Pearl Lanning

Pearl Lan­ning, 76, of Delaware, for­merly of Ostran­der and Dublin, passed away early Wednes­day (June 27, 2012) at Grady Memo­r­ial Hospital.

He was born Sept. 18, 1935, in Nel­sonville, to the late Pearl Sr. and Hen­ri­etta (Fuller) Lan­ning. Pearl worked for Mar­ble Cliff Quarry and then he started his own busi­ness, Lan­ning Truck­ing Com­pany. Every­one who knew Pearl as the guy that was “Lost in the 50’s,” because of his love for the music, cars and the ’50s lifestyle. He was a mem­ber of the Masonic Lodge FAM 4, Wor­thing­ton Chap­ter East­ern Star 287, Moose Lodge and the AACA (Antique Auto Club of Amer­ica). He enjoyed going to car shows such as the Good Guys Cus­tom Cars and spend­ing time with his family.

Pearl is sur­vived by her wife of 55 years, JoEllen “Jody”; a daugh­ter, Carol (Kim) Testa; a son, John (Laura Wol­ery) Lan­ning; four grand­chil­dren, Laura and Jenny Lan­ning and Sean and Shae Testa; and two nieces.

He was pre­ceded in death by a brother, Her­man Lan­ning; and two sis­ters, Kath­eryn Nel­son and Betty Barrett.

The fam­ily will receive friends from noon to 2 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Sun­day, July 1, at the Snyder-Rodman Funeral Cen­ter (1510 W. William St. at Val­ley­side Drive). Funeral ser­vices will be held at 10 a.m. Mon­day, July 2, at Snyder-Rodman Funeral Cen­ter with bur­ial fol­low­ing in Res­ur­rec­tion Cemetery.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions may be made in Pearl’s name to the char­ity of the donor’s choice.

To share a mem­ory of Pearl or to express a con­do­lence to the fam­ily please visit snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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