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Barbara A. Willig

Barbara A. Goehring Willig, 75, of Middletown, Dauphin County, formerly of Zelienople, entered into eternal rest Sunday at her home.

Her husband, Harold A. Willig, died later the same day.

She was the daughter of Walter and Ada Kinsey Goehring.

She was a former member of St. John's United Church of Christ in Zelienople and a member of the Christ Church United Church of Christ, Elizabethtown. She also belonged to the Eastern Star Astro Chapter 380 of Harrisburg, Beta Sigma Phi, the White Shrine of Jerusalem, and the Berks County Merry Wanderers M.I. Hummel Club.

She is survived by two brothers-in-law, Robert P., husband of Nerrissa Willig of Mechanicsburg, and Wallace P., husband of Louise Willig of Bluffton, S.C.; a sister-in-law, Dorcas Baumbach of Middletown; several nieces and nephews, and a cousin.

<B>WILLIG </B>— Friends of Barbara A. Goehring Willig, who died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007, will be received from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the <B>Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services</B>, 260 E. Main St., Middletown, Pa. A tribute to her life will follow at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Carol Bender and Rev. Fred Young, her pastors, officiating. Entombment will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Zelienople Community Mausoleum.Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3211 N. Front St., Harrisburg, PA 17110.

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