Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, January 24, 1994 TAG: 9401240218
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: GOSHEN LENGTH: Short
OBIT DEERING, ELGIN LUTHER
DEERING, Elgin Luther, 73, of Route 1, (P.O. Box 249), Goshen, died Sunday
morning, January 23, 1994 in Waynesboro Community Hospital. He was associated
with the Boy Scouts for 60 years and started the troop at St. John's United
Church of Christ in Dunkirk, N.Y. A Boy Scout Executive for 31 years, as part
of his duties, he located, developed and managed the Goshen Boy Scout Camp for
the National Capitol Area Council of The Boy Scouts of America. Surviving are
a son, David E. Deering of Waynesboro; two sisters, Florence Swanson of
Dunkirk, N.Y. and Pearl Zebrasky of Fredonia, N.Y.; several nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Jean Dungan Deering. A
funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Goshen Baptist Church
conducted by the Rev. John Haney and the Rev. Richard M. Landis. Burial will
be in the Goshen Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at
the Hamrick Funeral Home from 7 to 8 this evening. Memorials may be made to
the Goshen Boy Scout Camp Fund, c/o National Capitol Area Council, Boy Scouts
of America, 9190 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Md. 20814.
by CNB