Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Pennypacker, Harry Eckert September 3, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 5, 2012 
  RICHLAND Harry Eckert Pennypacker, 87, passed away on September 3, 2012, at the 
  Good Samaritan Hospital, LebanoN. Born in Lebanon on June 12, 1925, Harry was 
  the son of the late Harry B. and Emily V. (Eckert) PennypackeR. At the age of 
  17, Harry enlisted in the Navy. He served from 1942-1946 in the Atlantic 
  Theater as a Combat Air Crewman aboard the aircraft carriers the U.S.S. San 
  Jancinto CVL30 and the U.S.S Croatan CVE25. Harry continued to pursue his love 
  of flying after the Navy by building and piloting his own airplanes over the 
  next 40 years. He was a long time member of the Experimental Aircraft 
  Association and flew out of Farmer's Pride Airport in Fredericksburg. The day 
  after Harry was mustered out of the Navy he began work at the Lebanon Bethlehem 
  Steel Plant as a laborer. Forty years later, Harry retired as foreman of the 
  Hot Nut and Rod Shop. Harry enjoyed hunting and fishing with his friends from 
  the Richland Gun Shop and served as Scout Master for Troop 18 in Richland. He 
  was preceded in death by a sister, Marcella and his daughter, Suzanne 
  (Pennypacker) Briner. He was also preceded in death by his loving wife of 39 
  years, Lucetta (Mountz) Pennypacker; and his second wife of 12 years, Marian 
  (Weatherholtz) Pennypacker. Harry is survived by a loving son, Harry Byron and 
  his wife, Sally of Schaefferstown. To his adoring grandchildren and great-
  grandchildren he was known as 'Boppa'. Audrey (Briner) Bear of New Bloomfield, 
  Emily (Pennypacker) Gouwens of Pittsburgh, Abigail (Pennypacker) Snee of 
  Myerstown, Molly (Pennypacker) Mullinix of Liberty, Texas, Helen Pennypacker of 
  Schaefferstown; and five great-grandchildren, Caden and Landon Mullinix, Grace 
  and Harrison Gouwens and Adelyn Snee. The sixth great-grandchild, Baby Snee is 
  due to arrive any day. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 7, 2012, 
  at 11 a.m. from Grace U.C.C. Church, 22 Church Rd., Richland. A viewing will be 
  held Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Grose Funeral Home, 358 W. Washington Ave., 
  Myerstown. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Harry 
  Pennypacker Memorial Fund at Grace U.C.C. Church in Richland, which supports 
  the Bible School and Music Programs.
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 5, 2012 
   
  
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