Fay's story cannot be told without recalling the life that she and Charlie built together. It was a life of faith dedicated to their family, their church and their vocations. While Fay spent her life nursing, Charlie pastored churches and provided casework support to families dealing with poverty and living on social assistance. From the time they moved to Lancaster in 1967 until her retirement in 1992 Fay worked the night shift in St. Joseph's Hospital Labor and Delivery. She brought babies into the world in the middle of the night and was home in time to see her kids off to school in the morning. In the early years of her retirement, she volunteered her knowledge and skills to a March of Dimes program providing pre-natal care for incarcerated women. Fay and Charlie's association with First Baptist Church began in 1967 as well. Together and separately they ran youth programs and a young couples' class, taught Sunday school and were always an integral part of the life of the church.
All of us who were touched by her loving kind and generous spirit will miss her terribly but as much as we mourn her loss we also send her gently on her way surrounded by our love – into the presence of love's completeness.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Fay's Celebration of Life Memorial Service on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at The Groffs Family Funeral & Cremation Services, 528 West Orange Street (corner of Orange and Pine Streets), Lancaster. The family will receive friends at The Groffs from 12:00 Noon until time of service. A time of fellowship will also follow the memorial service.
Private interment services will be held at the convenience of the family.
Fay's story cannot be told without recalling the life that she and Charlie built together. It was a life of faith dedicated to their family, their church and their vocations. While Fay spent her life nursing, Charlie pastored churches and provided casework support to families dealing with poverty and living on social assistance. From the time they moved to Lancaster in 1967 until her retirement in 1992 Fay worked the night shift in St. Joseph's Hospital Labor and Delivery. She brought babies into the world in the middle of the night and was home in time to see her kids off to school in the morning. In the early years of her retirement, she volunteered her knowledge and skills to a March of Dimes program providing pre-natal care for incarcerated women. Fay and Charlie's association with First Baptist Church began in 1967 as well. Together and separately they ran youth programs and a young couples' class, taught Sunday school and were always an integral part of the life of the church.
All of us who were touched by her loving kind and generous spirit will miss her terribly but as much as we mourn her loss we also send her gently on her way surrounded by our love – into the presence of love's completeness.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Fay's Celebration of Life Memorial Service on Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at The Groffs Family Funeral & Cremation Services, 528 West Orange Street (corner of Orange and Pine Streets), Lancaster. The family will receive friends at The Groffs from 12:00 Noon until time of service. A time of fellowship will also follow the memorial service.
Private interment services will be held at the convenience of the family.
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