Genevieve E. Ressler

December 24, 1926

March 8, 2005

Genevieve E. Ressler, 78, Ephrata, died Friday, April 8, 2005, at 3:35 PM in Maple Farm Nursing Center , Akron , where she resided since December 2004.   Born December 24, 1926, in Ephrata, Lancaster County , she was a daughter of the late Samuel M. and Margaret E. (Peiffer) Hackman. Her husband, Richard G. Ressler, died February 5, 1998.   Retiring in 1980, she last worked in the office at Sears Roebuck & Co., Park City , Lancaster . Previously, she had been employed for 22 years as a waitress at the former Howard Johnson’s Restaurant and Zinn’s Diner, both in Denver .   Genevieve was a member of the Ephrata Golden Years Club, the Breathe with Ease Club, Lancaster , and the group exercise of the Ephrata Recreation Center .  She also enjoyed playing bingo and traveling.   Surviving is a son, Ricky L. (Joanne M. Weik) Ressler, Ephrata; grandson, Sean Rollman, Pittsburgh ; great-grandchildren, Justin & Lindsey Rollman, Pittsburgh ; sister, Rhoda Heister, Reinholds; brothers, Carl E.Hackman, Myerstown; J. Ronald and Elwood D. Hackman, both Ephrata; and Jerry L. Hackman, Wernersville.   Also preceding her in death:  son, Jeffrey Lynn Ressler; daughter, Jee-Anne Bauman; grandchildren, Tanya Anne and Brian Bauman; sisters, Mary Jane Adams and Nancy Trostle; brothers, Samuel P., Franklin P. and Harold Hackman.

Services will be held on Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at 8:00 PM from Good Funeral Home & Cremation Centre, Inc. of Reamstown with The Rev. Mark Johnson officiating. A viewing will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. 

Private inurnment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery , Lebanon County, PA, with her husband.. 

Rather than flowers, it was Genevieve’s request that contributions be sent to Hospice of Lancaster County, Post Office Box 4125 , Lancaster , PA 17604-4125 .