T. Raymond Hippert Jr.

March 27, 2010

T. Raymond Hippert Jr., 75, of Pine Grove, passed away Saturday at home.

Born in West Lawn, Dec. 30, 1934, he was a son of the late Tyrus R. Sr. and Bertha Kline Hippert.

He was affiliated with St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Pine Grove.

Ray retired as a general services electrician for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and drove charter buses for Newhurst Bus Company.

He was a member of the Pine Grove Masonic Lodge 409 F&AM, a social member of the Pine Grove VFW and an active member of the Pine Grove Fish and Game Association. He had served with the National Guard.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Merrill Hippert and Luke Brooks.

Surviving are his wife of 47 years, Corrine "Tina" Anspach Hippert; five daughters, Renee Beuchler and Vana Steckley, Pine Grove, Debra Weidman, Richland, Beverly, wife of Kevin Irwin, Newmanstown, and Betty, wife of Barry Martzall, Myerstown; two sons, Ty Hippert, Pine Grove, and Tyrus III, husband of Hye Yon Hippert, Houston, Texas; 21 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at H.L. Snyder Funeral Home Inc., Pine Grove, with Dr. Richard Schoenleber officiating. There will be a viewing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with Masonic services prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove. The family would prefer, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to either the Hospice of Lebanon, 202 Hathaway Park, Lebanon, PA 17042, or to Ruth Steinert Memorial SPCA, 18 Wertz Road, Pine Grove, PA 17963, in his memory.