Lydia M. Dickensheets

Lydia M. Dickensheets, 91, of Hanover, entered into God’s eternal care Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at Hanover Hall Nursing Center.

Born on Thursday, June 29, 1922 in Hanover, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Annie Sell Folmer. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Sterling W. Dickensheets, who died in 1984; a son, Sterling Gary Dickensheets, who died in 1958; and her brothers and sisters, Jesse, Charles, John “Bill”, Henry and Catherine Folmer, Elizabeth Kuhn and Anna Koehler. She was a member of the Eichelberger High School Class of 1939, where she served on that class’s reunion committee for many years.

Mrs. Dickensheets was an active member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher and served on the Altar Guild, Church Council and the Worship and Music committees. She also helped begin the church’s bereavement lunches. She was a volunteer with the Hospitality Shop at Hanover Hospital, was one of the first volunteers with Meals on Wheels, and was later an active volunteer with PAL lunches. She had a servant heart and was a wonderful example of what a generous spirit can accomplish.

Survivors include a daughter Anna C. Marchio and her husband, Kenneth, of Hanover; a son, Stephen H. Dickensheets of Willow Grove; and two grandchildren, Grant A. Marchio and his fiancée, Dianna Deven, and Heather A. Jones and her husband, Steven, all of Hanover

The funeral will be held at 11 am Thursday, May 29, 2014 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church with The Rev. Dr. Daniel M. Yeiser officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 am Thursday in the church parlor.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 30 W. Chestnut Street, Hanover, PA 17331 or to VNA Hospice of Hanover and Spring Grove, 440 N. Madison Street, Hanover, PA 17331.


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