Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Zerbe, Roy A. July 22, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com July 29, 2011, 10:30 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on July 24, 2011 Roy A. Zerbe PINE GROVE Roy A. "Josh" Zerbe, 87, of Pine Grove, flew into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, July 22, 2011, in Pine Grove Twp. Born on May 3, 1924, in Pine Grove, he was a son of the late Oscar and Esther Kintzel Zerbe. Josh was a lifetime member of the Schuylkill Church of the Brethren, where he served as a Deacon and was a Sunday School teacher for many years. He was a 1942 graduate of Pine Grove High School. He had been employed at the Indiantown Gap Military Reservation and then as a rural mail carrier in the Pine Grove area for many years. Josh was Staff Sgt. in the U.S. Army during WWII, having served with the 101st Airborne Div., 506th Inf. Reg. Co F., as a paratrooper. He received the Purple Heart with two clusters, the European Theatre Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Infantry Medal, and the WWII Victory Medal. He was an active member of the Pine Grove V. F. W. Post 3432. Preceding him in death were his first wife, Anna D. Fidler Zerbe, on February 2, 2001, and a brother, Stewart Zerbe, Sr. Surviving are his wife, Mabel A. Lehman Zerbe, one son, Thomas and wife, Linda Zerbe, and three daughters, Kay, wife of Kenneth Kintzel, Sharon, wife of Dennis Daubert, and Karen Swingle, all of Pine Grove; five grandsons, Ken and wife, Melissa Kintzel, Jr., Tom Zerbe, Jr., Randy and wife, Heather Swingle, Jr., Joshua and wife, Amanda Daubert, and Andrew and wife, Aleena Daubert; two granddaughters, Kristen, wife of Kirk Wolfe, and Tammy Moser; six great-grandchildren; one brother, Willard Zerbe of Arizona; a sister, Betty Zerbe of New York City, N.Y.; four stepchildren, Carol Ann, wife of Perry Pillar of Joliett, Linda, wife of Robert Staller of Pine Grove, Diane, wife of Mark Lizambri of Middletown, and Gary and wife, Kathy Stump of Pine Grove; five stepgrandchildren; and 10 step great-grandchildren. Services will be held at the Schuylkill Church of the Brethren, 347 Sweet Arrow Lake Road, Pine Grove, on Tuesday at 10 a.m. with Pastor Rick Hoffman officiating. Interment will follow in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery. There will be a viewing on Monday from 6 to 9 p.m.. at the at the H.L. Snyder Funeral Home, Inc., Pine Grove. Published in Lebanon Daily News on July 24, 2011 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb