Benjamin Lantz Parker
Benjamin Lantz Parker, age 89, a lifelong resident of Jefferson, Pa., who graduated from Waynesburg College, did graduate work at Penn State University, coached Jefferson High School football teams from 1936 to 1954, was Principal of Jefferson High School from 1945 to 1970, and in 1970 was elected as Legislator for the 50th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, died Thursday, June 11, 2003 in Rolling Meadows Nursing Home, Waynesburg, Pa. Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. Charles (Joan) Geswaldo of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Mrs. Ronald (Jean) Kratzer of Saxonburg, Pa.; granddaughters: Mrs. Joseph (Pamela) Tamblyn and Mrs. Thomas (Gretchen) Hill, and great grandsons: Alexander Hill and Trevor Hill, all of Butler, Pa.; sisters: Betty Parker Ugulini of Jefferson, Pa., and Frances Parker Paden of Fort Myers, Florida; nieces and nephews.
The Family will receive Friends in the Behm Funeral Homes Inc., 1477 Jefferson Road, Jefferson, Pa., Gregory P. Rohanna, Supervisor, today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, June 14, until the Service at 12:30 p.m.