Lily Schmidt Keiser
Lily Schmidt Keiser, 96, a resident of Autumn House Assisted Living in York, Pennsylvania, for the past ten years, and a former longtime resident of Point Marion, Pa., died Sunday, February 4, 2007, in the York Hospital. Born in Point Marion on November 1, 1910, she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Elvire Brogneaux Schmidt.
A 1929 graduate of Point Marion High School, she was a faithful and lifelong member of the First Baptist Church of Point Marion, and had served a term as Noble Grand of the Magdalena Rebekah Lodge in Point Marion. Lily worked for a while as a secretary for the Keystone Stores Corporation in Pittsburgh, and later as a salesperson for the Houze Glass Company in Point Marion.
Surviving are her three children: Dr. Barry K. Keiser and wife, Jean of West Chester, Pa., Judith K. Smyser and her companion, Wayne Lutz, and Brenda Sue Day, all of York; eight grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband of 71 years, Willard E. Keiser on August 1, 2004, sisters, Madeline Brozik, Eva Kocan, Rose Shaw and Andree Tamenne, and brothers, Roger and Oscar Schmidt.
Friends will be received in the First Baptist Church of Point Marion on Thursday from noon until 2 p.m., the hour of service, with her son, Dr. Barry K. Keiser, officiating.
Interment follows in Evergreen Memorial Park, Point Marion.
Arrangements are in the care of the RICHARD R. HEROD FUNERAL HOME, Point Marion.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be offered to the First Baptist Church, 515 Morgantown Street, Point Marion, Pa., 15474.