Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Barner, Fern R. March 9, 2012 ************************************************ 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 March 17, 2012, 4:43 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 16, 2012 Fern R. Barner SEVERNA PARK, MD Fern Rebecca (Himmelberger) Barner, 92, died Thursday, March 9, 2012, at the Severna Park Genesis retirement home in Severna Park, Md. One of nine children of Curtis and Stella Himmelberger of Strausstown, Fern was born March 14, 1919, and was the wife of John Price Barner. Married for 55 years, Fern and John were the operators of several restaurants in Lebanon County, including the Palmyra Coffee Shop, the Green Terrace in Annville and the Quentin Riding Club. Following her husband's death in 1995, Fern lived with daughter, Anne Elizabeth Veach and her husband, John Veach in Severna Park, enjoying the company of her five grandchildren and six great- grandchildren and helping in the kitchen of the nearby Woods Presbyterian Church. In addition to daughter Anne, she is survived by sister, Faye Mutschler of Pine Grove, brother, Leon Himmelberger of Reading, and son, John Price Barner, Jr. of Spring City, Pa. According to her wishes, her ashes will be interred next to those of her husband following a graveside ceremony at the Zion Blue Mountain United Church of Christ, located on old Route #22 in Strausstown, on Monday, March 19, 2012, at 11 a.m. A luncheon will follow the ceremony at the Blue Mountain diner in Shartlesville. Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 16, 2012 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb