Alan S. Speaker Sr., 89, of Hummelstown, entered into eternal rest on November 29, 2022, at the Hershey Medical Center.
He was born on March 14, 1933, in Phoenixville, PA, and was the son of the late Theodore J. Speaker and Flora (Levengood) Sackett.
Alan was a member of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Middletown and was very proud of his faith. He also was a member of the Lions Club in Hershey and enjoyed tinkering and fixing things for people. He loved singing and loved the movie The Quiet Man and anything John Wayne. In later years, he became very interested in genealogy.
In addition to his parents, Alan was preceded in death by his first wife, Joan Marie Speaker; three children, Alan Speaker Jr., Brian Speaker, and Denise Gormley; four siblings, Robert Speaker, Theodore Speaker, Marian Link, and an infant brother David Speaker.
He is survived by his loving wife, Janice (Hertzler) Speaker; a daughter, Jolynn Woerner and her husband Clayton; four stepchildren, Victoria Zolenski, Susan Stamm, Audrey Tobman, and John Zolenski; two sisters, Marjorie Baratucci and her husband Thomas and Mary Catherine Mitchell and her husband Allen; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, December 5, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, 280 N. Race St. Middletown, with the Rev. Fr. Timothy Sahd as celebrant.
Viewing will be from 10:00 AM in the church vestibule until the time of Mass at 11: 00 AM at Seven Sorrows.
Burial will be on Tuesday at 12:00 PM at Resurrection Cemetery, Bensalem, PA.
The family has requested that memorial contributions, in Alan’s name, please be made to Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, 280 N. Race St. Middletown PA 17057 or to the Malvern Retreat House at www.malvernretreat.com
The family has entrusted the care of the Matinchek Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., Middletown to handle the funeral arrangements.
Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekfuneralhome.com