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Lynore Buffington Obituary
Born in Tower City, Feb. 20, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Mark and Ethel Keiser Houtz.
Lynore was a retired secretary from the comp control center at Fort Indiantown Gap. Following retirement, she was a secretary at the Williams Valley Elementary School.
She was a member of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Orwin. She was an active member of the former Grace E.C. Church, Muir, where she served as the church secretary and also had been the church secretary for the Christ United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Glen Chapter, Lykens, and was also a former Girl Scout leader.
She enjoyed camping and spending time with her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Blair, in 2008; a son-in-law, William Jones Jr.; brother, Clair D. Houtz; stepsister, Mary Jane Gamble.
Surviving are her three daughters, Roxanne Jones, Pottsville, Cheryl Carl, Lebanon, and Lynette Klinger and her companion, Kevin Meeker, Florida; three grandchildren, Doug Buffington, Heather Stakem and Daniel Jones; four great-grandchildren, Drew, Avery, Owen and Kade; a stepsister, Violet Schaeffer, Myerstown; nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Orwin, with the Rev. Maureen Duffy-Guy. Private burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Tower City. Memorial donations in Lynore's name can be made to St. Peter's U.C.C., Dietrich Avenue, Orwin, PA 17980. Dimon Funeral Home & Cremation Services Inc. has been entrusted with the arrangements. To sign the guest book visit www.dimonfuneralhome.com
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