William T. Loy Jr., 88, of Pine Grove, passed away Monday in Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street.
Born Jan. 30, 1927, in Pine Grove, he was the son of the late William T. Sr. and Elsie Lengel Loy.
William was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Pine Grove, where he had served on the church council.
He was a 1944 graduate of Pine Grove High School and a 1951 graduate of Penn State.
William served in the Army Air Force during World War II.
He had been a fruit and vegetable farmer and mail carrier in the Pine Grove area. William was a science teacher at the Pine Grove Area School District, retiring in 1990. He was very concerned in environment issues and, as a result of his work dealing with this, earned both the Environmental Educator of the Year and the Conservation Educator Awards.
Preceding him in death were his first wife of 46 years, Ramona J. Davis Loy, on April 1, 1999; his second wife of 15 years, Lorraine Hikes Boyer-Loy, on Dec. 7, 2014; a son, Dale Loy; a daughter, Janet Ferrebee; three brothers, Elvin Loy, Robert Loy and Paul Loy; and three sisters, Esther Herring, Naomi Loy and Anna Herring.
Left to celebrate his life are two sons, Bruce and wife, Cathy Schneck, Pine Grove, and Thomas and wife, Teresa Loy, Syracuse, New York; two daughters, Carol Boris, Harrisburg, and Marie Bilansky, Schuylkill Haven; one sister, Mildred Smith, Lebanon; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and four stepdaughters, Deborah Griffiths, Donna Frantz, Diane Readinger and Dawn Hatter, all of Pine Grove.
Funeral services were held at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Richard W. Schoenleber officiating. Interment was in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove.
Published in Republican & Herald on Feb. 11, 2015
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Born Jan. 30, 1927, in Pine Grove, he was the son of the late William T. Sr. and Elsie Lengel Loy.
William was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Pine Grove, where he had served on the church council.
He was a 1944 graduate of Pine Grove High School and a 1951 graduate of Penn State.
William served in the Army Air Force during World War II.
He had been a fruit and vegetable farmer and mail carrier in the Pine Grove area. William was a science teacher at the Pine Grove Area School District, retiring in 1990. He was very concerned in environment issues and, as a result of his work dealing with this, earned both the Environmental Educator of the Year and the Conservation Educator Awards.
Preceding him in death were his first wife of 46 years, Ramona J. Davis Loy, on April 1, 1999; his second wife of 15 years, Lorraine Hikes Boyer-Loy, on Dec. 7, 2014; a son, Dale Loy; a daughter, Janet Ferrebee; three brothers, Elvin Loy, Robert Loy and Paul Loy; and three sisters, Esther Herring, Naomi Loy and Anna Herring.
Left to celebrate his life are two sons, Bruce and wife, Cathy Schneck, Pine Grove, and Thomas and wife, Teresa Loy, Syracuse, New York; two daughters, Carol Boris, Harrisburg, and Marie Bilansky, Schuylkill Haven; one sister, Mildred Smith, Lebanon; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and four stepdaughters, Deborah Griffiths, Donna Frantz, Diane Readinger and Dawn Hatter, all of Pine Grove.
Funeral services were held at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Richard W. Schoenleber officiating. Interment was in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove.
Published in Republican & Herald on Feb. 11, 2015
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William T. Loy Jr., 88, of Pine Grove, passed away Monday in Schuylkill Medical Center-South Jackson Street.
Born Jan. 30, 1927, in Pine Grove, he was the son of the late William T. Sr. and Elsie Lengel Loy.
William was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Pine Grove, where he had served on the church council.
He was a 1944 graduate of Pine Grove High School and a 1951 graduate of Penn State.
William served in the Army Air Force during World War II.
He had been a fruit and vegetable farmer and mail carrier in the Pine Grove area. William was a science teacher at the Pine Grove Area School District, retiring in 1990. He was very concerned in environment issues and, as a result of his work dealing with this, earned both the Environmental Educator of the Year and the Conservation Educator Awards.
Preceding him in death were his first wife of 46 years, Ramona J. Davis Loy, on April 1, 1999; his second wife of 15 years, Lorraine Hikes Boyer-Loy, on Dec. 7, 2014; a son, Dale Loy; a daughter, Janet Ferrebee; three brothers, Elvin Loy, Robert Loy and Paul Loy; and three sisters, Esther Herring, Naomi Loy and Anna Herring.
Left to celebrate his life are two sons, Bruce and wife, Cathy Schneck, Pine Grove, and Thomas and wife, Teresa Loy, Syracuse, New York; two daughters, Carol Boris, Harrisburg, and Marie Bilansky, Schuylkill Haven; one sister, Mildred Smith, Lebanon; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and four stepdaughters, Deborah Griffiths, Donna Frantz, Diane Readinger and Dawn Hatter, all of Pine Grove.
Funeral services were held at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Richard W. Schoenleber officiating. Interment was in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove.
Published in Republican & Herald on Feb. 11, 2015
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Born Jan. 30, 1927, in Pine Grove, he was the son of the late William T. Sr. and Elsie Lengel Loy.
William was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Pine Grove, where he had served on the church council.
He was a 1944 graduate of Pine Grove High School and a 1951 graduate of Penn State.
William served in the Army Air Force during World War II.
He had been a fruit and vegetable farmer and mail carrier in the Pine Grove area. William was a science teacher at the Pine Grove Area School District, retiring in 1990. He was very concerned in environment issues and, as a result of his work dealing with this, earned both the Environmental Educator of the Year and the Conservation Educator Awards.
Preceding him in death were his first wife of 46 years, Ramona J. Davis Loy, on April 1, 1999; his second wife of 15 years, Lorraine Hikes Boyer-Loy, on Dec. 7, 2014; a son, Dale Loy; a daughter, Janet Ferrebee; three brothers, Elvin Loy, Robert Loy and Paul Loy; and three sisters, Esther Herring, Naomi Loy and Anna Herring.
Left to celebrate his life are two sons, Bruce and wife, Cathy Schneck, Pine Grove, and Thomas and wife, Teresa Loy, Syracuse, New York; two daughters, Carol Boris, Harrisburg, and Marie Bilansky, Schuylkill Haven; one sister, Mildred Smith, Lebanon; 14 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and four stepdaughters, Deborah Griffiths, Donna Frantz, Diane Readinger and Dawn Hatter, all of Pine Grove.
Funeral services were held at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Richard W. Schoenleber officiating. Interment was in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove.
Published in Republican & Herald on Feb. 11, 2015
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