Ruth E. Hostetter

Ruth E. Hostetter, 69, formerly of Lebanon, died Sunday December 27, 2015, at the Masonic Village, Elizabethtown, where she was a resident. Born in Long Branch, NJ she was the daughter of the late Russell and Ellen (Raber) Hostetter. Ruth was a secretary at Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, and worked for the I. Auman Machine Co. of Lebanon before retiring.

Surviving are two daughters Yvette wife of Robert M. Couch, Wellsville PA, Yvonne wife of William Koons, Mechanicsburg PA, two brothers Robert Nottingham, Lebanon, Eugene husband of Anna Mae Hostetter, Lancaster, a sister Georgia wife of Lloyd Thierwechter, Lebanon, and three step-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Ruth’s memorial service in the Assembly Room, in the Health Care Center at the Masonic Village, Elizabethtown, on Saturday January 2, 2016 at 10:00 AM. There will be a time of visitation with the family on Saturday in the Assembly Room from 9:00 AM until the time of the service.

Contributions in Ruth’s memory may be made to the Masonic Village at Elizabethtown for the “Compassionate Care Fund” and mailed to Masonic Village, Office of Gift Planning, One Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown PA 17022.