OBIT: Fred B. OLDHAM, 2006, Tyrone, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ FRED B. OLDHAM Mr. Fred B. Oldham, age 91, of 353 Jefferson Avenue, Tyrone, and a former Bedford County resident, died Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 2:12 a.m. at Epworth Manor, Tyrone. He was born October 23, 1914 in Bedford, the son of George and Lottie Beckley Oldham and on April 2, 1938 was married to Rosemary Mintmier who preceded him in death March 28, 2006. He is survived by one daughter, Eleanor, wife of Jerry Spangler of Tyrone; one granddaughter, LeeAnn, wife of Darrell Price of Port Matilda, one grandson, Jeffrey Spangler of Tyrone; four great- grandchildren, Kaitlin and Nicole Spangler of Tyrone and Jacob and Will Price of Port Matilda. He was the last of his immediate family. Mr. Oldham was a lifelong Bedford County farmer who, with his wife, owned and operated a beef and dairy farm in Fishertown. He retired in 1998 at which time the Oldhams moved to Tyrone. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Tyrone. He was an active board member of the Bedford County Farm Bureau, a longtime board member of the Bedford County Bank, a member of the Bedford Masonic Lodge, Harrisburg Consistory and Jaffa Shrine. He had been a longtime member of the Jaffa Temple Band. Funeral service for Mr. Oldham will be held Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 11 a.m. at the Jack H. Geisel Funeral Home, Alum Bank, Pa. with Reverend Dr. Dennis Gable officiating. Interment will be made in the Shellsburg Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday, June 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until the hour of service at 11 a.m. Contributions in his memory may be made to Southern Care Hospice, 820 East Main Street, Roaring Spring, Pa. 16673 or Wesley United Methodist Church, 1200 Logan Avenue, Tyrone, Pa. 16686. Tyrone Daily Herald, June 26, 2006