L. Allyn Welliver

L. Allyn Welliver, 90, of Lewisburg, died Thursday, April 16, 2015, at his home.

He was born December 29, 1924 in Bellwood, Blair County, a son of the late Lester A. and Eleanor (Yeaworth) Welliver.  On July 14, 1951 he married the former Ruth Glick, who survives.  Together they celebrated 63 years of marriage.

Allyn was a 1942 graduate of William Penn High School, Harrisburg.  He received his undergraduate degree from Dickinson College in 1948. Allyn then went to Westminster Theological Seminary where he graduated in 1951. He later attended Yale where he would receive his master’s degree in 1952.

From 1943 to 1946 he served in the US Army Air Corps as a weatherman, which included one year spent in China.

Allyn served as pastor in Jersey Shore, Mercersburg, Lock Haven, Milton, Roaring Spring and Hummelstown.

He was a member of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church and attended Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church, Lewisburg.

Surviving in addition to his wife are his children, Barbara Ziegler and husband William, of Fredericksburg, VA, John Welliver, of Sayre, David Welliver and wife, Meng, of Columbus, OH, Daniel Welliver and wife, Roxanne, of Huntingdon, Rebecca Seitz, of Baltimore, MD, Ruth Higbee and husband, Robert, of Harrisburg and Mary Dillon and husband, Dan, of Baltimore, MD; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Kenneth and Mary Lee Welliver, Paul and Margaret Welliver and Glenn and Edith Welliver; one sister-in-law, Mary Ada Welliver; 11 grandchildren, Rachel Sink and spouse Dana, Dawning and Alain Welliver, Victor Mansfield, Destiny Waller, Jonathan and Katelyn Seitz, Sarah and Ellen Higbee, and Baird and Marion Dillon; one great grandchild, Misha Sink; and many nieces, nephews and extended family.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by one brother, Daniel Welliver.

A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m Saturday at Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church, 42 S. Third St., Lewisburg with Rev. Rebecca Foote officiating.

Burial will be held privately at the convenience at the family in Mt. Zion cemetery, Churchtown.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Allyn’s name may be made to Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church, 42 S. Third St., Lewisburg, PA 17837.

The family is being assisted by Cronrath-Grenoble Funeral Home, 106 S. Second St. Lewisburg.

Meditation

Kings walk through the desert sand, God comes to them. Shepherds crouch, stunned and silent, Angels sing their joy. Mary offers her child to God; He lives within her heart. O God: Help me to search until I’m found; To give until I am able to receive. Speaking, let me hear, And listening, proclaim thy love.

Amen.

A.W. 1973