Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Wetzel, Franklin A., Sr. March 9, 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 March 17, 2012, 4:03 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 11, 2012 Franklin A. Wetzel Sr. MYERSTOWN Franklin A. Wetzel, Sr., passed away Friday, March 9, 2012, at Cedar Haven. He was the husband of Betty L. Whary Wetzel with whom he celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on February 21, 2012. He was born in Gowen City, on November 15, 1929, son of the late William H. and Laura Elsie Long Wetzel. He was a retired self- employed photographer. He was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church, Lebanon, and the East Sunbury Hose Co #1. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are children, F. Arthur Wetzel of Palmyra, William I., husband of Patricia Wetzel of Lebanon, Rebecca A. Wetzel of Norcross, Ga., John Edward, husband of Theresa Wetzel of Pennsylvania, and L. Anjennette Sanders of Connecticut; 14 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and brother, Grant Wetzel of Shamokin. Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend Franklin's memorial service Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 5 p.m. from Messiah Lutheran Church, 1800 Oak St., Lebanon, with the Rev. Barry S. Kendall officiating. Friends will be received at the church beginning Tuesday at 4 p.m. Arrangements entrusted to James A. Porterfield, Ruffner-Porterfield Funeral Directors & Cremation Services, Ltd., 890 Isabel Drive, Lebanon. Published in Lebanon Daily News on March 11, 2012 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb