Roy was born in 1910. He is the son of Gideon Peachey and Sadie Spicher. [1]
Roy I. Peachey, 89, of 287 Apple House Road, Belleville, died at 9:20 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, 1999, at his home.
Born Sept. 22, 1910, in Belleville, he was a son of the late Gideon J. and Sadie (Speicher) Peachey. His wife, Elsie B. (Glick) Peachey, whom he married May 10, 1934, survives.
Also surviving are: children, Mrs. Raymond J. (Arlene) Byler, Mrs. Lee (Marjorie) Laughlin, and R. Robert Peachey, all of Belleville; sisters and brother, Ella Hartzler, Goshen, Ind., Mrs. Ezra (Verda) Peachey, Belleville, and John A. Peachey, HCR 61, Allensville; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Nelda and Byron Peachey, and two sisters, Ethel Petersheim and Dorothy Peachey.
He was a retired farmer and a truck driver.
He was a member of Locust Grove Mennonite Church, the Senior Mens Sunday School Class and the Hoot Owls Hunting Camp. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Locust Grove Mennonite Church, Belleville, with the Rev. Max Zook, the Rev. Mayard Beitzel and the Rev. Erie Renno officiating. Interment will be in Locust Grove Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Donald E. Baggus Funeral Home, Belleville.
Memorial contributions may be made to Locust Grove Mennonite Church, 3358 W. Main St., Belleville, PA 17004 or to Gideons International, PO Box 5603, Belleville, PA 17004. [2]
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