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MRS. ELSIE I. ACRI
Elsie I. Acri, 93, of 111
West Market St., Marietta,
died last Sunday at her
home following a lengthy
illness.
Born in Marietta, she was
the daughter of the late
Franklin and Briska Smith
Ruby. A lifelong resident of
the borough, she was the
widow of Samuel A. Acri,
who died in 1971.
Mrs. Acri, a graduate of
Marietta High School, at-
tended Millersville Normal
School and taught in
Drumore Township and
Marietta schools.
She was a member of St.
John’s Episcopal Church,
Marietta, and the church
guild.
She is survived by two
sons: Armand, Marietta;
and Vincent F., Scottsdale,
Ariz.; one daughter, Sylvia
L. Shenesky, Marietta;
three grandchildren; and
one brother, Raymond Ru-
by, Columbia.
DR. MICHAEL GRATCH
Dr. Michael Gratch, a
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family physician in May-
town for 30 years, died last
Sunday at Temple Univer-
sity Hospital, Philadelphia.
He was 67.
Dr. Gratch retired from
practice in 1976 and moved
to Avalon, N.J., where he
lived at 14 Pelican Drive.
Gratch once estimated
he had delivered 4,000
babies. He was often the
only doctor in town.
He was born in Russia,
the son of a doctor, and
reared in Bologna, Italy.
He went to college at the
Dante Alighieri Lycaeum in
Ravena, Italy, and received
his medical degree in 1937
from the University of
Bologna.
A U.S. Navy captain in
World War II, he served
with a medical corps in the
Pacific, then was assistant
chief of surgery aboard the
USS Comfort. He was later
chief of surgery on another
hospital ship, the USAF
Milne.
Dr. Gratch was a member
of the medical staffs of
Columbia Hospital, Lan-
caster General Hospital and
St. Joseph Hospital.
He belonged to the
American Medical Associa-
tion and the Pennsylvania
Medical Society and was a
fellow member of the
American Academy of Fam-
ily Practice.
He served for nine years
as commander of Donegal
Post 809 of the American
Legion, overseeing the
building of Legion Memorial
Park. He received the
distinguished service award
in 1966.
He was chairman of the
Maytown Civic Association,
chairman of the commun-
ity’s 1960 bicentennial com-
mittee, treasurer of the
Marietta-Donegal Joint
Sewer Authority, and vice
chairman of the East
Donegal Sewer Authority.
He was past president of
the Maytown-Bainbridge
Rotary Club and a member
of the Lions Club.
He was also president of
the Avalon Yacht Club.
Surviving are his wife,
Elenor R.; a son, Dr,
Michael Gratch, Meadow-
brook; a daughter, Carol
Jones, Albuquerque, N.M.;
three grandchildren; a bro-
ther, Dr. Serge Gratch,
Birmingham, Mich.; and a
sister, Olga Gorrelli, Pen-
nington, N.J.
OLIVER S. HALDEMAN
Oliver S. Haldeman, 71,
formerly of 210 E. Main St.,
Mount Joy, died last week in
Hamilton Arms Nursing
Home, Lancaster, following
an illness of one year.
He was the husband of
Betty Plough Haldeman.
The son of the late John M.
and Emma B. Snavely
Haldeman, he was born in ‘
East Donegal Township.
He was retired from the
Bachman Chocolate Fac-
tory, Mount Joy.
Haldeman was a member
of the Florin Church of the
Brethren.
Surviving, in addition to
December 3, 1980
his wife, are five children:
Earl B. Haldeman, Mount
Joy RD2; Betty, wife of
Kenneth Crills, Manheim
RD4; Janet L., wife of Lloyd
Ebersole Jr., Manheim
RD4; Ruth Ann Haldeman,
Adron; and James Halde.
man, Mountville; 17 grand-
children; two great-grand-
children; a brother, Elmer
S. Haldeman, Manheim;
and three sisters, Elizabeth
H., wife of Abram G. Faus,
Manheim RD4; Stella H.,
wife of John S. Shelly, Lititz,
and Irene H., wife of Levi F.
Rohrer, Lititz RD6.
KATHRYN E. NENTWIG
Kathryn E. Nentwig, 78,
Mount Joy RD2, died last
week at the Heatherbank
Nursing Home, Columbia,
where she had been a
patient.
Born in Lancaster, she
was the widow of Martin M.
Nentwig and the daughter of
the late Jacob L. and Minnie
Helig Fields.
She is survived by a
daughter, Mary Ann, wife of
Paul Lauver, with whom she
resided; two sons, Walter
Suydam and Robert Suy-
dam, both of Lancaster;
eight grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; and a
sister, Mary Fields, Lan-
caster.
MARK A. SIPLING
Mark A. Sipling, 24, of 46
West Main St., Mount Joy,
was killed in an auto
accident early last Thurs-
day. Sipling was the driver
of the car.
Also killed in the accident
was the only passenger,
Thomas E. Miller, 27, of 139
Grant St., Ephrata.
Sipling was the husband
of Julie A. DeJesus Sipling.
He was born in Lancaster,
the son of Ray C. and Naomi
Williams Sipling, Marietta
RD1.
A 1975 graduate of
Donegal High School, he
was employed as a machin-
ist at Sperry New Holland,
Mountville.
In addition to his wife and
parents, he is survived by a
daughter, Deborah Joy
Sipling, at home; three
brothers, Michael Ray and
Dale Robert, both at home,
and Gerald William, Mount
Joy; his maternal grand-
father, Ira N. Williams,
Manheim RD7; and a
paternal grandfather, Ray-
mond M. Sipling, Rheems.
MRS. ALMA C. WEISER
Alma C. Weiser, 82, of
588 Wood St., Mount Joy,
died last week at the
General Hospital after an
illness of several months.
The widow of Paul S.
Weiser, she was born in
Chester, a daughter of the
late John and Alma Swan-
son Hallgren.
She had resided in Florin
and Mount Joy for the past
66 years.
Surviving are a son: John
P. Weiser, Elizabethtown;
two daughters, Dorothy M.
Weiser, at home; and
Pauline A., wife of Clair L.
Foreman, Hershey; six
grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.