OBIT: Juanita L. (BROOME) BONSELL, 1996, Port Matilda, Centre County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/centre/ _________________________________________ Juanita L. (Broome) Bonsell Former Port Matilda Council Member Juanita L. Bonsell, 54, of Port Matilda, died on Tuesday, January 16, 1996, at the Centre Community Hospital. She was born on October 12, 1941, in Bellefonte, the daughter of the late Samuel and Georgeanna McClincy Broome. On March 6, 1963, in Temple, Texas, she was married to Jack E. Bonsell, who survives in Port Matilda. Also surviving are two sons: Jack E. Bonsell II, of Bellefonte and Allen H. Bonsell, of Port Matilda; four sisters: Jacqueline Zerbe, of Nisbet, PA; Dorothy Clouser, of State College; Virginia Sprankle, of Tyrone and Sharon Smith, of Williamsport; three sisters: Clair Broome, of State College; Lee Broome, of Louisville, KY and Samuel Broome, of Connecticut and two grandsons. She was a 1960 graduate of Bellefonte High School and a member of Tyrone Chapter #288 Order of the Eastern Star; Port Matilda Borough Council, a Cub Scout Den Mother in Port Matilda and President of the Broome Family Reunion. She was a homemaker. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 19,1996, at 11 a.m. at the Eloise B. Kyper Funeral Home, Inc., 1034 Benner Pike, State College with the Reverend David R. Spaugh officiating. Interment will be at Centre County Memorial Park, State College. Friends will be received on today from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. at the funeral home. An Eastern Star Service will be held at 6:45 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 123 South Sparks Street, State College, PA 16801-3915. The Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 18, 1996, page 2