Rosemary N. Givler

YORK - Rosemary N. (Nolt) Givler, 96, of Springfield Township, passed away November 23, 2022 at her home. She was married to the late Clay E. Givler for 67 years.

A celebration of life service will be held at 10 a.m. on December 10, 2022 at Olewiler & Heffner Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Inc., 35 Gotham Place in Red Lion, PA with a visitation from 9-10 a.m. The service will be webcast live and can be viewed by searching Rosemary’s obituary at HeffnerCare.com. The Reverend Richard Noll will be officiating at the service. Burial with committal service will be following the funeral service at noon in Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery in Lancaster.

Rosemary was born in Lancaster, PA on July 6, 1926, the eldest daughter of the late Benjamin F. and Mabel E. (Erb) Nolt. She was the first in her family to seek higher education and attended Elizabethtown College where she earned an associate’s degree in the secretarial program and was captain of the cheerleaders. After graduation she worked for several years as a bookkeeper with Stehli Silk Mill in Lancaster. Following her marriage in 1948 she devoted her life to her husband and children as a homemaker, a position from which she never retired.

Rosemary was an active member of the former Pine Grove United Methodist Church, now Spry Church. She served as a brownie and girl scout leader and was an early advocate for the AFS cultural exchange program at Dallastown Area High School. She and her husband enjoyed traveling worldwide, collecting antiques, gardening, and attending Gettysburg Basketball games.

Rosemary is survived by two daughters, Connilu Petrie and her husband George of Gettysburg, PA and Roseanne Ford and her husband Matthew of Charlottesville, VA; two sons, Michael Givler and his wife Stephanie of Avondale, PA and Richard Givler and his wife Eileen of Sandia Park, NM; eight grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and a brother, Larry Nolt of Key West, FL. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sylvia Ann Givler; two brothers, Joseph Nolt and Benjamin Nolt, Jr.; and a sister, Patricia Landis.

Our family is most grateful to the ladies who provided loving, in-home, personal care during the past seven years and, most recently, with the assistance from Hospice & Community Care.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice & Community Care, 685 Good Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601.

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