Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Kreis, Charles H.  January 20, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 21, 2012 
  Charles H. Kreis 
  
  MYERSTOWN Charles H. Kreis, 88, died Friday, January 20, 2012, at the Good 
  Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. He was the husband of Arlene S. (Sherman) Kreis, 
  to whom he was married 63 years on September 4. Born in Valley View, on March 
  20, 1923, he was the son of the late Charles Ralph and Hannah Ellen (Hoffman) 
  Kreis. A 1941 graduate of Tremont High School, he served in the U.S. Navy 
  during WWII. He attended the Navy School of Music and in 1950 received a B.S. 
  Degree in Music Education at Lebanon Valley College. He attended the Paul J. 
  Christiansen Choral School, and did graduate work at the University of PA. Mr. 
  Kreis and a friend from Lebanon Valley College formed a dance band called The 
  Musical Owls which played in the Lebanon County area. He had been an 
  instrumental music teacher for 35 1/2 years in the Mt. Markham Central School 
  in West Winfield, New York. While residing in New York State, he played first 
  trombone in the Utica Symphony and numerous dance bands. He had the privilege 
  of accompanying Chuck Mangione, Joni Mitchell, Tony Bennett and members of the 
  Lawrence Welk Band. He also played with the New Yorkers Ragtime Jazz & Pepper 
  Society which played on the Governor's barge in New York Harbor during the 
  1976 bicentennial. After his retirement to PA, he played in the Lebanon 
  Community Band, Lebanon Big Band, Gentlemen of Jazz, Rajah Concert Band, among 
  several others. He was a member of Myerstown U.C.C. where he directed the 
  church choir for many years. A life member of the American Federation of 
  Musicians, he was also a member of the Masonic Lodge F &AM of PA #0062, West 
  Reading, Pa., Rajah Shriners, Blandon, Pa., and the American Legion Post 0945, 
  Harrisburg. In addition to his wife, he is survived by daughters Sherry Kreis 
  of Denver, Colorado, Deborah Kreis of Sanford, Maine, Linda wife of Douglas 
  Ames of Sauquoit, N.Y., Carol Simpson of Richfield Springs, N.Y.; sons, 
  Charles husband of Annie Kreis of Rockport, Mass., Brian husband of Gladys 
  Kreis of Schenectady, N.Y., Jeffrey husband of Lori Kreis of Stony Point, 
  N.Y., Karl Kreis of Knoxville, Tenn., and Kevin husband of Deborah Kreis of 
  Latham, N.Y.; 24 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; several nieces and 
  nephews. He was preceded in death by a son, Gregory Kreis and brothers, Ralph 
  and Robert Kreis. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 26, 2012, at 
  7 p.m. from Myerstown UCC, 306 W. Main Ave., Myerstown. Viewing Thursday from 
  5 to 7 p.m. at the church. Interment will be at the convenience of the family 
  at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Annville. Grose Funeral Home, Myerstown 
  has been entrusted with the arrangements. 
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on January 21, 2012 
   
  
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