Lucille J. Kreiser

Lucille J. Kreiser obituary, Jonestown, PA

Lucille J. Kreiser

Lucille Kreiser Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Kreamer & Lum Funeral Home & Crematory - Jonestown on Mar. 3, 2026.
Lucille J. Kreiser, 85, of Jonestown, passed away on Monday, March 2, 2026, at Lebanon Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was the wife of the late Donald C. Kreiser.

Born in Lebanon on September 17, 1940, she was the daughter of the late George and Sarah (Arnold) Zimmerman. Lucille enjoyed working with flowers, feeding her neighbors animals, crafting, tea, ice cream and baking. She made an amazing shoo-fly pie and will be remembered for her world class raisin-filled cookies. Her husband always said that she was the "woman" and she loved taking care of him.

Lucille is survived by her sons Dennis C. husband of Kathi Kreiser of Jonestown and Thomas J. husband of Diane Kreiser of Lebanon; her daughter Joanne M. Vedder of Bernville; grandchildren Dale Kreiser, Jennifer (Andrew) Yeagley, Daniel (Brittany Rodriguez) Kreiser, Donald Vedder and Logan Vedder; two great grandchildren Sheldon and Ava Yeagley; brothers Robert (Joanne) Zimmerman, Edwin Zimmerman and Alfred "Jimmy" (Debra) Zimmerman; and sisters Margaret (Donald) McGarvey, Shirley Feeg, Christine Snyder, Judy (Donald) Crumley, Rose (Russell) Swisher and Barbara (William) Peiffer.

She was preceded in death by her son-in-law Kenneth Vedder, sister Dorothy Rasp, half-brother Charles Steckbeck and half-sister Louise Steckbeck-Cikovic.

Memorial services will be held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at Kreamer & Lum Funeral Home & Crematory, Jonestown. A visitation will be held beginning at 8:00 a.m. until the start of the service. Inurnment will follow at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery.

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