\t\t\tDaniel W. Imbody Sr. \t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\tOBITUARY\t\t<\/p>\n
On October 22, 2025, Daniel Webster Imbody Sr. entered eternal rest with his Lord and<\/p>\n
Savior, Jesus Christ, at the age of 100, while surrounded by family. He was born on<\/p>\n
December 12, 1924, in Shanesville, PA.<\/p>\n
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He is reunited with other departed loved ones, including Fern V. Imbody, his wife and<\/p>\n
soul mate of 76 years, \u00a0his \u00a0parents Lawrence \u00a0A. Imbody and Mabel D. (Mathias)<\/p>\n
Imbody, Great Aunt Ada M. (Mathias) Weller, sisters Mary, wife of Nevin A. Miller, Katie<\/p>\n
Mabel B. wife of John Houck, June E. wife of Chester L. Marburger, brother Lawrence<\/p>\n
M. Imbody husband of Betty J. (Haas),\u00a0still\u00a0born daughter, and grand-daughter Tammy<\/p>\n
Swoyer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Lovingly remembered by his children: Eugene Imbody, wife Sharon; Christine Boice,<\/p>\n
wife of the late Charles Boice; Nancy Colegrove, husband Richard; Doreen Pasquel,<\/p>\n
husband William; Sheryl Anne Trout; Barbara Filosa, wife of the late Michael Filosa;<\/p>\n
Daniel Imbody Jr., wife Lisa; 21 grandchildren; 44 great grandchildren; and 20 great<\/p>\n
great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Most importantly, he was the patriarch of his family, beloved husband, devoted father to<\/p>\n
his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0At the age of 17 left home to live in Detroit building airplane wings to support the war<\/p>\n
effort. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II from December 4, 1944, to<\/p>\n
December 20, 1948. Volunteered for the paratroopers, was attached to the 503 and the<\/p>\n
188 Regiments of the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines and Japan. The 508 and<\/p>\n
the 504 Regiments of the 82nd Airborne division in Germany. His fluency in German<\/p>\n
came in handy upon serving in the 970th group of the Counterintelligence Corps in<\/p>\n
Frankfurt and Nuremberg Germany from November 1946 until discharged from service.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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He loved to play cards and share war stories with any audience, especially his<\/p>\n
grandchildren and great grandchildren.<\/p>\n
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Retired from the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and Occidental Petroleum where he<\/p>\n
worked from 1950 to 1987.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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He\u00a0was a lifelong member of Salem United Church of Christ\u00a0in Oley\u00a0where he served as<\/p>\n
Deacon, Elder and President of the Consistory. He was also a member of\u00a0Good<\/p>\n
Shephard United Church of Christ\u00a0in Boyertown, PA.<\/p>\n
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We know God is pleased to have one of his most kind, caring, loving, and generous<\/p>\n
angels back in his arms where he belongs. He will be sorely missed by those who had<\/p>\n
the honor to know him during his time on this earth.<\/p>\n
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A funeral service will be held on Friday October 31, 2025, at 11:00AM at Salem United<\/p>\n
Church of Christ (307 Covered Bridge Rd, Oley, PA 19547) with Pastor Bob Witmyer<\/p>\n
officiating. Burial will follow at Hill Church Cemetery in Boyertown. A viewing will be held<\/p>\n
on Thursday, October 30, 2025, from 6:00-8:00PM at Catagnus Funeral Home (1020 E.<\/p>\n
Philadelphia Ave., Gilbertsville, PA 19525). A viewing will also be held on Friday,<\/p>\n
October 31, 2025, from 10:00-11:00AM at the church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel W. Imbody Sr. OBITUARY On October 22, 2025, Daniel Webster Imbody Sr. entered eternal rest with his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-15329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}