Helen R. Billman

Helen R. Billman, 89, formerly of Richland died March 8th in the E.C.C. Retirement Village, Albright Campus, Myerstown. Her husband, Lester H. Billman, died in 1998. Born in Jackson Township, daughter of the late Hubert S. and Mary (Hain) Miller. She was a 1937 gradate of Robesonia High School. She was a member of Altalaha Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg, the Blue Mountain 50 Plus Club, the Marion Township Senior Citizens, a life member of the Bethel and Mt. Aetna fire companies, and a member of the Red Hat Club at ECC Retirement Village. She was primarily a homemaker, but had been employed at the former Publix Shirt Factory, Myerstown, and the former Berkshire Knitting mill, Wyomissing. Surviving - son Bruce B. Billman of Reading; two daughters, Edna M., wife of Robert G. Kneasel Jr. of Myerstown, Brenda B. Reich, wife of Neil Phillips of Mohrsville; sister Verna Kegerreis of Richland; six grandchildren, Robert G. Kneasel III, Charles L. Kneasel, Christie Billman, Esq., Trisha Billman, Shaun Reich, and Eric Reich; also four great-grandchildren; and one great-greatgrandchild. She was predeceased by a son, Lester C. Billman; two brothers, Howard and Roy Miller; and two sisters, Florence Weaver and Margaret Risser. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Hill Funeral Home, Rehrersburg. Interment at Altalaha Church Cemetery, Rehrersburg. Friends may call Wednesday, 1 to 2 p.m., at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Altalaha Lutheran Church, PO Box 82, Rehrersburg, PA 19550.