Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Umberger, Helen Elizabeth (Gerber) Breaux September 20, 2012
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 22, 2012 
  PALMYRA Helen Elizabeth (Gerber) Breaux Umberger, 91, went to be with her Lord 
  on Thursday, September 20, 2012, in The Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. She 
  was born Wednesday, November 24, 1920, in Palmyra to the late James R. and 
  Eldora (Collingwood) Gerber, and was the stepdaughter of the late Blanche 
  (King) Gerber. She graduated from Palmyra Sr. High School in 1938, and enlisted 
  in the U.S. Navy, where was an aviation metal smith from 1943 to 1944, 
  stationed at Beeville, Texas. She worked for 35 years at the Hershey Chocolate 
  Corp., retiring from the wrapping room in 1982. She was devoted to God and her 
  family. She enjoyed traveling, reading, sewing, playing cards, and Parcheesi. 
  She was a member of the First Evangelical Congregational Church of Palmyra, 
  taught Sunday school for many years, and sang in the choir. She also enjoyed 
  visiting hospitals and nursing homes. She is survived by a daughter, Sherrie 
  Walker and husband, Norman "Buzz" of Waynesboro; daughter-in-law, Nona Breaux; 
  three grandchildren, Chris Walker, LeeAnn Loukopoulos, and Danielle Breaux; 
  three great-grandchildren, Kyle Walker, Theodora Loukopoulos, and Sophia 
  Loukopoulos; two brothers, George A. Gerber and James R. Gerber, Jr.; and many 
  nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son, Alfred Breaux, Jr.; eight 
  sisters, Mary Yorty, Sara Landis, Martha Meyers, Dorothy Brake, Esther 
  Herniesey, Joan Baker, and two sisters in infancy; a brother, Kenneth A. 
  Gerber; a stepbrother, Robert "Bob" King; two nephews; and two nieces. Funeral 
  services will be held Monday, September 24, at 2 p.m. at Palmyra First E.C. 
  Church, W. Main and College Sts., Palmyra PA 17078 with the Rev. Jan R. Fryer 
  officiating. Family and friends are invited for viewing at the church from 1 
  p.m. until time of the service. Burial will follow in Grandview Memorial Park, 
  Annville. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her honor 
  to her church. Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 25 W. Pine 
  St., Palmyra, has been entrusted with the arrangements. 
   
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on September 22, 2012 
  
   
  
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