OBIT: Larry E. HITE, 2004, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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LARRY E. HITE,
September 04, 2004
 
  Larry E. Hite. 51, of Broad Avenue, formerly of Hyndman, died 
unexpectedly Saturday, Sept. 04, 2004, at Altoona Hospital.  He was 
born Sept. 18, 1952, in Cumberland, Md., the son of Eugene N. Hite, 
Hindman, and the late P. Colleen (Scritchfield) Hite.   Mr. Hite was a 
member of First United Church of Christ, Hyndman.  He was a talented 
musician and often played organ on a substitute basis for Lutheran and 
UCC congregations in Altoona.  He was a 1970 graduate of Hyndman High 
School.  He received his B.S. from Frostburg University and his M. Ed. 
from St. Francis University, Loretto.  He was the director of  ACEL for 
Home Nursing Agency, Altoona.  In spring, 2004, he received the Mary B. 
Craft award as the employee who most "exemplifies" the ideals and 
values of Home Nursing Agency.  He served on the board of directors of 
CONTACT, a crisis intervention agency, and was a former recipient of 
CONTACT'S volunteer of the year award.  He was also a member of the 
Mental Retardation Services of Blair County and a member of the 
advisory board of Blair Senior Services.  He had received the J. C. 
Penny award for community service.   He was very active in Altoona 
Community Theatre, where he was recently the production manager for 
"Peter Pan."  Mr. Hite is survived by two brothers:  Robert L. "Bob" 
Hite and his wife Karen (Bashang), Corriganville, and Roger L. Hite and 
his wife Patty (Shoemaker), Schellsburg; and two sisters:  Beverly H. 
Johnson and husband, Keith, Ellerslie, Md., and Diane H. Riggin and 
husband, Tim Shrewsburg;  special Aunts, Lulu Oxley, near whom he 
resided, and Mildred Mason, Cooks Mill; numerous nieces and nephews and 
aunts and uncles and too many deeply-loved friends in Altoona to name.  
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at  Harvey 
H. Zeigler Funeral Home, 169 Clarence St., Hyndman.  Funeral services 
will be conducted at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Tuesday with the Rev. 
Steven L. Craft officiating.  Interment will be at Hyndman Cemetery, 
Hyndman.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the CONTACT fund 
collected in Mr. Hite's name by Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral Home, Home 
Nursing Agency--ACEL, 100 Lakemont Park Blvd., Altoona, Pa.  16602 or 
any charity of choice.   A memorial service for Mr. Hite will be held 
in Altoona at a date to be announced.
 
Altoona Mirror, September, 2004