Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Gontz, David A.  June 8, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on June 10, 2012
  David A. Gontz 
   
  PALMYRA David A. Gontz, 72, passed away on Friday, June 8, 2012, in the 
  Masonic Village Health Care Center in Elizabethtown after a courageous battle 
  with cancer. He was born in Hershey, on August 12, 1939, the son of the late 
  Elmer E. and Esther M (Stutzman) Gontz. David graduated from West Chester 
  State College in 1961 with a BS degree in secondary education. He taught from 
  1961 to 1965 at Annville Cleona Schools and retired as a sales representative 
  and technology consultant for the Merrill and Glencoe and McGraw-Hill 
  Publishing Companies with 35 years of service. David was a member of Palm 
  Lutheran Church, Palmyra; a life member of both the Lebanon County Historical 
  Society and Citizens Fire Company #1, Palmyra; a member of Whistle Pig Fishing 
  Club in Hillsgrove; Palmyra Sportsman Assn.; a member and Past Master of 
  Brownstone Lodge #666 F&AM in Hershey, where he served as Representative in 
  the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and Chairman of the 60th Masonic District's 
  Masonic Education Committee; the York Rite Bodies of Lebanon, where he served 
  as Most Excellent High Priest of Chapter, Thrice Illustrious Master of 
  Council, and Eminent Commander of Commandery; the Knights of the York Cross of 
  Honor; the Harrisburg Consistory; Tall Cedars of Lebanon Quittapahilla Forest 
  #25, Lebanon; and Rajah Temple Shrine, Reading. David was also a member of the 
  former Palmyra American Legion Band, the Rajah Temple Concert Band, and the 
  Quittapahilla Forest Band. David is survived by wife, Patricia A (Perry) 
  Gontz; daughter, Ayleen K. (Gontz) Stellhorn of Littlestown; son, Allen M. 
  Gontz of Weymouth, Mass.; and granddaughters, Rachel and Veronica Stellhorn of 
  Littlestown A viewing will be held Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hoover 
  Funeral Home in Hershey beginning with a public Masonic Funeral Service at 
  5:45 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in his church. 
  Inurnment will be in the Hanoverdale Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on June 10, 201
   
  
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