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- YORK Erlene Belle Chronister, 87, died peacefully at home Friday, November 20, 2015.
She was born December 25, 1927, at a Christmas party where her mother, Lessie Wagner Myers was playing piano and singing at her husband's brother's house, Chris Myers, in Loganville.
They had to use feed bags as diapers for her. She lived on the Elizabethtown College campus where her father, Daniel E Myers, taught Math and Science. Her mother, Lessie was a student at Elizabethtown College where she met Daniel.
At two years old she accompanied her mother and father to New York City where her father received a Master's of Arts Degree from Columbia University. Her father moved to Curwensville, where the science teacher was given a large stately house to live. She and her brother, David E Myer,s lived there until she was eight years old. When her mother passed away after giving birth to her sister, Gloria, her father married Rhoda Cleaver, who blessed her with two more siblings, Jim and Sally.
Erlene always loved music, as did her father and mother. She became choir director and Bible school music director for over 40 years at New Fairview Church of the Brethren. She was a devoted wife to Earl Chronister, Jr. and a loving mother to her four children, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. During her time as a devoted mother she served as an active member of the Parent Teacher Association of York Township Elementary School in Spry, she was President of Band Parents for the Dallastown High School Marching Band, and was a life time member and president of the Farm Women's Association. Erlene graduated from York William Penn High School with a concentration in business and utilized her skills as a business manager for her husband's electrical contracting business. She will be long remembered for the sparkle in her eye, her sense of humor, love of music, and big heart for those who were less fortunate.
Erlene is survived by three daughters, Pattie and her husband, Kenneth Hoke of Kennesaw, Ga., Bettie Jo Chronister and her partner, Christopher Federline of Frederick, Md., and Dr. Connie Chronister and her partner, Linda Widdop of Rydal; five grandchildren, Melissa and her husband, Richard Biesecker of Etters, Andrew Lucarelli, Esq. and his wife, Pam Lucarelli of Derwood, Md., Dr. Richard Lucarelli of Boston, Mass., Zachary Hoke of Marietta, Ga., and Megan and her husband, Aaron Tovi of Atlanta, Ga.; four great-grandchildren, Kaitlyn Biesecker, Joseph Biesecker, Caroline Lucarelli, and Angelina Lucarelli; a son-in-law, Kenneth Ross; and four siblings, David Myers, Gloria Willauer, Jim Myers, and Sally Hopkins. She was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Earl J Chronister, Jr., and her eldest daughter, Donna Chronister Ross.
A funeral service for Erlene will be held Sunday, November 29, 2015, from the New Fairview Church of the Brethren, 1873 New Fairview Church Road, York, at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Paul Bentzel officiating. There will be a viewing from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the church. Interment will follow the service in the adjoining church cemetery. Please omit flowers.
Contributions in Erlene's memory may be made to Children's Aid Society (The Lehman Center), 400 W. Market S., York, PA 17403.
Arrangements by the Etzweiler Funeral Homes and Cremation Service, 1111 E. Market St., York.
Funeral Home: Etzweiler Funeral Home
1111 East Market Street
York, PA
(717) 843-0216
etzweilerfuneralhome.com
Published in The York Sunday News on Nov. 22, 2015
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1927 - 2015 (87 years)
