Orvle Kenneth Poland
It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the passing from this world to the next of Orvle Kenneth Poland. He left this life on Friday, August 8, 2014 at home in Grindstone, Pennsylvania.
Born on Wednesday, August 28, 1912, Orvle passed just shy of his 102nd birthday.
His life has been a long and loving journey.
Orvle was a true ‘Renaissance Man’ without the diploma, but a Ph.D. in common sense
He built his own house from bottom to top with wiring and plumbing included. He worked at the glass plant, was a steel worker, farmer, plumber, night watchman, custodian, hunter and trapper. During the Great Depression, he provided for his family more by hunting and trapping than working on the farm.
He had a never stop attitude and do your best approach to life that lifted everyone around him.
He loved his family, his dogs, his tractors and his Wheaties.
He was an example to everyone who knew him about how one should live this life with dignity, compassion, integrity, faith, and an eye to the future.
Orvle was twice married. On Wednesday, September 14, 1932 he married Mable Irene Martin. Mable died on Tuesday, November 4, 1980. On Thursday, October 1, 1981, he married Hazel Genevieve (Shrontz) Rhoades. Hazel died on Saturday, October 9, 1982.
Surviving are his children: Margaret L. (Roger) Neundorf of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Eleanor M. Redfield of Akron, Ohio, Dr. James L. ‘Jerry’ Poland of Richmond, Virginia, and the Rev. John K. (Shirley) Poland, Advance, North Carolina; step-children: the Rev. Robert L. Rhoades of Newville, Pa., Nancy (Donald) McDowell and Alma Hart, Washington, Pa.; also his step daughter-in-law, Janet Rhoades of Washington, Pa. He is also survived by his dear friend of 31 years, Dorothy Palmer. Also surviving are grandchildren: Kenneth Neundorf, Steven (Jill) Neundorf, Sherry (Larry) Edwards, Robert (Marsha) Redfield, Lynn (Mark) Bogdanovich, Leslie (Jim) Warner, Jenny Poland, Adrienne (Darin) Schwarte, Sonya (Chad Smith) Poland. Step-grandchildren are: Wendy (Rob) Lynerd, Jill (Steven) Neundorf, Carol Ann Crable, Beth (Steve) Shenk, Linda (Bill) Binns, Brenda Neundorf, James (Krissy) McDowell, Jennifer Popp, Shannon McMullen, Shawn Hart, Greta (Eric) Ringer, Valissa Rhoades, Molly (Laurence) Goodman. He also has 11 great grandchildren, two great great-grandchildren, 20 step great-grandchildren and two step great-great grandchildren.
Deceased are two granddaughters, Peggy Ann Neundorf and Julia Dawn Poland; step-son, William D. Rhoades; sisters and brothers, Nellie Blanche Poland Thomas, Walter Lawrence Poland, Floyd Wilbert Poland, Maple Glenn Poland, Vaughn Edna Poland Williams Meyer and Jennie Mae (Poland) Kahlbaugh.
Friends will be received in the SKIRPAN FUNERAL HOME, 135 Park Street, Brownsville, Pa., on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. where a Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. with Reverend Donald Nicklow officiating.
Interment will be in Washington Cemetery, Washington, Pa.
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