The funeral of Mrs. Lydia B. Kreider, wife of W. E. Kreider, Palmyra shoe manufacturer, was held this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from her residence, 430 East Main street, Palmyra, and was continued at 2 o'clock in the Palmyra First United Brethren church. The Rev. P. B. Gibble, pastor of the church, and the Rev. E. 0. Burtner, a former pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was made in the Gravel Hill cemetery. The bearers were E. M. Baum, Miles Horst, R. E. Hartz. C. F. Harnish, M. M. Moyer, and Ammon Frye.
Hundreds of townspeople viewed the body last evening at the home. More than sixty floral sprays in memory of the deceased bespoke of the high esteem in which she was held. C. H. Smith and Son, Palmyra, had charge of the arrangements
Lebanon Daily News - Saturday, December 2, 1939