Jerry Reynolds of Airville, Pennsylvania was found along the western shore of Crow Island, near Martic Township around 2 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers.
The Lancaster County coroner's office was called to began an investigation at 3 p.m.
His cause of death is pending the results of the coroner's autopsy on Friday, July 8.
Reynolds died between 24 to 48 hours before his body was found, the coroner says
Pennsylvania state police are investigating the circumstances of how the body ended up in the river.
He is survived by his siblings Vicky Reynolds, Peggy Reynolds, Tammy Reynolds, Sandra Granruth and Mark Reynolds, and a large extended family, according to two obituaries of sisters that predeceased him.
His funeral and memorial service details have yet to be released.
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