County (1972-1974), Zoning Administrator for Lebanon County 
  Planning Department (1974-1986), Administrative Assistant for North 
  Londonderry Township (1986-1989), and Management Director for Eastern Land and 
  Resources Corp. (1989-1991). In March 2008, he became the Director of 
  Community Development for the Township of Derry, after 16 years as Assistant 
  Director. A life-long member of the Lebanon Church of the Brethren, he was 
  instrumental in writing the church's Faith Statement and Constitution. He 
  served as Head Usher, Worship Leader, Church Board Chair, and on every 
  committee in the church, including Pastoral Search Committee, Pastoral 
  Relations Committee, and Deacon Board. Ed was also very active with the 
  Lebanon County Chapter of the American Red Cross, serving numerous terms on 
  the Board of Directors since 1981 and as a member of the Executive Committee 
  and Budget Committee, Chairman of the Program Committee, and 1991 Chairman of 
  the Board. Surviving are his wife, Donna Waldron Small; stepsons, Bryan D., 
  husband of Jaclyn Waldron of Middletown, and Christopher J., husband of Sally 
  Waldron of Birmingham, Ala.; stepdaughter, Cheryl L. Waldron of Palmyra; 
  brother, Michael H., husband of Jeanie Small of Palmyra; nephew, Mark R. Small 
  of Palmyra; niece, Julie A. Small of Brisbane, Australia; and four 
  grandchildren. A funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 20, 
  2011, at Lebanon Church of the Brethren, 400 Locust St., Lebanon, preceded by 
  a visitation from 10:30 a.m. Interment with military honors will be in 
  Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. 
   
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on December 17, 2011 
   
  
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