Herbert E. Lukens Jr. of Chalfont died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, in Central Montgomery Medical Center, Lansdale. He was 82.
He was the husband of Margaret Lukens. Born in Hatfield, he was a son of the late Herbert E. and Clara H. (Moyer) Lukens. He graduated from Hatfield Joint Consolidated School in 1944 and began working on the Reading Railroad as a clerk. He served in the U.S. Army from 1945 until being discharged as a sergeant in 1947. He returned to the railroad for a career that spanned 45 years. During this time he was chief clerk until being promoted to sales representative for the Philadelphia area. By the time the Reading Railroad was merged with Conrail, he had worked in sales in Cleveland, New York and Philadelphia. In 1980 he was promoted to customer service and developed the customer service phone center. He retired as director of customer service in 1990.
Mr. Lukens was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Lansdale. He was also a Mason and car enthusiast. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his three daughters, Dr. Patricia Bainbridge and her husband, Donald, Debbie Brucks and her husband, Glenn, and Mary Beth Myers and her husband, Andrew; and three grandchildren, Victoria Eustice and Colleen and Andrew John Myers.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewing from 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, until his service at 11:30 a.m. in Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home, 701 Derstine Ave., Lansdale. Interment will be in St. Peter's Union Cemetery, Hilltown. Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home, Lansdale.
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