Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Boyer, Kenneth Lamar "Hessy" August 12, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 15, 2012 
  PINE GROVE Kenneth Lamar "Hessy" Boyer, 79, passed away Sunday, August 12, 
  2012, in the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. Born on February 14, 1933, in 
  Tremont, he was a son of the late Galen and Pearl Strausser Boyer. He grew up 
  in Ravine with his three siblings, Ronald Boyer (deceased), Dion Boyer, and Kay 
  Boyer Williams. The Boyers were a baseball family with Hessy, Ronald, Dion, and 
  their father, Galen, all playing on the same team. Hessy graduated from Pine 
  Grove High School in 1951 and worked in the textile industry for two years 
  before entering the Navy in 1953 and serving during the Korean War. While in 
  the Navy, Hessy toured the Pacific on the U.S.S. Point Defiance (Plank Owner) 
  and U.S.S. Mt. McKinley and was present at the Atomic Tests at Bikini Atoll for 
  Project Red Wing. Hessy was a member of the Naval reserve from 1957 to 1965. He 
  was a Life Member of the Pine Grove American Legion Post 374, a member the Pine 
  Grove V.F.W. Post 3432, the National Association of Atomic Veterans, National H-
  Bomb Observers, and the U.S.S. Mt. McKinley Association. After returning to 
  civilian life, Hessy joined Quaker Alloy Casting Company in 1963 and worked for 
  the company and its successor until his retirement in 1992, and then then 
  worked at Camp Wood Haven as a handyman and caretaker. Hessy was married to his 
  bride, Gail Walton Boyer, for over 52 years. Hessy and Gail's children and 
  grandchildren are: son, Scott and wife, Doris V. Boyer, and daughters, Alexis 
  and Emily of Fullerton, Calif.; son, Greg and wife, Jacquelline Boyer, and 
  daughter, Claudia of Palmyra; and daughter, Kathy Boyer, and her daughter, 
  Karli of Pine Grove. Hessy continued to enjoy baseball and softball well into 
  his 70's. His playing included highlights of being on the All Navy Baseball 
  team and trying out for the St. Louis Browns Major League team while being 
  mentioned in Sports Illustrated as an upcoming player. He was a member of the 
  St. Clair Old Timers Baseball Association and Senior Modified Old Timers 
  League. Hessy was active in the community as well. He was a Life member in the 
  Oak Grove Sportsman's Club, a member of the Pine Grove Township Recreation 
  Committee, the Pine Grove Christmas Light Committee, and one of his favorites - 
  the Mc Knights of the Round Table. He was also active in St. Peter's U.C.C. 
  Church, where he served as a Deacon and Elder on the Consistory, was a member 
  of the Men's Fellowship and Brotherhood, and the Church Work Party. Memorial 
  services will be held at St. Peter's U.C.C., Pine Grove, on Saturday, August 
  18, 2012, at 10 a.m.. with the Rev. Raymond Hurst officiating. Interment will 
  be in the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove, at the convenience of the 
  family. The family would prefer in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Memory 
  of Kenneth L. Boyer to either the American Cancer Society.   The H. L. Snyder 
  Funeral Home, Inc., Pine Grove, is in charge of arrangements.
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on August 15, 2012 
   
  
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