Calvin H. Lilley, III, 68, of Cochranville, PA, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020 peacefully at his home.

Born in West Chester, PA he was the son of the late Calvin, II and Jane Massey Lilley.

Calvin was a veteran of the US Navy for 33 years and served in the Vietnam War as a Submariner on the USS Abraham Lincoln. He was a devoted hardworking man who was employed at Longwood Gardens for over twenty years and Lincoln University for 17 years.

He loved participating in tractor pulls and was a member of the Rough & Tumble Historical Assoc., Kinzer and Southern New Jersey Gas Engines and Tractors Association.  Calvin Lilley displayed his gas engines and tractors at the reunion yearly until last year.

He is survived by four children, Julie Lewis, Travis Thompson, Tifani Lilley and April Lilley; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother, Albert Lilley; and two sisters, Sharon Evans and Annamary Padilla.

Funeral services will be held 11 am Friday, January 17, 2020 at the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc., 86 Pine St., Oxford, where friends and family may visit from 6 – 8 pm Thursday.

Interment will be in Faggs Manor Cemetery, Cochranville with Full Military Honors.

In lieu of flowers donations in his memory may be made to American Legion Mason Dixon Post #194, 338 E. Main St., Rising Sun, MD 21911.

Arrangements by the Edward L. Collins, Jr. Funeral Home, Inc., Oxford, PA
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