Lela M. Bigelow

December 31, 1945

September 16, 2005

Graduate of captain jack High School

Lela M. Bigelow, 59, of 1375-B West Main Street, Ephrata, Lancaster County, died Friday, September 16, 2005, at 10:45 AM in Ephrata Community Hospital where she was a patient 4 days.     Born December 31, 1945, in Shirleysburg, PA, she was a daughter of Esther Marie (Clymans) Varner Mounce, Lancaster, PA, and the late John Decker Varner.   A graduate of Captain Jack High School, Huntingdon County, she was last employed by Mt. Bethany Company, Reamstown, PA.     Surviving in addition to her mother are 3 daughters, Angela C., wife of Clinton W. Ziemer, Brownstown, PA; Alice E. Hardcastle, Indianapolis, IN; and Lisa M., wife of Ross A. Martzall, with whom she resided; 4 grandchildren; 6 sisters and 5 brothers.

Viewings will be held on Wednesday, September 21, 2005, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM from Good Funeral Home & Cremation Centre, Inc., Reamstown, Lancaster County, and Thursday, September 22, 2005, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM from The Martin R. Brown Funeral Home, Orbisonia, Huntingdon County, where services will be held on Friday, September 23, 2005, at 10:00 AM.  Burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Shade Gap, Huntingdon County, PA.  

Rather than flowers, please send contributions to help with funeral expensed in care of her daughter, Lisa Martzall, 1375B W. Main St., Ephrata, PA 17522, or to The American Cancer Society.