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Joseph Glen “Joe” Halderman Sr.

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Joseph Glen “Joe” Halderman Sr.

Birth
Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
11 Jul 2011 (aged 92)
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Orangeville, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
C144=B1, Row 11, no. 21
Memorial ID
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H/o (1st) Vee Maxine Hartman (26 Dec 1920 - 17 Apr 1989)
H/o (2nd) Isabell (Bogart) Halterman Halderman

This obituary is from the Tuesday, July 12, 2011 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Joseph G. Halderman Sr.
Army veteran wounded in action during WWII
Joseph Glen Halderman Sr., 92, of Route 254, Orangeville, died early Monday morning, July 11, 2011, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, after being stricken ill at his home.
Born May 29, 1919, in Savage Hill, Fishing Creek Township, he was a son of the late John and Lela (Keller) Halderman. Mr. Halderman attended the Savage Hill School and then graduated from the former Orangeville Normal School.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army in World War II as a technical sergeant in the 40th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division. He was awarded the Purple Heart; the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with Three Bronze Battle Stars; the American Theater Ribbon; the World War II Victory Ribbon and the Bronze Star Medal. He was wounded in action in the European Theater in December 1944.
Mr. Halderman worked many years on the family farm on Savage Hill and then worked part time for the Orangeville Post Office before becoming a rural route carrier for Orangeville R.D. 1 until his retirement in 1981.
He was an active member of the Stillwater Christian Church, where he had served as a deacon years ago. He was a member of the Orangeville Sportsman Club, where he was a life member; the Rural Carrier's Association and the Millville American Legion.
Mr. Halderman was married to Vee Maxine (Hartman) Halderman for 42 years, until her death in 1989.
For the past 21 years, he was married to Isabell (Bogart) Halterman Halderman. Also surviving are his three children: Joseph G. Halderman Jr., and his wife, Sheila, of Orangeville; Catherine Halderman Breech and her husband, Jack McManus, of Palmetto, Fla.; Sandra Halderman English and her husband, Andrew, of Benton; two stepsons: Walter Halterman and his wife, Betty Jean, of Fort Mill, S.C.; Glenn E. Halterman and his wife, Deb, of Bloomsburg; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and a brother, Dean Halderman, and his wife, Marion, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Funeral services will be Thursday, July 14, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Stillwater Christian Church, with Pastors Gary DeSanto and Scott Lyons officiating. Burial will be in the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Orangeville, with full military honors accorded by a joint veterans group. A viewing will be Thursday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Columbia Montour Home Health, 410 Glenn Ave., Bloomsburg, PA 17815 or to the Building Fund of the Stillwater Christian Church, 42 Wesley St., Stillwater, PA 17878.
Arrangements are under the direction of the McMichael Funeral Home Inc., Benton. For online condolences, please visit: www.mcmichaelfuneralhome.com.
H/o (1st) Vee Maxine Hartman (26 Dec 1920 - 17 Apr 1989)
H/o (2nd) Isabell (Bogart) Halterman Halderman

This obituary is from the Tuesday, July 12, 2011 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Joseph G. Halderman Sr.
Army veteran wounded in action during WWII
Joseph Glen Halderman Sr., 92, of Route 254, Orangeville, died early Monday morning, July 11, 2011, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, after being stricken ill at his home.
Born May 29, 1919, in Savage Hill, Fishing Creek Township, he was a son of the late John and Lela (Keller) Halderman. Mr. Halderman attended the Savage Hill School and then graduated from the former Orangeville Normal School.
He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army in World War II as a technical sergeant in the 40th Tank Battalion, 7th Armored Division. He was awarded the Purple Heart; the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with Three Bronze Battle Stars; the American Theater Ribbon; the World War II Victory Ribbon and the Bronze Star Medal. He was wounded in action in the European Theater in December 1944.
Mr. Halderman worked many years on the family farm on Savage Hill and then worked part time for the Orangeville Post Office before becoming a rural route carrier for Orangeville R.D. 1 until his retirement in 1981.
He was an active member of the Stillwater Christian Church, where he had served as a deacon years ago. He was a member of the Orangeville Sportsman Club, where he was a life member; the Rural Carrier's Association and the Millville American Legion.
Mr. Halderman was married to Vee Maxine (Hartman) Halderman for 42 years, until her death in 1989.
For the past 21 years, he was married to Isabell (Bogart) Halterman Halderman. Also surviving are his three children: Joseph G. Halderman Jr., and his wife, Sheila, of Orangeville; Catherine Halderman Breech and her husband, Jack McManus, of Palmetto, Fla.; Sandra Halderman English and her husband, Andrew, of Benton; two stepsons: Walter Halterman and his wife, Betty Jean, of Fort Mill, S.C.; Glenn E. Halterman and his wife, Deb, of Bloomsburg; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and a brother, Dean Halderman, and his wife, Marion, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Funeral services will be Thursday, July 14, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the Stillwater Christian Church, with Pastors Gary DeSanto and Scott Lyons officiating. Burial will be in the Laurel Hill Cemetery, Orangeville, with full military honors accorded by a joint veterans group. A viewing will be Thursday from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Columbia Montour Home Health, 410 Glenn Ave., Bloomsburg, PA 17815 or to the Building Fund of the Stillwater Christian Church, 42 Wesley St., Stillwater, PA 17878.
Arrangements are under the direction of the McMichael Funeral Home Inc., Benton. For online condolences, please visit: www.mcmichaelfuneralhome.com.


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