Mylin M. Messick, 85, of Middletown, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2016 in the Community General Osteopathic Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born in Elizabethtown on December 5, 1930, he was the son of the late Jacob Stover and Sarah A. Long Messick. Mylin was a home builder and real estate broker for over 50 years; having built over 1,100 homes throughout Dauphin and Lancaster counties. However, Mylin was best known as a local lifetime dairy and beef cattle farmer. He continued and thoroughly enjoyed his daily work on the farm until his death. Mylin was a 1949 graduate of the former Hummelstown High School. He was a longtime member of Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, Hershey. He was a member of the Homebuilders Association of Metro. Harrisburg for many years, and served on the board of the PA State Homebuilders Association. Mylin was also one of the original founders of the PA Farm Bureau, Dauphin County Farmers Association, and PA Simmental Association. He was a 50 year member of the Prince Edwin-Spring Creek Lodge No. 486, F&AM, Middletown, and the Zembo Shrine, Harrisburg. Mylin’s greatest joys were spending time with his family on his beef cattle farm, and feeding the turkeys and deer surrounding his home on Schoolhouse Road. Mylin is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Doris M. Bricker Messick, whom he married on March 15, 1959; two daughters, Patricia L. Kuharic wife of George M. and Sarah M. Runkle wife of Douglas A. both of Middletown; two sons, Joseph M. Messick husband of Dorothy D. of Middletown and Michael D. Messick of Annville; three siblings, Mahlon M. Messick husband of Helen of Elizabethtown, Mildred M. Risser of Hummelstown, and Miriam M. Aldinger of Neffsville; eight grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at 12:00 in the Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, 335 East Areba Avenue, Hershey, with The Rev. Dennis W. Garrison, his pastor, officiating. Family and friends are invited to visit with the family in the church from 11:00 until time of the services. A private interment will be in the Ebenezer Cemetery, Middletown. Trefz & Bowser Funeral Home, Inc., 114 West Main Street, Hummelstown, is handling the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be given in memory of Mylin to his church, Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, 335 East Areba Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033.