Phyllis Mae Geigley

Phyllis Mae Geigley, 82, Village of Laurel Run, Fayetteville, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012.

She was born March 24, 1930 in the Gettysburg Hospital, the daughter of the late Q. Baird and Genevieve Brewer Hershey. Mrs. Geigley's husband, Attorney Robert W. Geigley, died in 2007.

She was an active member of the Memorial Church of The Prince of Peace in Gettysburg. She graduated from Mechanicsburg High School in 1948. After graduation she enrolled in the Chester Hale School of Ballet in New York City. Along with her ballet training she studied privately Dramatic Arts and did some modeling.

From 1951 thru 1956, she worked with American Airlines as a reservation agent at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

After living in Washington, D.C. she returned to Gettysburg and worked in the office of the late Earl Pitzer then Director of the Bureau of Traffic Safety in Harrisburg.

After completing a course of study at Hanover Hospital, she was certified as a Nurses Aid and worked at Michael Manor Nursing home in Gettysburg.

In 1969, she married Attorney Robert Geigley. Thereafter she was active in Audubon, South Mountain Association, Community Concert Association and volunteer work in her church and community.

Mrs. Geigley is survived by four step-children: Karin, Silvia, Henry and Robert, twelve step-grandchildren; 32 step great grandchildren; a step-mother, Laura Hershey of York Springs; two step-sisters, Clara Schweiger of Pittsburgh, Bonnie Search of Mechanicsburg, Va.; a step-brother, Baird Hershey Jr. of York Springs, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, High Street, Gettysburg at 2 p.m. with Fr. Stephen Harris officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg. There will be a viewing Tuesday at the church from 1 p.m. until the time of the service. Memorial can be made to the Adams County SPCA, 11 Goldenville Road, Gettysburg, PA 17325 or Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, 20 West High Street, Gettysburg, PA 17325. Online obituary and condolences available at monahanfuneralhome.com.