Jay Martin Risser

Jay Martin Risser passed away at Hospice and Community Care, Mt. Joy, PA on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Jay was born May 3, 1928 at Rheems, to Martin E. and Fannie Garber Risser.
At the age of four, the family moved to Millport Road, Lancaster, PA.Jay attended Temperance Home School and West Lampeter High School.
He worked fifty years for Red Rose and Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association where he won many awards and was selected to the Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association Employee's Hall of Fame.He also served as a director for West Lampeter Community Fair.
Jay attended The First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg where he was in the first class of deacons, served as elder and taught Sunday school for over forty years.
His hobbies were reading, traveling, and attending Penn State football games.
On March 31, 1955, he married Lois Anne Carter of Hickory, PA.
Surviving beside his wife are three children, Carol Anne wife of Dennis Fahnestock of Landisville, J. Ronald husband of Betti Summers Risser of Lancaster, Maryellen wife of Seth Cranston of Ashfield, MA; and four grandchildren, Andrew and David Risser, and Mathew and Katelyn Fahnestock.
He was preceded in death by a sister E. Jean Landis.
A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg, 101 South Decatur Street, Strasburg, PA on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 11:00AM with Rev. Robert K. Bronkema officiating.A visitation will be held at the church from 9:30AM until the time of service. Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Mt. Prospect Cemetery, Hickory, PA.Contributions may be made in Jay's memory to First Presbyterian Church of Strasburg, Building Fund for the church organ. Arrangements entrusted to Murray A. Miller at Reynolds Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc., Quarryville, PA.To send an online note of condolence, please visit our website at reynoldsfuneralhome.net.