Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Light, Betty J. February 3, 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 February 11, 2012, 8:19 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on February 4, 2012 Betty J. Light DALLASTOWN Betty Jane (Harpine) Light, 82, formerly of Palmyra, passed away peacefully at Manor Care Dallastown, on Friday, February 3, 2012. She was predeceased by her husband Isaac H. Light in 2002. She was born Sunday, April 21, 1929, in Palmyra, to the late Charles A. and Edith (Kline) Harpine. She was a member of the Palmyra Church of the Brethren, where she also taught Sunday school and sang in the choir. Betty loved to sing. She won several competitions as a teenager and sang on the Showboat in Harrisburg. She enjoyed painting, gardening, and reading, particularly Danielle Steel novels. She collected teddy bears and had over 300 bears in her collection. Betty and her husband fostered four infant children in addition to raising their own. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by a daughter, Karen Gentzler of Dover; a grandson, Aaron Gentzler and wife, Stacie of Baltimore, Md.; and a granddaughter, Teresa Ardini and husband, Joseph of Manheim. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by a daughter, Marsha E. Risser, and a brother, Robert A. Harpine. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 25 W. Pine St., Palmyra 17078 with the Rev. Sheresha Simpson- Rice officiating. Family and friends are invited for viewing from 10 a.m. until time of the service. Burial will follow in Grandview Memorial Park, Annville. Published in Lebanon Daily News on February 4, 2012 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb