"She Served With Pride"
Colonel Elizabeth E. "Betty" Eicherly US Army Retired, 87, of Grantville died Friday, February 19, 2010 at Columbia Cottage, Palmyra.
Born January 7, 1923 in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry C. and Verna M. (Klugh) Eicherly.
She was a graduate of Hershey High School, Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing and Lebanon Valley College, Annville. Retiring from the US Army and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, she was a lifetime member of Shellsville VFW #9639.
There are no known survivors.
Graveside services with military honors will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
From; Buse Funeral Home Wedsite.
Elizabeth Evelyn Eicherly, Was born in Harrisburg but at the age of 7 the 1930 census shows her living in East Hanover Twp. Dauphin County.
There she was living with Parents; Harry C. Eicherly, [43] & Nema M. Eicherly, [38] as well as grandparents[?] Benjamin H. Eicherly [71] & Sara J. Enger [73]. She was found in the MS Hershey Junior & Senior High School. I believe its the school founded by M.S. Hershey.
The above obit never mentioned her service. She worked for and probably earned her nursing degree at the Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing, Harrisburg Pa. She was the author of "Living and Nursing in a Fallout Shelter," copyrighted 1965. I did some checking in other websites and found this info.
Colonel Elizabeth E. "Betty" Eicherly US Army Retired, 87, of Grantville died Friday, February 19, 2010 at Columbia Cottage, Palmyra.
Born January 7, 1923 in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry C. and Verna M. (Klugh) Eicherly.
She was a graduate of Hershey High School, Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing and Lebanon Valley College, Annville. Retiring from the US Army and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, she was a lifetime member of Shellsville VFW #9639.
There are no known survivors.
Graveside services with military honors will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
From; Buse Funeral Home Wedsite.
Elizabeth Evelyn Eicherly, Was born in Harrisburg but at the age of 7 the 1930 census shows her living in East Hanover Twp. Dauphin County.
There she was living with Parents; Harry C. Eicherly, [43] & Nema M. Eicherly, [38] as well as grandparents[?] Benjamin H. Eicherly [71] & Sara J. Enger [73]. She was found in the MS Hershey Junior & Senior High School. I believe its the school founded by M.S. Hershey.
The above obit never mentioned her service. She worked for and probably earned her nursing degree at the Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing, Harrisburg Pa. She was the author of "Living and Nursing in a Fallout Shelter," copyrighted 1965. I did some checking in other websites and found this info.
"She Served With Pride"
Colonel Elizabeth E. "Betty" Eicherly US Army Retired, 87, of Grantville died Friday, February 19, 2010 at Columbia Cottage, Palmyra.
Born January 7, 1923 in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry C. and Verna M. (Klugh) Eicherly.
She was a graduate of Hershey High School, Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing and Lebanon Valley College, Annville. Retiring from the US Army and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, she was a lifetime member of Shellsville VFW #9639.
There are no known survivors.
Graveside services with military honors will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
From; Buse Funeral Home Wedsite.
Elizabeth Evelyn Eicherly, Was born in Harrisburg but at the age of 7 the 1930 census shows her living in East Hanover Twp. Dauphin County.
There she was living with Parents; Harry C. Eicherly, [43] & Nema M. Eicherly, [38] as well as grandparents[?] Benjamin H. Eicherly [71] & Sara J. Enger [73]. She was found in the MS Hershey Junior & Senior High School. I believe its the school founded by M.S. Hershey.
The above obit never mentioned her service. She worked for and probably earned her nursing degree at the Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing, Harrisburg Pa. She was the author of "Living and Nursing in a Fallout Shelter," copyrighted 1965. I did some checking in other websites and found this info.
Colonel Elizabeth E. "Betty" Eicherly US Army Retired, 87, of Grantville died Friday, February 19, 2010 at Columbia Cottage, Palmyra.
Born January 7, 1923 in Harrisburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry C. and Verna M. (Klugh) Eicherly.
She was a graduate of Hershey High School, Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing and Lebanon Valley College, Annville. Retiring from the US Army and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, she was a lifetime member of Shellsville VFW #9639.
There are no known survivors.
Graveside services with military honors will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
From; Buse Funeral Home Wedsite.
Elizabeth Evelyn Eicherly, Was born in Harrisburg but at the age of 7 the 1930 census shows her living in East Hanover Twp. Dauphin County.
There she was living with Parents; Harry C. Eicherly, [43] & Nema M. Eicherly, [38] as well as grandparents[?] Benjamin H. Eicherly [71] & Sara J. Enger [73]. She was found in the MS Hershey Junior & Senior High School. I believe its the school founded by M.S. Hershey.
The above obit never mentioned her service. She worked for and probably earned her nursing degree at the Harrisburg Hospital School of Nursing, Harrisburg Pa. She was the author of "Living and Nursing in a Fallout Shelter," copyrighted 1965. I did some checking in other websites and found this info.
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