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Monday, December 27, 1999 Page: 2A, 5A
Earle F. Ginter Sr., 96, of Delaware Street, Woodbury, N.J., and formerly
of Nanticoke and Lake Silkworth, died Sunday at the New Seasons Assisted
Living Community, Washington Township, N.J., where he was a guest for one
month. Born Oct. 28, 1903, in Nanticoke, he was the son of the late William
and Sally (Weist) Ginter. He resided in Nanticoke and Lake Silkworth for many
years before moving to Woodbury in 1994. He also resided at Heritage House,
Wilkes-Barre, for five years. He was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad for
45 years and was a member of the Brotherhood of the Maintenance of the Way,
retiring in 1968. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church,
Wilkes-Barre. He played the banjo in a dance band with his five brothers in
the 1920s and 1930s and was a member of the American Federation of Musicians.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, the former Lois Watts;
brothers, Lawrence, Floyd, Dr. Lewis, Charles and Willard Ginter. Surviving
are his sons, Earle F. Ginter Jr., Woodbury; William L. Ginter, Franklin,
N.J.; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services will
be at 11 a.m. Wednesday from the Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St.,
Nanticoke, with the Rev. Robert M. Zanicky, his pastor, officiating. Interment
will be in Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. Friends may call from 7 to 9
p.m. Tuesday.