Obituary for Lois A. Stover
Lois A. Stover, 82, Gettysburg, PA died Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at the Gettysburg Hospital.
She was born St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1935 in Mummasburg, PA the daughter of the late Allen and Jennie Elizabeth Wetzel Hartman. Her husband Robert Q. Stover died in 2008.
Mrs. Stover was an active member of Flohr’s Lutheran Church in McKnightstown, PA where she had taught Sunday School for 35 years. Lois was a 1953 graduate of Gettysburg High School. In her early years she helped in her parent’s general store in Mummasburg, Hartman’s General Store. She then was employed at the Arendtsville Shoe Company. After taking time to raise her children she went back to work at the Migrant Day Care Center in Upper Adams. Lois was a member of the Cashtown Senior Citizens and the Cashtown Fire Company Auxiliary. She also collected money for the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Stover was well known for her holiday cookies and fudge, which she baked for a large number of shut-in’s and sick.
Mrs. Stover is survived by a daughter, Sharon Stover Simpson of Burkittsville, MD, a granddaughter, Courtney E. Simpson and her husband Adam Marymee of Milwaukee, WI and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, Lois was predeceased by a son, Brian Stover, a son-in-law, Patrick Simpson, a sister, Alice Bowling, and a brother, James Hartman.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM from Monahan Funeral Home in Gettysburg with Rev. Douglas Boden officiating. Interment will be in Flohrs Cemetery, McKnightstown, PA. There will be a viewing at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10:00 AM until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Flohr’s Lutheran Church, 595 Flohr’s Church Road, McKnightstown, PA 17343.
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She was born St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1935 in Mummasburg, PA the daughter of the late Allen and Jennie Elizabeth Wetzel Hartman. Her husband Robert Q. Stover died in 2008.
Mrs. Stover was an active member of Flohr’s Lutheran Church in McKnightstown, PA where she had taught Sunday School for 35 years. Lois was a 1953 graduate of Gettysburg High School. In her early years she helped in her parent’s general store in Mummasburg, Hartman’s General Store. She then was employed at the Arendtsville Shoe Company. After taking time to raise her children she went back to work at the Migrant Day Care Center in Upper Adams. Lois was a member of the Cashtown Senior Citizens and the Cashtown Fire Company Auxiliary. She also collected money for the American Cancer Society. Mrs. Stover was well known for her holiday cookies and fudge, which she baked for a large number of shut-in’s and sick.
Mrs. Stover is survived by a daughter, Sharon Stover Simpson of Burkittsville, MD, a granddaughter, Courtney E. Simpson and her husband Adam Marymee of Milwaukee, WI and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, Lois was predeceased by a son, Brian Stover, a son-in-law, Patrick Simpson, a sister, Alice Bowling, and a brother, James Hartman.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM from Monahan Funeral Home in Gettysburg with Rev. Douglas Boden officiating. Interment will be in Flohrs Cemetery, McKnightstown, PA. There will be a viewing at the funeral home on Tuesday from 10:00 AM until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to Flohr’s Lutheran Church, 595 Flohr’s Church Road, McKnightstown, PA 17343.
Previous Events
Visitation
Tuesday
30
May
10:00 AM
- 11:00 AM
Monahan Funeral Home
125 Carlisle Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Service
Tuesday
30
May
11:00 AM
Monahan Funeral Home
125 Carlisle Street
Gettysburg, PA 17325
Cemetery Details
Location
Flohr's Cemetery
595 Flohr's Church Rd.
McKnightstown, PA 17343
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