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June L. Anderson Atkins
77 June L. Anderson Atkins was born in Reiffton and was the wife of George T. Atkins for 45 years. June was a graduate of the Reading Hospital School of Nursing and worked at several hospitals before joining the U.S. Navy as an RN. She served at various Naval Hospitals both in the U.S. and overseas and is a Korean War Veteran. She resigned from the Navy as a Lieutenant USN (RN) to become a homemaker. She was very active with her community serving in many volunteer positions from Sunday school teacher to a docent for the Historical Society of Berks County. Atkins died July 19, 2000 at the Berkshire Center where she had been a patient. Her body is being donated to medical research for study of Vascular Dementia and Lyme disease from which she died.
Greg Bankert
56 Gregory Lee Bankert was born September 11, 1950 and was the beloved husband of Tanya L. Bankert, with whom he celebrated 28 years of marriage. Greg formerly was a self-employed remodeling contractor. Being an outdoorsman, Greg enjoyed hunting with his daughter and grandson, and his family and friends. He also enjoyed NASCAR, fly-fishing and going camping at Poe Paddy State Park where he was most recently a campground host. Greg liked his ice cream and going on shopping trips. He enjoyed using his hands and God-given talent to create furniture and crafts for his family and friends. Greg was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Dallastown, where he enjoyed singing in the choir. Bankert died at his home October 29, 2006, after a long battle with Lyme disease.
* "He was a dear sweet man, who came faithfully to the York support group. Losing a husband and father to this disease is devastating." - Cathy Attig
Obituary published in the York Daily Record & York Dispatch on 11/1/2006.
Joseph R. Bellesorte
63 John Bigham
Larry Dolan
56 Kathleen Gambon Erdei
71 Linda M. Fuller
57 Jacqueline Hacker
55 Marie C. Johnson
85 Theodore F. "Ted" Kotula
65 Dr. Michael G. Linebaugh
60 Jim Mansbery
50 Rena McNulty
Dick Megles
Gary D. Norbut
51 Gilbert "Gib" Thornton Perkins
77 Frank Ray Rifkin
Miriam Rodstein
86 Karen Johnson Rose
59 Rose was a co-moderator for LymeInfo since 2002, an internet group devoted to disseminating accurate information regarding tickborne illnesses. Both she and her husband, James, were very active with support and advocacy to the Lyme community. All who knew Rose found her as a warm and kind individual, always dedicated to her friends and family. Rose died April 18, 2007, following a long battle with Lyme disease.
* "Today, and for years to come, we will all have one thing in common... a broken heart because we've lost our Rose. I do know, however, the work Rose accomplished for the Lyme Community will live on forever. Her dedication to our cause has saved many lives and made many lives much better." -Lucy Barnes
James Sanders
55 Chantal Seaman
62 Joan Sherman
Nancy L. (Scully) Strayer
61 Ruth Ann Tobin
71 Philip Trapolsi
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"I shall pass this way but once, therefore any kindness I can show or any help I can give, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again."- Author Unknown
© 2006 The National Lyme Disease Memorial Park Project
