Thomas J. Bell

Thomas J. Bell, 94, of Masonic Village, Elizabethtown, Pa., formerly of Harrisburg, Pa., and Roanoke, Va., died on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at the Masonic Health Care Center. Born in Harrisburg, he was the son of the late Thomas J. and Edith (Wheeler) Bell. He was the husband of the late Mabel Michael Bell who died in 1998. Mr. Bell was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Roanoke and a former member of Messiah Lutheran Church in Harrisburg. During World War II, he served in the United States Army in the Adjutant General's department. Prior to retiring in 1978, he was employed as director of display and store planning for 16 years by Moore's Builders' Supplies in Roanoke. Before that, he was employed for 16 years as a salesman by Graybar, a national distributor of electrical equipment, in Harrisburg. He was a member of the Robert Burns Lodge No. 464, F & AM in Harrisburg, the Roanoke Consistory, and Roanoke YMCA. He enjoyed exercising and playing racketball. In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Bell was preceded in death by a brother, Ross T. Bell. He is survived by two sons Allen, husband of Sharon Bell, of Kitty Hawk, N.C., and David, husband of Sara Bell, of Salem, Va.; and three grandchildren. Services and interment will take place at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Arrangements by Miller/Sekely Funeral Services, Elizabethtown, Pa. 717-367-1543.