Lester E. Gettle, 52, husband of Viola Ziegler Gettle, 15 W. Jefferson Ave., Myerstown, died Saturday in the Philadelphia VA Hospital, where he had been a patient two weeks. Born in Myerstown. he was a son of the iate Paul and Lillian Putt Gettle. He was a retired employe of the Lebanon Steel Foundry. He was a member of Tulpehocken United Church of Christ, Richland RD 1, and a member of the Men's Bible Class. He had served as an elder on the church council and had been financial secretary of the church for 20 years. He had also served as church delegate to the Penn Central Conference for 20 years and as committee chairman for the annual Rose Feast of the church. A U.S. Army veteran of World War 2, he had served with Co. B. 8llth Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Theater of Operations and received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in action. He was a member of the American Legion Post 55. Myerstown, and the Myerstown Rod and Gun Club. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a son, Lester E. Jr., Myerstown; two brothers Carl and Paul, both of Lebanon; a sister, Marian, wife of Charles Beaver, Lebanon, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral was held from kercher Funeral Home, Myerstown, & interment was in Tulpehocken U.C.C. Cemetery, near Stouchsburg. [Lebanon Daily News, May 21, 1973]
Lester E. Gettle, 52, husband of Viola Ziegler Gettle, 15 W. Jefferson Ave., Myerstown, died Saturday in the Philadelphia VA Hospital, where he had been a patient two weeks. Born in Myerstown. he was a son of the iate Paul and Lillian Putt Gettle. He was a retired employe of the Lebanon Steel Foundry. He was a member of Tulpehocken United Church of Christ, Richland RD 1, and a member of the Men's Bible Class. He had served as an elder on the church council and had been financial secretary of the church for 20 years. He had also served as church delegate to the Penn Central Conference for 20 years and as committee chairman for the annual Rose Feast of the church. A U.S. Army veteran of World War 2, he had served with Co. B. 8llth Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Theater of Operations and received the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in action. He was a member of the American Legion Post 55. Myerstown, and the Myerstown Rod and Gun Club. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a son, Lester E. Jr., Myerstown; two brothers Carl and Paul, both of Lebanon; a sister, Marian, wife of Charles Beaver, Lebanon, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral was held from kercher Funeral Home, Myerstown, & interment was in Tulpehocken U.C.C. Cemetery, near Stouchsburg. [Lebanon Daily News, May 21, 1973]
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