NEWTOWN • Elsie E. Moyer, 91, died April 25 at Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Feb. 19, 1928, a daughter of the late William and Katie Klinger Renninger. She was a 1945 graduate of Reilly Twp. High School and a 1946 graduate of Empire Beauty School. For more than six decades, she was the owner and operator of Elsie’s Beauty Shop, Newtown. Elsie and her husband Cliff were the owner and operators of multiple french fry and ice cream stands throughout the Renningers Farmers Markets. She continued the business for more than 50 years at the Kutztown location. She was a member of St. John’s Church Ladies Aid Society; a member of Friedens Lutheran Church; a life member of the Newtown Volunteer Fire Co. and a founding member of its ladies auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Moyer; and siblings: Sara Wetzel, Earl Renninger and Leroy Renninger. She is survived by a son, Bruce Moyer of Newtown; a daughter, Elaine Moyer Rife of Lititz; four granddaughters; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Private services will be held at the convenience of the family from the Chapel of the Dimon Funeral Home, Inc., Tower City. Burial will be in Schuylkill Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to the Hunter William Renninger Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Schuylkill Area Community Foundation, 216 S. Centre St., Pottsville, PA 17901 or the Hillside SPCA, P.O. Box 233, 51 SPCA Road, Pottsville, PA 17901. To sign the online guest book, visit dimonfuneralhome.com
