1922
Marcia
2016
Marcia Phyllis (Hart) Baumgardner
September 3, 1922 — April 29, 2016
Marcia Phyllis( Hart) Baumgardner, 93 of Greencastle, passed away on Friday April 29, 2016 at Menno Haven Nursing Home Chambersburg, PA, where she had been a resident for the last six weeks. She was the widow of Richard L Baumgardner Sr., who died on June 29, 2015. They had been married 73 years at the time of his passing.
The last surviving child of Homer and Vera Palmer Hart, she was born September 3, 1922 in Hagerstown Maryland. She was a graduate of Hagerstown High School and attended the University of Maryland and Hagerstown Business School. Married in 1942, she and Dick raised their family on South Washington St. in Greencastle. They spent summer weekends at the cabin they built along the Potomac River in Maryland.
Marcia was a longtime member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Greencastle. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, past member of the Waynesboro Country Club, and their Women’s Golf League, the Greencastle -Antrim Homemakers, the Greencastle-Antrim Loyal Daughters, the Pennsylvania and Franklin County Builders Association Women’s Council, and several Bridge and Reading Clubs.
For many years Marcia worked alongside her husband in the G. Keith Construction Company in Waynesboro. She enjoyed playing any kind of card game. She loved being on the water. Marcia was exposed to boating as a young child and the love continued through her married life on Barima I, II, and III.
The family meant everything to her. She was our heart and soul. The glue that kept us together through good times and bad times. She was a beautiful person inside and out. She was a very prim and proper lady; you would never see a jelly jar or ketchup bottle on her dining room table. Her worst curse words were “Jiminy Frost” and “Oh Fiddle Sticks”. She has inspired us all in so many ways. Her values and traditions will live on for generations to come.
In addition to her husband and parents she was predeceased by her son Keith “Kip” in 1970, brothers Robert, Vincent, John, Richard, Phillip, and Hugh Hart and a sister Margaret Rowe.
Surviving are her daughter Deborah Johnston and husband Craig of Fairfield, Pa, three sons, Richard Baumgardner Jr and wife Carla of Tyrone, Pa, Terry Baumgardner and wife Kathleen of Clarks Green, Pa, and Dennis Baumgardner and wife Nanette of Marco Island, Florida; “Eight Grandchildren” Nichole Stansbury and husband Gene, Kristina Kane and husband Alan, Richard Baumgardner III and wife Dawn, T J Baumgardner and wife Nicole, Lynelle Hoch and husband Jeffrey, Kyle Baumgardner and fiancé Bridgette, Brandon Baumgardner, Cody Johnston; fourteen great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday May 4th at 12:30 PM from the Harold M. Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home 45 S. Carlisle St Greencastle, PA with Rev. Martin Horn officiating. Burial will be in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Greencastle. The family will receive friends on Wednesday at the funeral home from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
Memorial contributions may be given in her name to St Jude’s Children Research Hospital at 501 St Jude’s Place Memphis, TN 38105. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.zimmermanfh.com.
The last surviving child of Homer and Vera Palmer Hart, she was born September 3, 1922 in Hagerstown Maryland. She was a graduate of Hagerstown High School and attended the University of Maryland and Hagerstown Business School. Married in 1942, she and Dick raised their family on South Washington St. in Greencastle. They spent summer weekends at the cabin they built along the Potomac River in Maryland.
Marcia was a longtime member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Greencastle. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, past member of the Waynesboro Country Club, and their Women’s Golf League, the Greencastle -Antrim Homemakers, the Greencastle-Antrim Loyal Daughters, the Pennsylvania and Franklin County Builders Association Women’s Council, and several Bridge and Reading Clubs.
For many years Marcia worked alongside her husband in the G. Keith Construction Company in Waynesboro. She enjoyed playing any kind of card game. She loved being on the water. Marcia was exposed to boating as a young child and the love continued through her married life on Barima I, II, and III.
The family meant everything to her. She was our heart and soul. The glue that kept us together through good times and bad times. She was a beautiful person inside and out. She was a very prim and proper lady; you would never see a jelly jar or ketchup bottle on her dining room table. Her worst curse words were “Jiminy Frost” and “Oh Fiddle Sticks”. She has inspired us all in so many ways. Her values and traditions will live on for generations to come.
In addition to her husband and parents she was predeceased by her son Keith “Kip” in 1970, brothers Robert, Vincent, John, Richard, Phillip, and Hugh Hart and a sister Margaret Rowe.
Surviving are her daughter Deborah Johnston and husband Craig of Fairfield, Pa, three sons, Richard Baumgardner Jr and wife Carla of Tyrone, Pa, Terry Baumgardner and wife Kathleen of Clarks Green, Pa, and Dennis Baumgardner and wife Nanette of Marco Island, Florida; “Eight Grandchildren” Nichole Stansbury and husband Gene, Kristina Kane and husband Alan, Richard Baumgardner III and wife Dawn, T J Baumgardner and wife Nicole, Lynelle Hoch and husband Jeffrey, Kyle Baumgardner and fiancé Bridgette, Brandon Baumgardner, Cody Johnston; fourteen great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday May 4th at 12:30 PM from the Harold M. Zimmerman and Son Funeral Home 45 S. Carlisle St Greencastle, PA with Rev. Martin Horn officiating. Burial will be in the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Greencastle. The family will receive friends on Wednesday at the funeral home from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
Memorial contributions may be given in her name to St Jude’s Children Research Hospital at 501 St Jude’s Place Memphis, TN 38105. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.zimmermanfh.com.
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