Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Heisey, Eugene D.  February 11, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on February 12, 2012
  Eugene D. Heisey 
   
  PALMYRA Eugene D. Heisey, 95, formerly of Annville, died Saturday, February 
  11, 2012, in the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, Palmyra. He married Blanche 
  Foltz Heisey in 1938 and they would have celebrated their 74th wedding 
  anniversary in May 2012. Born in South Annville Twp., on December 8, 1916, he 
  was the son of the late Walter E. and Irene Boyer Heisey. He started the H & H 
  Tack Shop, Annville, in 1948 from which he retired in 1979. Before going into 
  the tack business, he was superintendent of the Annville Water Company. Gene 
  graduated from Cornwall High School in 1934, was a member of Zion Evangelical 
  Congregational Church, Annville, and was the past Director of the English, 
  Western Retailers of America. He was a past president and treasurer of the 
  Annville Rotary Club, was named Rotarian of the Year in 1980-1981, served as 
  chairman of Rotary District 7390 World Fellowships, a member of the World 
  Fellowship of Scouting and Horseback Riding, where he served as the American 
  representative and had ridden in five countries. He also served as Group D 
  representative for Rotary District 7390, was a member of the Annville American 
  Legion Home Association, and past president of the Annville Free Library 
  Trustees. He was a life member of the following organizations: Lebanon County 
  Fireman's Association; Lebanon County Workshop; Annville Union Hose Fire 
  Company; American Horse Show Association; Zembo Mounted Patrol; International 
  Shrine and Mid Atlantic Shrine Horse Patrols; the Horse Shoe Trail Club; 
  Lebanon County Humane Society; and the Zembo Temple, Harrisburg. He was 
  instrumental in starting the Lebanon County 4-H Horse Program and the riding 
  program with the Lebanon YMCA Camp Kiwanis. He was a merit badge counselor for 
  horsemanship and a century member of the Boy Scouts of America. He was also a 
  member of Mt. Olivet Lodge #704, F.&A.M., Lebanon; Ancient Scottish Rite 
  Valley of Harrisburg; the York Rite Bodies; Tall Cedars of Lebanon 
  Quittapahila Forest #25; Lebanon County Shrine Club, in which he served as 
  president in 1990 and was a past treasurer; the Hershey Shrine Club; 
  Cumberland County Shrine Club; and the Zembo Luncheon Club. He was an honorary 
  member of the Nur Temple, Delaware, and Rajah Temple, Reading. He served as 
  secretary-treasurer of the Mid-Atlantic Shrine Association for 23 years and 
  secretary-treasurer of the International Shrine Horse Patrols for 15 years. He 
  was chosen International Horse Patrol Shriner of the Year in 1978 and Mid-
  Atlantic Horse Patrol Shriner of the year in 1995. Surviving, in addition to 
  his wife, are a son, E. David Heisey, Jr. of Burbank, Calif.; two daughters, 
  Barbara A. Longenecker of Annville and Helen L. Ferguson of Hummelstown; five 
  grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and a sister, Rosemary Fry of 
  Palmyra. He was preceded in death by a brother, Herman Heisey. Funeral 
  services will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the DiMatteo Worship Center 
  at the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, 1200 Grubb Road, Palmyra. Interment will 
  be held at the convenience of the family in Covenant Cemetery, N. Lebanon Twp. 
  Friends may call on Wednesday from 9 to 11 a.m. prior to the service at the 
  Worship Center. Masonic services will be held at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday morning.  
  Kreamer Funeral Home and Crematory, Annville, is in charge of arrangements. 
   
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on February 12, 2012 
   
  
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