Jeanette was an avid reader and crossword solver. She was never without a stack of books to be read next.

H. Jeanette Newcomer, 91 of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania died on September 9, 2022 in Akron, PA. Jeanette was predeceased by her loving husband James A. Newcomer Sr. Her parents were Eugene and Blanche Wissler Reisinger. She was predeceased by her siblings, Blanche
Kreiser, Harriet Fry, Eugene Reisinger, Martha Reisinger, Renna Steffan, and Mary Greider.

She graduated from Columbia High School in 1949.

She is survived by her 4 children James A. Newcomer Jr. of Leola, married to Barbara, Diana E. Hill of Mount Joy, wife of Kenneth E., Robert E. Newcomer of Nokomis, FL married to Jill, and Jeanette L. Arnold of Lancaster wife of Lloyd G.. She is also survived by 9 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 1 due in December.

Jeanette was devoted to her family hosting large Thanksgiving feasts and Christmas
celebrations. Her home was welcoming and full of laughter and stories new, old and often
retold and embellished. The majority of her life’s work consisted of herding, feeding and
enriching the lives of her 4 children, their friends, neighbors and relatives on the farm. She was
the chief cook, caretaker and bookkeeper for the dairy farm. She was also instrumental in the
lives of her grand-children and great grand-children and will be dearly missed.
She was a lifelong member of Columbia United Methodist Church and served on the kitchen
committee, needles and hooks, church historian, taught Sunday school, helped with youth
group activities, bible school, and sang in the choir.

Jeanette was an avid reader and crossword solver. She was never without a stack of books to
be read next. She disliked cats, talking on the telephone and off key singing. The family would
often call and threaten to sing Kumbayah to entice her to answer the phone, it rarely worked.
A private interment will be held by the family.

Please omit flowers, donations may be given in memory of H. Jeanette Newcomer to the Lancaster County Library System or a charity of your choosing.

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