Obituary, Gettysburg Times
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(Ann W. Rainbow, wife of retired UAL Pilot Ab
Rainbow)
Ann Wharrey Rainbow, 80, of 290 Millerstown
Road, Gettysburg, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 in the Gettysburg Hospital.
Born Feb. 4, 1925 in Sewickley, she was the
daughter of the late William and Florence Haverline Wharrey. She was the
wife of Abner H. Rainbow for 60 years.
Mrs. Rainbow was a graduate of Slippery Rock
College and pursued graduate studies at Penn State. She taught school in
Coropolis and Wyckoff, N.J. Mrs. Rainbow was a volunteer coordinator for the
Adams County Library System. She was a member of the Gettysburg Presbyterian
Church, Friends of the Library, Over the Teacup, Gettysburg Garden Club, and
the Gettysburg Country Club.
Surviving in addition to her husband are one
son, Frederick Rainbow of Millersville, Md.; two granddaughters; one
great-grandson; one sister, Lillian Schafer of Seven Lakes, N.C., and one
brother, James Wharrey of Franklin Park.
Memorial services will be on Friday, Sept. 30,
at 11 a.m., in the Gettysburg Presbyterian Church, 208 Baltimore St., with
the Rev. Dr. Daniel T. Hans and the Rev. Dr. Robert Duncan officiating.
Friends will be received in the fellowship hall
following the services.
Memorial contributions can be made to the
Gettysburg Presbyterian Church, 208 Baltimore St., Gettysburg, PA 17325, or
to the Adams County Library, 140 Baltimore St., Gettysburg, PA 17325.
The Monahan Funeral Home, in Gettysburg, is
handling the arrangements.
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