Thomas Y. Peachey Thomas Y. Peachey, 75, Myerstown RD 4, died Friday afternoon after becoming ill at his home. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Good Samaritan Hospital of natural causes.
He was the husband of Mary Lantz Peachey.
Born in Mifflin County, he was a son of the late Jacob and Lizzie Yoder Peachey.
His first wife, Saloma Yoder Peachey died in 1974 and his second wife, Sylvia Yoder Peachey, died in 1967.
He was a retired farmer and a member of the Old Order Amish.
In addition to his widow, he is survived by: four sons, John P., Embro, Ontario, Canada; Urie and David, both of Newmanstown RD 1, and Benjamin, Myerstown RD 2; seven daughters: Lydia, wife of Alvin Wengerd, Mifflintown; Lizzie, wife of Eli Stoltzfus, Myerstown RD 2; Fannie, wife of Menno Swarey, Mifflintown; Sadie, wife of Benjamin Swarey, Peach Bottom; Mary, wife of Aaron Lantz, Myerstown RD 2; Annie, wife of Jacob Lapp, New Philadelphia, N.Y., and Arie, wife of Gideon Fisher Jr., Myerstown RD2.
Also surviving are 70 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three brothers, Amos Peachey, Farmersville; Noah and Rufus Peachey, both of Bellville; and four sisters: Mrs. Mary Zook, Bellville; Mrs. Gertie Swarey, Mechanicsville, Md.; Annie Swarey, Allensville, and Mrs. Leah Kanagy, Stewarts Draft, Va.
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