Orpha P. Weist


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Orpha P. Weist, age 88, died Thursday, Aug. 19, at her home in Lykens.

She was a member of Lykens United Methodist Church, loved her family and enjoyed playing euchre.

She was born October 30, 1921, in Pitman, a daughter of the late Carlos and Cora Mausser Erdman.

Orpha is survived by her husband Ernest J. Weist to whom she had been married 70 years; a son: Ernest J. Weist II and his wife Dinna, Williamstown; 3 daughters: Janice K. Welker and her husband Rex, Grace P. O'Neill, all of Lykens, Carole E. Long and her husband Bob, Millersburg; a sister, Grace Evans, Lykens; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the John R. Shultz Funeral Home, with the Rev. Kay D. Schwab officiating. Interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Elizabethville.

Memorial contributions may be made to Pinnacle Health Hospice, 2645 North Third St., Suite 300, Harrisburg, PA 17110

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