Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Thierwechter, Lee R.  January 10, 2011
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Published in Lebanon Daily News on January12, 2011 
Lee R. Thierwechter 

BELLEVILLE Lee R. Thierwechter, 81, of 4217 E. Main St., Belleville, died at 
7:40 a.m. Monday, January 10, 2011, at his home. Born July 12, 1929, in North 
Lebanon Township, he was the son of the late Robert J. and Edna (Peiffer) 
Thierwechter. He was united in marriage to Neda (Kreider) Thierwechter on 
August 12, 1956. Mrs. Thierwechter survives at their home. Also surviving are 
three sons, John K. Thierwechter and wife, Linda of Chambersburg; David L. 
Thierwechter and wife, Rebecca of Wellsboro; and Andrew P. Thierwechter and 
wife, Carrie of Lewistown; five grandchildren, Nicole Burkholder, Bryant 
Thierwechter, Christina Traxler, Nathaniel Thierwechter, and Severin 
Thierwechter; and three great-grandchildren, Alex Thierwechter, Summer Traxler 
and Alyse Traxler; as well as a brother, Glen P. Thierwechter of Bass River, 
Mass. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Glenn B. Thierwechter. Lee 
graduated from Fredericksburg High School in 1947, from Lebanon Valley College 
in 1951 and from Penn State University in 1956 with degrees in Biology and 
Agriculture. He was then honorably discharged from the United States Army, 
having served as a medic during the Korean Conflict from 1951-1953. He taught 
agriculture at the Milton Hershey School; he worked for Eastern States Farmers 
Exchange which later became Agway and most recently he was employed with and 
retired from the Aid Association for Lutherans. He was a member of the 
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Reedsville, where he was active in his local 
congregation as well as the Upper Susquehanna Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran 
Church of America. He was a scholar, writer, and teacher of the Pennsylvania 
German language and culture. A funeral service will be held in his honor at 10 
a.m. Friday at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Reedsville with Pastor James 
Park Bricker officiating. Interment will take place at Zoar Lutheran Cemetery 
in Mt. Zion. His family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at 
Henderson Funeral Home, 3813 W. Main St., Belleville, and from 9 a.m. until the 
time of service on Friday at the church. 

Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 12, 2011 

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