Asher E. Schoonover age 78, of Port Jervis, NY passed away Wednesday August 5, 2009 at Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, NY. He was born on July 16, 1931 in Frankford Township, New Jersey, the son of the late Russell and Jennie Rysdeck Schoonover. Asher proudly served our country with the US Army during the Korean War. He was a retired Deck Fitter for Ford Motor Co, at Mawah, NJ. He then worked for Selective Risk Insurance Co, as an office contractor in Branchville, NJ. Following his retirement from both companies he went to work for Walt-Mart, as a Greeter, in Westfall Twshp, Pa. Asher is a member of the Dingmans Ferry United Methodist Church, Dingmans Ferry, Pa. He married Shirley A. Wilson Schoonover, who survives at home. He is also survived by his 2 sons, Gary A. Schoonover of Dingmans Ferry, Pa. and Kevin Schoonover and his wife Cristie of Sandyston, NJ., 2 daughters, Cindy Gleason and her husband Harold Vandermark of Orlando, Fla. and Erin Sharpe and her husband Keith of Milford, Pa.; 2 sisters Doris Pitts of Silver Springs, Fla. and Gladys Utter of Sussex County, NJ. He is survived by seven grandchildren, Bruce, Steven, Chelsea, Jennifer, Morgan, Zach and Kyle, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held Monday August 10, 2009 at 11am a the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. Pastor Matthew Riley will officiate. Interment will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Assoc.,of Hudson Valley, 35 Orchard Street, White Plains, New York 10603-9924, or to The Heart Disease Research Foundation National Office, 50 Court Street-306A, Brooklyn, New York 11201-4801. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY for information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com