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Mildred Deardorff Obituary
Mrs. Deardorff was born July 25, 1921, in Latimore Township, Adams County, to the late Harry and Ethel Coulson Trostle.
She was a retired secretary for the former Capital Engineering, Dillsburg, and was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dillsburg.
Mrs. Deardorff served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II.
She is the widow of the late John I. Deardorff.
Survivors include her son, Cliff J. Deardorff, Dillsburg; a brother, Harry Trostle, York Springs; and two grandchildren, Jeremiah Deardorff of Mechanicsburg and Zara Deardorff of Boiling Springs.
Services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Cocklin Funeral Home, 30 N. Chestnut St., Dillsburg with the Rev. Patrick J. Rooney officiating.
Burial will be in Fort Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville.
A viewing will be Thursday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, South Central Pennsylvania Chapter, Governor's Plaza South, Bldg. 2, 2001 N. Front St., Suite 321, Harrisburg, PA 17102.
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Janet (Golden) Gunderson
August 14, 2004
I've many wonderful memories of times we shared at family gatherings. The fishing, cookouts, yearly reunions were always good for laughs. I feel Mother, Daddy, Aunt Mildred and Uncle John are enjoying being together again..
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