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C. Whitmoyer Obituary


C. Walter Whitmoyer Jr., 79, of Myerstown, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at his residence.

He was the husband of Jocelyn (Coburn) Whitmoyer, whom he married on September 25, 1965. Born in Stouchsburg on March 8, 1936, he was the son of the late Clarence W. and Dorothy E. (Strickler) Whitmoyer.

Mr. Whitmoyer was a 1954 graduate of Myerstown High School, a 1955 post-graduate of Mercersburg Academy, a 1959 graduate of Princeton University and earned his law degree in 1962 at the University of Virginia Law School.

He maintained a private law office in Lebanon, practicing since 1963.

He was a member of Zion United Methodist Church, Myerstown, and attended Friedens Lutheran Church, Myerstown.

Mr. Whitmoyer was a past President and member of the Lebanon County Bar Association; a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association; a longtime delegate to the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates; a fifty-year member of the Myerstown-ELCO Rotary Club; and a former member of the ELCO School Board; and served for thirty years as solicitor for Myerstown Borough Council.

He received the pro bono award for his many years of providing free legal aid services to the indigent.

Mr. Whitmoyer is also survived by his sons, William B., husband of Daryl (Alexandre) Whitmoyer, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; and Thomas "Toby" C., husband of Jane (Cresswell) Whitmoyer, of Coral Gables, Florida; and daughter, Jocelyn "Jolie" (Whitmoyer), wife of Maximilian Graf von Arnim, of London, England; grandchildren: Katherine M. Whitmoyer, Turner A. Whitmoyer, Saskia C. Whitmoyer, Nicholas C. Whitmoyer, Eleanor A. W. Graefin von Arnim, and Frederick W. Graf von Arnim; a sister, Sally Ann, wife of Frederick Shaak, of Myerstown; and a brother, John, husband of Ellen Whitmoyer, of Lebanon.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, September 19, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. at Friedens Lutheran Church, 301 W. Washington Ave., Myerstown, with a visitation beginning at 10 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Myerstown Community Library, 199 N. College St., Myerstown, PA 17067.

Grose Funeral Home, Myerstown, has made the arrangements.

www.GroseFH.com

Published by Reading Eagle on Sep. 17, 2015.
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I am sorry to learn of the passing of Walt a great lawyer and friend of the bar. I got to know Walt through the House of Delegates of the PBA. He was a valuable asset to our association and his wit and wisdom will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Forest N Myers, past president PBA

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