Dr. Robert Bruce Davies

Dr. Robert Bruce Davies, 90, of Lebanon died Friday, August 5, 2016 in Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. He was the husband of Martha Alice Snyder Davies with whom he would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary this December. Born in New Cumberland, he was the son of the late Cecil and Mary Wieder Davies and was a U.S. Navy veteran of WW II aboard the U.S.S. Laertes. He began his career in medicine as a Country Doctor in Berks County before becoming the Director of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Health Center in 1974, where he also served as the Varsity Team Physician for all sports at IUP. He then retired after serving as a Physician for the Commonwealth of PA. Dr. Davies was a graduate of Sinking Spring High School, Dickinson College, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He was a member of Mt. Olivet Lodge #704, F. & A.M., Lebanon for over 50 years and the Rajah Temple Shrine, Reading. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, painting, sailing, birding, and watching sports on TV. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons Robert B., Jr. husband of Stacy Davies of Fleetwood, Steven T. husband of Carol Davies of Lebanon, two daughters Robin wife of Glenn Wolfe of Shillington, Cynthia L. Davies of Midlothian, Texas, seven grandchildren, Michele Stringer, Dr. Jacquelyn Horst, Kristina Stover, Sean Davies, Kristen Davies, Lt. Steven Davies, Jr., Kimberly Keever, and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers Cecil and Donald Davies. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Kreamer Funeral Home and Crematory, 618 E. Main Street, Annville. A viewing will be held on Monday evening from 6-8 PM and also on Tuesday from 1:30-2:30 PM prior to the service. A Masonic service will be held on Monday evening at 5:45 PM at the funeral home. Inurnment will be held on Thursday at 10:00 AM with Full Military Honors in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery with a procession forming at the Kreamer Funeral Home at 9:15 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Attn: Membership Dept., 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403 in his memory. Dr. Robert Bruce Davies, 90, of Lebanon died Friday, August 5, 2016 in Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. He was the husband of Martha Alice Snyder Davies with whom he would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary this December. Born in New Cumberland, he was the son of the late Cecil and Mary Wieder Davies and was a U.S. Navy veteran of WW II aboard the U.S.S. Laertes. He began his career in medicine as a Country Doctor in Berks County before becoming the Director of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Health Center in 1974, where he also served as the Varsity Team Physician for all sports at IUP. He then retired after serving as a Physician for the Commonwealth of PA. Dr. Davies was a graduate of Sinking Spring High School, Dickinson College, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He was a member of Mt. Olivet Lodge #704, F. & A.M., Lebanon for over 50 years and the Rajah Temple Shrine, Reading. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, painting, sailing, birding, and watching sports on TV. Surviving in addition to his wife are two sons Robert B., Jr. husband of Stacy Davies of Fleetwood, Steven T. husband of Carol Davies of Lebanon, two daughters Robin wife of Glenn Wolfe of Shillington, Cynthia L. Davies of Midlothian, Texas, seven grandchildren, Michele Stringer, Dr. Jacquelyn Horst, Kristina Stover, Sean Davies, Kristen Davies, Lt. Steven Davies, Jr., Kimberly Keever, and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers Cecil and Donald Davies. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 2:30 PM at the Kreamer Funeral Home and Crematory, 618 E. Main Street, Annville. A viewing will be held on Monday evening from 6-8 PM and also on Tuesday from 1:30-2:30 PM prior to the service. A Masonic service will be held on Monday evening at 5:45 PM at the funeral home. Inurnment will be held on Thursday at 10:00 AM with Full Military Honors in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery with a procession forming at the Kreamer Funeral Home at 9:15 AM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Attn: Membership Dept., 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21403 in his memory.