Ethel
M. Wike Lied
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Ethel M. Wike Lied, 87, formerly of 17 N. Reamstown Road, Reamstown, Lancaster County, died Friday afternoon at 1:40 PM of complications with Alzheimer’s Disease in ManorCare Health Services, 100 Abbeyville Road, Lancaster, where she resided the past 10 years. Born in Lititz, Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Harry H. and Alice (Whitcraft) Wike. Her husband, D. Webster Lied, died July 28, 1996. A 1931 graduate of Lititz High School, Ethel worked many years as a bank teller in Lititz and Lancaster. She was also an administrative assistant for Mel Horst, Witmer, Lancaster County, in his various business enterprises. She and her husband owned and operated Lied’s Gun Shop, Reamstown, from 1951 until moving to the nursing home. They also had continued a family business founded by her father, Wike’s Cough Drops, formerly of Lititz. Mrs. Lied was a former president of the Ephrata Community Hospital Auxillary, and was instrumental in creating the June Fete, an annual fund raiser that continues to this day. She was also a former president of the Home & School Association of the Ephrata School District. Ethel enjoyed reading, gardening and working in her yard. Surviving are 2 daughters, Sally A. Lied, Harrisburg; and Julie Lied Morrow, Reamstown. She was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Laura Delp & Ruth Garner, and 3 brothers, Lester, Monroe and Granville Wike.
Ceremonies...
Memorial
Services will be held Wednesday at 7:30 PM from Good Funeral
Home & Cremation Centre, Inc. of Reamstown.
There will be no viewing, however, the family will receive
friends one hour prior to the service. Private
inurnment in Pleasant View Cemetery, Spring Township, Berks
County, PA.
Contributions...
Kindly
omit flowers. Contributions
in Ethel’s memory may be sent to Alzheimer Association,
South Central PA Chapter, 2001 N. Front St., Building 2 –
Suite 321, Harrisburg, PA 17102.