Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Daniel Kerfoot MEDILL
Daniel Kerfoot Medill, age 92, of Spring Run, Pa., died Monday, April 24, 2006, at his home. He was the husband of Dorothy Piper Medill of Spring Run. They were wed February 23, 1957. Born on April 17, 1914, in New Castle County, Delaware, he was the son of the late George L. and Mary Cook Medill. He attended public schools in Newark and Wilmington and was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1936 with a bachelor of arts in pre-law and as a Reserve Army officer, and from the George Washington Law School in 1939. He attended Dickinson Law School and was admitted to the practice of law in York County, Pennsylvania, on May 27, 1940. He became a member of the law firm of Fluhrer, Medill and Shelley. He retired from the general practice of law in 1997. He served for many years as solicitor of the York County Planning Commission.
Ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, he was called to active duty in the Army Anti-Aircraft. He was assigned as a Battery "C" commander in the 778th Battalion, which fought in the Battle of the Bulge in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army. He received five Battle Stars and the Bronze Star. His Battery C received the Presidential Combat Unit Citation. A member of the First Presbyterian Church of York, for which he served as trustee and elder, he also served as trustee of the Donegal Presbytery. He has been a member of the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church in Spring Run since 1996. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a sister, Mary Medill Brown of St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles; two sons and a daughter, and eight grandchildren whose families are Daniel G. and Pei Yun Medill and their children Lydia, Joshua and Anna of Mesa, Ariz., Clifford R. and Rebecca Medill Jekel and their children Levi, Monica and Nathan of Camp Hill, Pa., and Thomas P. and Nancy Janette Medill and their children Kathryn and Robert of Pennsylvania Furnace, Pa. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 29, 2006, at 2 p.m. at the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church, Spring Run, Pa. The Rev. Dr. Meagan Boozer will officiate. Interment will be in Upper Path Valley Cemetery, Dry Run, Pa. Friends and family will be received at the church one hour prior to the funeral.
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