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Violet M. Allwein
87, enjoyed walking, cooking
By Lititz Record
Lititz Record Express
Published: Jul 24, 2008 1:51 PM EST
Lititz -
Violet M. Allwein, 87, of Luther Acres, Lititz, passed away Saturday, July
19, 2008 at Hospice of Lancaster County.
She was the loving wife of
Robert C. Allwein and they celebrated 65 years of marriage last July
25.
Born in Lititz, she was the daughter of the late Chester
and Kathryn Rauch Witmyer.
A graduate of the Lititz High
School class of 1938, Violet was a National Honor Society Member. She
started her professional career as a teletype operator at Armstrong Cork
Company and then she went to work at Fulton Bank as a savings teller. She
later was employed as a secretary for Warner Lambert, Lititz, Hollywood
Federal Savings and Loan Assoc., Hollywood, Fla., and was the secretary to
the Traffic Manager at RCA, Lancaster.
A past member of the National
Secretary's Society, Violet was a former member and past secretary of
the Lititz Senior Citizens Club. She was a member of the National DESA
Ladies' Auxillary, the "Twalkers" of Park City, she
volunteered at Luther Acres, was a 35 year member of the Carousel Dance
Club and was a former Sunday school teacher and pianist at her church, the
Lititz United Methodist Church. Her hobbies included walking, cooking and
collecting cookbooks from her travels, "sitting" the
great-grandchildren and traveling.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are four sons, Kenneth L. (Jane) Allwein, Barry D. (Deborah)
Allwein and Gerald L. (Frances) Allwein, all of Lititz; Sidney J. (Monica)
Allwein, Virginia Beach, Va.; 11 grandchildren; 22
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her sister, Betty
Kloss.
Relatives and friends attended her Life Celebration Memorial
Service July 22 at the Lititz United Methodist Church, Lititz. Interment is
to be at the convenience of her family.
Please omit flowers. If
desired memorial contributions may be made in Violet's memory to the
Lititz UMC Building Fund or to the Luthercare Caring Fund 600 E. Main
Street Lititz, PA 17543.
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