Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Betz, Lester M.  March 23, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 25, 2012 
  Lester M. Betz 
  
  MECHANICSBURG Lester M. Betz, 88, of Messiah Village in Mechanicsburg, passed 
  away Friday, March 23, 2012, at Harrisburg Hospital. Born July 11, 1923, in 
  Palmyra, he was the son of the late Moses and Lillie (Rissinger) Betz. Lester 
  was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Chambersburg, a 1941 
  graduate of Elizabethtown High School, and a 1951 Engineering Graduate of 
  Drexel University. He retired in 1980 from U.S. Civil Service, having worked 
  for the U.S. Army Transportation Command, Olmstead Air Force Base, and DESCOM, 
  Letterkenny Army Depot. He served in the Asiatic Pacific Theater during World 
  War II with the Army Air Corps. He was a member of AARP, NARFE, VFW (Charles 
  Nitterhouse Post), the American Legion (Burt J. Asper Post 46), and Trout 
  Unlimited. Surviving are his beloved wife, M. Lorraine Blasser Betz, whom he 
  married in 1946; daughters, Jeanette, wife of David Bickford of 
  Fredericksburg, and Susan, wife of Larry Dittmann of Middletown; sisters, 
  Joann of Elizabethtown, wife of the late Rev. Russell Mengel, and Clara, wife 
  of Kenneth Reighard of Elizabethtown; two grandsons, Andre D. Powell and wife, 
  Alison of Arvada, Colo., and Holmes C. Powell and wife, Jessica of Palmyra; 
  two great-granddaughters, Chloe and Caitlin Powell; a sister-in-law, Lois 
  Betz; a brother-in-law, Stuart Madara; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was 
  preceded in death by his infant twin brother, Luther, as well as his brothers, 
  Dale and James L. Betz; and by his sister, Ardell Betz Madara. Funeral 
  services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at the Messiah 
  Village Chapel, with viewing from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Burial will take place in 
  the Grandview Cemetery, Annville. 
   
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 25, 2012 
   
  
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