Lesta E. Rathman

Remembering Lesta E. Rathman Lesta E. Rathman, 86, formerly of Reamstown, Lancaster County, died Friday at 3:10 PM in the Evangelical Congregational Church Retirement Village, Myerstown, Lebanon County, where she was a guest for the past 3 1/2 years. Born in Stouchsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Howard and Ella (Ranck) Schoener. Her husband, Clarence F. "Beevie" Rathman, Sr., died September 1, 2000. She was a member and former Sunday school teacher of St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church, Reamstown. She retired in 1975 from the former Cinderella Knitting Mill, Denver. Lesta is survived by a son, Clarence "Hank" Rathman, Jr., married to Anneliese (Kratzmann) Rathman, Stevens; a grandson; and 3 sisters, Fern (Schoener) Ream, Adamstown; Elsie (Schoener) Tobias, and Grace (Schoener) Wolf, both of Richland, PA. Viewing Services... Lesta's viewing will be held on Monday evening, December 3, 2001, from 7:00 to 8:30 PM in our parlors. The casket will also be open prior to the service on Tuesday, December 4, 2001, in St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church, 56 East Church Street, Reamstown, PA, where The Reverend Kirk R. Marks and The Rev. Melvin H. Stehr will officiate at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow in Muddy Creek Cemetery, Swartzville, PA. The family has requested that rather than flowers, contributions in Lesta's memory be sent to the St. Paul's E. C. Church Building Fund, Post Office Box 275, Reamstown, PA 17567-0275 or to the ECC Retirement Village, 7 West Park Avenue, Myerstown, PA 17067.