J. Elden Eby, age 92, of Chambersburg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at the Chambersburg Hospital.
Born March 3, 1933, in Chambersburg, PA, he was the son of the late Ira and Lydia Lehman Eby.
Mr. Eby attended the former Chambersburg High School. Mr. Eby was a Dairy Farmer for 25 years; he then went on to work in Dairy product sales. Mr. Eby was not one to be idle, so in his retirement he worked part time at the Chambersburg Hospital for 15 years, in the laundry division.
He was a member of Cedar Grove Mennonite Church, where he was a song leader and an Elder. He was also involved with the Cumberland Valley Relief Center. Mr. Eby loved spending time with his family as well as singing, fishing, and hunting.
Surviving is his wife of 68 years, Marie C. Frey Eby, whom he married on May 12, 1956, four children, Dwayne L. Eby (wife Brenda); Tina M. Lehman (husband Lester), Daryl E. Eby (wife Teresa), and Jody K. Eby; six grandchildren, Kristen Showalter (husband Jeffrey), J. Colby Lehman, Timothy Lehman, Seth Eby (wife Brittany), Benjamin Eby, and Megan Horner (husband Joseph); 10 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Dorothy (Eby, Martin) Schrock.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by seven siblings, David, Lloyd, Wayne, Harold, and Glenn Eby and Louise Martin and Mary Eby.
A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Cedar Grove Mennonite Church, 13343 Williamsport Pike, Greencastle, PA 17225, where Rev. Harold Yeager will officiate.
The family will receive friends in the church listed above from 9:30 – 11 a.m.
Interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery will be private.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Harold M. Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home, Inc., Greencastle, PA.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Cumberland Valley Relief Center, 4225 Molly Pitcher Hwy., Chambersburg, PA 17202.
Online condolences may be offered on his page at the funeral home’s website.
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