Charles "Red" Blumenstock

Charles F. “Red” Blumenstock, 81, of Lancaster died on Monday morning, August 22, 2011 at Country Meadows, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster he was the son of the late George and Viola Mae Fisher Blumenstock. He and his wife Phyllis “Joan” Huber Blumenstock were married for 28 years last October. They spent 20 years in Ponce Inlet, FL before returning to Lancaster. A graduate of Manheim Township High School and Franklin & Marshall College, Red served in the United States Army. He was a real estate appraiser for Real Estate and Insurance purposes and also an appraisal instructor. In the late1980s and early1990s he was one of 10 or so members of a National Standards Committee for the Appraisal Institute. He was chairman of the original committee that started the process to save The Fulton Theater with Ben Mann and Laura Watt. In 1964-1965 the Lancaster Junior Chamber of Commerce awarded him a Distinguished Service Award, given annually to a person between the age of 21 and 36 who had shown outstanding leadership and achievement. He was a member of Highland Presbyterian Church and was active in the community including Chairman of the Salvation Army Building Fund Campaign, US Savings Bond Drive, Chairman of the Hemophilia Fund Drive, the City Charter Revision Study Committee and Stage Manager for the Kiwanis Musical Theater and a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and a former member and State Lt. Governor of Kiwanis. In addition to his wife Red is survived by his two sons Charles husband of Anita Henkel Blumenstock and Kendig Blumenstock husband of Margaret Roth all of Lancaster, two granddaughters Heather and Valerie Mason and two grandsons Ken and Cole Blumenstock. He was preceded in death by his sister Christine Wade. Family and friends are respectfully invited to Red’s Celebration of Life Funeral Service at The Groffs Family Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc., 528 W. Orange Street (at the corner of Orange & Pine Sts), Lancaster on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. The Family will receive friends at The Groffs on Thursday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. and again at The Groffs on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the Service. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers Memorials may be made in Red’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association, 3544 N. Progress Avenue, Suite 205, Harrisburg, PA 17110 or The American Cancer Society, 314 Good Drive, Lancaster, PA 17603.