Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Herb, James H. January 21, 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 January 30, 2012, 7:33 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 24, 2012 James H. Herb PALMYRA James H. "Woodbutcher" Herb, 81, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2012, at the Lebanon VA Medical Center. Born June 11, 1930 in Orwigsburg, he was a son of the late Ray and Alverta (Reed) Herb. A 1948 graduate of the Hershey Industrial School; he was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. After serving in the Navy, he worked in construction and later was owner of Lebanon Valley Kitchens, Palmyra. He was an outstanding craftsman, known for his unique designing of cabinets and furniture, and as a hobby became interested in carving canes and walking sticks. He was a member of the American National Cane Club where the club donated many canes to disabled veterans. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Surviving are his wife of 60 years Betty Mae (Reber) Herb; daughters, Linda Mae, wife of James Horstick and Brenda Jean, wife of Mike Miller all of Lebanon; six grandchildren; three great- grandchildren; brother, Otis, husband of Edna Herb of Reading; sisters, Elsie Erk of Colorado and June, wife of William Ebbert of Florida. He was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Buse Funeral Home, 145 N. Grant St., Palmyra. Interment, with military honors, will be in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 24, 2012 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb