Lena Grace Iddings Obituary (1914

Lena Grace Iddings of Silverdale, passed away on June 9th. She was 92 years of age. Lena was born on November 16, 1914 in Juniata County, PA to David and Anna Mary (Collins) Yetter. She was the second of ten children. On October 22, 1939, she married Thomas E. Iddings of Orbisonia, PA, four months after meeting him on a blind date. They resided in Orbisonia, PA. In 1949 they moved to Hershey, PA and worked as house parents for the Milton S. Hershey School for Boys for many years. In 1952, they moved to Wilmington, DE where she worked for the Delaware Commission for the Blind until she retired in 1976. They moved to Elizabethtown, PA to enjoy retirement. In August 2000, they moved to Silverdale, WA to be closer to their son and family. Lena was a member of the Calvary Bible Church in Mount Joy, PA. She loved taking walks and crocheting. Lena was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas in 2005; brothers, Paul and Clair Yetter and sisters, Hilda Swartz, Helen Kane and Mabel Maxwell. She is survived by her son, Edward Iddings (Carol) of Silverdale, WA; brothers, John Yetter (Louise) of Elizabethville, PA, Raymond Yetter of McVeytown, PA and Warren Yetter (Hilda) of Boston, NY; sister, Mary Yohn of Hershey, PA; grandchildren, Michelle Iddings of Seattle, WA and Christine Iddings of Silverdale, WA. A memorial service will be held at Crista Shores in Silverdale, WA on Monday, June 25th at 1:30pm. Interment will be private and at Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to Hopsice of Kitsap County PO Box 3416 Silverdale, WA 98383.