Mary Viola (Keister) Saylor

Mary Viola (Keister) Saylor, 90, of Middletown, passed away peacefully with family by her side on Wednesday, May 27, 2015 in the Masonic Village, Elizabethtown.  She was born Monday, November 17, 1924 in Wilkins Twp. to the late Horace Homer and Mary Elizabeth (Ferguson) Keister.  She was predeceased by her loving husband Earl E. Saylor in 2002.

Mary was a member of the Middletown Anglers & Hunters and Middletown Moose Lodge 410.  She was a lifetime member of the Telephone Pioneers of America Leonard H. Kinnard Chapter through her employment and retirement from Verizon Communications.  She was a former member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Middletown VFW.  Mary enjoyed doing crafts, decorating, and flower arranging.  She loved to see live music and spend time with her family and friends.

She is survived by a granddaughter, Debbie Walters and husband Clarence; a sister-in-law, Doris Keister; a feline companion, Spankey; and many nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by a daughter, Nancy L. Flowers; 4 brothers, Robert H., Melvin M., Donald C. and Kenneth K. Keister; and 2 sisters, Ellen E. Huffman and Betty Jane Keister.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 3rd at 11 AM at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Spring and Union Sts, Middletown 17057 with Rev. Samuel Fry officiating.  Burial will follow in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Harrisburg.  Family and friends are invited to the church for viewing Tuesday, June 2nd from 6-8 PM and on Wednesday from 10 AM until time of the service.  Arrangements have been entrusted to Fager-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, 208 N. Union St., Middletown.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in her honor to Hospice of Central PA, 1320 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, 17110 or to the Masonic Village, One Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown, 17022.