Lillie M. (Snyder) Neff, 112, formerly of Adamsville, died at 5:53 a.m. Tuesday at Dallastown Nursing Center, after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Emanuel Neff, who died July 15, 1945.
The service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Burg Funeral Home Inc., 134 W. Broadway, Red Lion. Burial will be in Zion United Methodist Cemetery. Viewing will be 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Neff was born May 9, 1888, in North Hopewell Township. She was the daughter of the late Martin and Elizabeth (Strayer) Snyder.
She was a cigarmaker at the former Charles Reigart Cigar Co. in Adamsville; she also dipped ice cream at the former Meadowview Dairy in Adamsville and assisted her husband with farming. She attended Adamsville United Methodist Church her entire life.
Mrs. Neff is survived by two daughters, Miriam E. Godfrey and Isabell E. Rohrbaugh, both of Red Lion; two grandchildren; three foster grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Neff was preceded in death by a foster son, J. Mason Smith, in 1976.
Officiating at the service will be her pastor, the Rev. Mitchell M. Galloway, assisted by the Rev. Stephany S. Sechrist, pastor of Zion United Methodist Church in Red Lion.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Patient Help Fund, in care of Development Office, York Health System, 1001 S. George St., P.O. Box 15198, York 17405-7198.
York Daily Record (PA) - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
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Lillie Snyder Neff, a homemaker for most of her long life who was able to recite poetry she learned as a child well past the time she turned 100, died Tuesday.
She was 112. Neff was extraordinarily well-educated for a woman of her generation and remained mentally sharp for nearly all of her life, her son-in-law Robert Rohrbaugh said."At that time, if you got through the fourth grade, you were lucky. I think she got through the eighth grade," Rohrbaugh said. "She could name all of the bones in your body up until about a year ago."
Rohrbaugh said he and his wife, Isabel, lived with Neff on the family farm near Dallastown most of their married life.
"I remember everything about her," Rohrbaugh said. "I lived with her for 48 years. We lived on a farm. It's been in her side of the family since pre-Civil War times. She was a hell of a good cook."
Isabel Rohrbaugh attributed her mother's longevity to her faith.
"She lived right. She was always a church person with faith in the Lord," she said.
Michael Wagner, deputy administrator of the York County Area Agency on Aging, said he did not know of any county resident older than Neff.
In addition to her work as a homemaker, Neff worked on the farm and in cigar factories, which was once a major industry in York County.
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
The service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Burg Funeral Home Inc., 134 W. Broadway, Red Lion. Burial will be in Zion United Methodist Cemetery. Viewing will be 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Neff was born May 9, 1888, in North Hopewell Township. She was the daughter of the late Martin and Elizabeth (Strayer) Snyder.
She was a cigarmaker at the former Charles Reigart Cigar Co. in Adamsville; she also dipped ice cream at the former Meadowview Dairy in Adamsville and assisted her husband with farming. She attended Adamsville United Methodist Church her entire life.
Mrs. Neff is survived by two daughters, Miriam E. Godfrey and Isabell E. Rohrbaugh, both of Red Lion; two grandchildren; three foster grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Neff was preceded in death by a foster son, J. Mason Smith, in 1976.
Officiating at the service will be her pastor, the Rev. Mitchell M. Galloway, assisted by the Rev. Stephany S. Sechrist, pastor of Zion United Methodist Church in Red Lion.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Patient Help Fund, in care of Development Office, York Health System, 1001 S. George St., P.O. Box 15198, York 17405-7198.
York Daily Record (PA) - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
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Lillie Snyder Neff, a homemaker for most of her long life who was able to recite poetry she learned as a child well past the time she turned 100, died Tuesday.
She was 112. Neff was extraordinarily well-educated for a woman of her generation and remained mentally sharp for nearly all of her life, her son-in-law Robert Rohrbaugh said."At that time, if you got through the fourth grade, you were lucky. I think she got through the eighth grade," Rohrbaugh said. "She could name all of the bones in your body up until about a year ago."
Rohrbaugh said he and his wife, Isabel, lived with Neff on the family farm near Dallastown most of their married life.
"I remember everything about her," Rohrbaugh said. "I lived with her for 48 years. We lived on a farm. It's been in her side of the family since pre-Civil War times. She was a hell of a good cook."
Isabel Rohrbaugh attributed her mother's longevity to her faith.
"She lived right. She was always a church person with faith in the Lord," she said.
Michael Wagner, deputy administrator of the York County Area Agency on Aging, said he did not know of any county resident older than Neff.
In addition to her work as a homemaker, Neff worked on the farm and in cigar factories, which was once a major industry in York County.
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Lillie M. (Snyder) Neff, 112, formerly of Adamsville, died at 5:53 a.m. Tuesday at Dallastown Nursing Center, after a lengthy illness. She was the wife of Emanuel Neff, who died July 15, 1945.
The service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Burg Funeral Home Inc., 134 W. Broadway, Red Lion. Burial will be in Zion United Methodist Cemetery. Viewing will be 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Neff was born May 9, 1888, in North Hopewell Township. She was the daughter of the late Martin and Elizabeth (Strayer) Snyder.
She was a cigarmaker at the former Charles Reigart Cigar Co. in Adamsville; she also dipped ice cream at the former Meadowview Dairy in Adamsville and assisted her husband with farming. She attended Adamsville United Methodist Church her entire life.
Mrs. Neff is survived by two daughters, Miriam E. Godfrey and Isabell E. Rohrbaugh, both of Red Lion; two grandchildren; three foster grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Neff was preceded in death by a foster son, J. Mason Smith, in 1976.
Officiating at the service will be her pastor, the Rev. Mitchell M. Galloway, assisted by the Rev. Stephany S. Sechrist, pastor of Zion United Methodist Church in Red Lion.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Patient Help Fund, in care of Development Office, York Health System, 1001 S. George St., P.O. Box 15198, York 17405-7198.
York Daily Record (PA) - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
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Lillie Snyder Neff, a homemaker for most of her long life who was able to recite poetry she learned as a child well past the time she turned 100, died Tuesday.
She was 112. Neff was extraordinarily well-educated for a woman of her generation and remained mentally sharp for nearly all of her life, her son-in-law Robert Rohrbaugh said."At that time, if you got through the fourth grade, you were lucky. I think she got through the eighth grade," Rohrbaugh said. "She could name all of the bones in your body up until about a year ago."
Rohrbaugh said he and his wife, Isabel, lived with Neff on the family farm near Dallastown most of their married life.
"I remember everything about her," Rohrbaugh said. "I lived with her for 48 years. We lived on a farm. It's been in her side of the family since pre-Civil War times. She was a hell of a good cook."
Isabel Rohrbaugh attributed her mother's longevity to her faith.
"She lived right. She was always a church person with faith in the Lord," she said.
Michael Wagner, deputy administrator of the York County Area Agency on Aging, said he did not know of any county resident older than Neff.
In addition to her work as a homemaker, Neff worked on the farm and in cigar factories, which was once a major industry in York County.
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
The service will be 2 p.m. Friday at the Burg Funeral Home Inc., 134 W. Broadway, Red Lion. Burial will be in Zion United Methodist Cemetery. Viewing will be 1 to 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Neff was born May 9, 1888, in North Hopewell Township. She was the daughter of the late Martin and Elizabeth (Strayer) Snyder.
She was a cigarmaker at the former Charles Reigart Cigar Co. in Adamsville; she also dipped ice cream at the former Meadowview Dairy in Adamsville and assisted her husband with farming. She attended Adamsville United Methodist Church her entire life.
Mrs. Neff is survived by two daughters, Miriam E. Godfrey and Isabell E. Rohrbaugh, both of Red Lion; two grandchildren; three foster grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mrs. Neff was preceded in death by a foster son, J. Mason Smith, in 1976.
Officiating at the service will be her pastor, the Rev. Mitchell M. Galloway, assisted by the Rev. Stephany S. Sechrist, pastor of Zion United Methodist Church in Red Lion.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cancer Patient Help Fund, in care of Development Office, York Health System, 1001 S. George St., P.O. Box 15198, York 17405-7198.
York Daily Record (PA) - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
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Lillie Snyder Neff, a homemaker for most of her long life who was able to recite poetry she learned as a child well past the time she turned 100, died Tuesday.
She was 112. Neff was extraordinarily well-educated for a woman of her generation and remained mentally sharp for nearly all of her life, her son-in-law Robert Rohrbaugh said."At that time, if you got through the fourth grade, you were lucky. I think she got through the eighth grade," Rohrbaugh said. "She could name all of the bones in your body up until about a year ago."
Rohrbaugh said he and his wife, Isabel, lived with Neff on the family farm near Dallastown most of their married life.
"I remember everything about her," Rohrbaugh said. "I lived with her for 48 years. We lived on a farm. It's been in her side of the family since pre-Civil War times. She was a hell of a good cook."
Isabel Rohrbaugh attributed her mother's longevity to her faith.
"She lived right. She was always a church person with faith in the Lord," she said.
Michael Wagner, deputy administrator of the York County Area Agency on Aging, said he did not know of any county resident older than Neff.
In addition to her work as a homemaker, Neff worked on the farm and in cigar factories, which was once a major industry in York County.
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA) - Wednesday, February 28, 2001
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