Skip Mellinger Obituary: A. Leroy “Skip” Mellinger, 86, of Lancaster, died on December 8, 2020 at Lancaster General Hospital. Brought into the world in Lancaster, he was the child of the late Amos and Mary Mellinger.

Skirt went through the majority of his time on earth as a manufacturer and engineer and was the proprietor of Huntington Homes Builders in Lancaster. A portion of his improvements incorporate Mill Creek Estates close to Landisville and Summit Hills Development in Mountville. What’s more he claimed various investment properties where his inhabitants became companions and many leased from him for more than 30 years.

He will be affectionately associated with his adoration for being on the water. He delighted in sailing on the Chesapeake and saved his boat at Baltimore Inner Harbor for over 34 years. He likewise appreciated stream skiing, riding bike, and riding his Segway. Until 2018 Skip went through a while out of the year living in his RV at West Palm Beach, Florida.

Skip was an exceptional individual and had an awareness of what’s actually funny that will be remembered fondly by all who knew him. He was liberal. Throughout the long term he gave to various foundations. He saw himself as a steward of the cash he procured, and helping other people assumed a significant job in his life. He upheld Water Street Rescue Mission with land gifts, bought a pre-owned DC-3 plane for Missionary Flights International, purchased a huge visiting transport for a Christian school, and gave a water tank truck utilized for providing clean drinking water to immature countries. Having been brought up in the Mennonite church he additionally upheld noble cause like Mennonite Disaster Service and different mission projects. These were nevertheless a couple of the associations for which he gave broad subsidizing.

He is made due by his kin: M. Arlene Mellinger Yager and Robert Mellinger, spouse of Barbara, the entirety of Lancaster, and his nephew T. J. Mellinger, spouse of Dr. Johnna Mahoney living in New Jersey.