Walter A. Deemer, 89, of 273 Willow Dell Lane, Leola, formerly of Harrisburg, died Tuesday in the Cornwall Manor Health Care Center, Cornwall.
He was a graduate of Rapho Township High School and the former Mechanics Institute.
Walter was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
He built and operated WABX, Harrisburg's first FM Radio Station and was the Station's General Manager, was a Transmitter Engineer for Radio Station WCMB and the former WTPA-TV (Channel 27), a Refrigerator / Appliance Repairman for John Stapf Company, an Electronics Repairman for K & D Radio, formerly operated an appliance repair shop, and retired as an Installation / Maintenance Technician from Capital Alarms, Camp Hill.
Walter was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lancaster and a former member and Administrative Board Chairman of Colonial Park United Methodist Church where he taught Bible Studies and Sunday School, and a former member of First Church of God.
He was a Life Member of the Disabled American Veterans.
In addition to his parents, Walter was preceded in death by his wife: Bertha (Zimmerman) Deemer.
He is survived by his son: Henry H. Deemer of Leola; and, his two grandchildren.
Viewing will be from 09:30 - 10:30 AM on Friday, May 16, 1997 in Colonial Park United Methodist Church 5000 Devonshire Road, Harrisburg. Funeral Services will begin at 10:30 AM.
Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Kearney Snyder Funeral Home, Lancaster
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa Friday, May 16, 1997
SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
WORLD WAR II
He was a graduate of Rapho Township High School and the former Mechanics Institute.
Walter was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
He built and operated WABX, Harrisburg's first FM Radio Station and was the Station's General Manager, was a Transmitter Engineer for Radio Station WCMB and the former WTPA-TV (Channel 27), a Refrigerator / Appliance Repairman for John Stapf Company, an Electronics Repairman for K & D Radio, formerly operated an appliance repair shop, and retired as an Installation / Maintenance Technician from Capital Alarms, Camp Hill.
Walter was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lancaster and a former member and Administrative Board Chairman of Colonial Park United Methodist Church where he taught Bible Studies and Sunday School, and a former member of First Church of God.
He was a Life Member of the Disabled American Veterans.
In addition to his parents, Walter was preceded in death by his wife: Bertha (Zimmerman) Deemer.
He is survived by his son: Henry H. Deemer of Leola; and, his two grandchildren.
Viewing will be from 09:30 - 10:30 AM on Friday, May 16, 1997 in Colonial Park United Methodist Church 5000 Devonshire Road, Harrisburg. Funeral Services will begin at 10:30 AM.
Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Kearney Snyder Funeral Home, Lancaster
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa Friday, May 16, 1997
SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
WORLD WAR II
Walter A. Deemer, 89, of 273 Willow Dell Lane, Leola, formerly of Harrisburg, died Tuesday in the Cornwall Manor Health Care Center, Cornwall.
He was a graduate of Rapho Township High School and the former Mechanics Institute.
Walter was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
He built and operated WABX, Harrisburg's first FM Radio Station and was the Station's General Manager, was a Transmitter Engineer for Radio Station WCMB and the former WTPA-TV (Channel 27), a Refrigerator / Appliance Repairman for John Stapf Company, an Electronics Repairman for K & D Radio, formerly operated an appliance repair shop, and retired as an Installation / Maintenance Technician from Capital Alarms, Camp Hill.
Walter was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lancaster and a former member and Administrative Board Chairman of Colonial Park United Methodist Church where he taught Bible Studies and Sunday School, and a former member of First Church of God.
He was a Life Member of the Disabled American Veterans.
In addition to his parents, Walter was preceded in death by his wife: Bertha (Zimmerman) Deemer.
He is survived by his son: Henry H. Deemer of Leola; and, his two grandchildren.
Viewing will be from 09:30 - 10:30 AM on Friday, May 16, 1997 in Colonial Park United Methodist Church 5000 Devonshire Road, Harrisburg. Funeral Services will begin at 10:30 AM.
Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Kearney Snyder Funeral Home, Lancaster
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa Friday, May 16, 1997
SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
WORLD WAR II
He was a graduate of Rapho Township High School and the former Mechanics Institute.
Walter was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II.
He built and operated WABX, Harrisburg's first FM Radio Station and was the Station's General Manager, was a Transmitter Engineer for Radio Station WCMB and the former WTPA-TV (Channel 27), a Refrigerator / Appliance Repairman for John Stapf Company, an Electronics Repairman for K & D Radio, formerly operated an appliance repair shop, and retired as an Installation / Maintenance Technician from Capital Alarms, Camp Hill.
Walter was a member of First United Methodist Church of Lancaster and a former member and Administrative Board Chairman of Colonial Park United Methodist Church where he taught Bible Studies and Sunday School, and a former member of First Church of God.
He was a Life Member of the Disabled American Veterans.
In addition to his parents, Walter was preceded in death by his wife: Bertha (Zimmerman) Deemer.
He is survived by his son: Henry H. Deemer of Leola; and, his two grandchildren.
Viewing will be from 09:30 - 10:30 AM on Friday, May 16, 1997 in Colonial Park United Methodist Church 5000 Devonshire Road, Harrisburg. Funeral Services will begin at 10:30 AM.
Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.
Kearney Snyder Funeral Home, Lancaster
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa Friday, May 16, 1997
SGT US ARMY AIR CORPS
WORLD WAR II
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