OBITS: The Daily News Obituary Abstracts, End of November/December 2004, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jim Stapleton Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm _______________________________________________ The Daily News, November/December 2004 Obituaries abstracted by Jim Stapleton * = deceased Name Anders, Joseph Wayne Sr. Age 73 Death Date 12/21/2004 Death Place Porter Township, Alexandria Birth Date 9/21/1931 Birth Place Morris Township, Huntingdon County Father Roy Anders Sr. * Mother Myrtle Roush * Spouse Dorothy Hannah Webb Cemetery Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery Daily News 12/22/2004 Name Andreas, Christine Age 53 Death Date 12/1/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital - Altoona Birth Date 12/13/1950 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Furl C. Sneath * Mother Esther Bumbarger * Spouse Cemetery Goodman Cemetery - Henderson, Huntingdon County Daily News 12/3/2004 Name Bell, George H. Age 78 Death Date 12/7/2004 Death Place The Oaks at Westminister Woods - Huntingdon Birth Date 8/27/1926 Birth Place Petersburg Father Marion A. Bell * Mother Hazel Wilson * Spouse Marjorie Leamer * Cemetery Cedar Grove Cemetery - Petersburg Daily News 12/9/2004 Name Book, Dorothy E. Age 73 Death Date 11/26/2004 Death Place Blairs Mills Birth Date 11/30/1930 Birth Place Lewistown Father Melvin G. Eaton * Mother Mary E. Fultz * Spouse Harold N. Book Cemetery Shade Valley Cemetery - Richvale Daily News 11/27/2004 Name Carbaugh, Robert W. Age 80 Death Date 12/5/2004 Death Place Martinsburg Birth Date 7/26/1924 Birth Place Hopewell Father Roy Wilson Carbaugh * Mother Bertha L. Lundquist * Spouse Margaret M. Manspeaker Cemetery Yellow Creek Reformed Cemetery Daily News 12/7/2004 Name Chatfield, Helen L. Age 89 Death Date 11/30/2004 Death Place Saint Andrews Village - Indiana Birth Date 12/15/1914 Birth Place Huntingdon Father James Porter Harris * Mother Caroline Grahm * Spouse Charles A. Chatfield * Cemetery Oakland Cemetery - Indiana Daily News 12/31/2004 Name Clark, Cindy L. Age 56 Death Date 12/12/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 1/4/1948 Birth Place Wayne Township, Mifflin County Father John S. Snyder * Mother Margaret T. McKinley * Spouse Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 12/14/2004 Name David, Charles M. Sr. Age 86 Death Date 12/5/2004 Death Place E. C. C. Retirement Village - Myerstown Birth Date Birth Place Colfax Father LeRoy A. David * Mother Lulu M. Swope * Spouse Mary F. Foster Cemetery Millcreek Memorial Cemetery - Newmanstown Daily News 12/9/2004 Name DeArmitt, Robert G. Age 62 Death Date 12/12/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital Birth Date 5/17/1942 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Robert R. DeArmitt * Mother Viloet E. Yocum * Spouse Helen l. Shalock Cemetery Logan Valley Cemetery - Bellwood Daily News 12/15/2004 Name Dixon, Jack M. Age 88 Death Date 12/29/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 5/24/1916 Birth Place Juniata, Altoona Father James L. Dixon * Mother Ellen Aultz * Spouse Carolyn Jackson * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 12/30/2004 Name Dole, Viola M. Age 87 Death Date 12/10/2004 Death Place Lutheran Home - Hollidaysburg Birth Date 1/18/1917 Birth Place Minneapolis, Minnesota Father August Mobert * Mother Ida Faldt * Spouse Albert K. Dole Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park Daily News 12/13/2004 Name Drake, Fern M. Age 90 Death Date 12/8/2004 Death Place Conestoga View Nursing Home - Lancaster Birth Date 2/16/1914 Birth Place Huntingdon County Father Frank Drake * Mother Gertrude Booher * Spouse Arvella Waite * Cemetery IOOF Memorial Cemetery - Rockhill Furnace Daily News 12/10/2004 Name Ellinger, Marlin M. Age 75 Death Date 12/2/2004 Death Place Ohesson Manor Nursing Home Birth Date 8/14/1929 Birth Place Lewistown Father Clarence M. Ellinger * Mother Viola G. Aurand * Spouse Manila B. Burdge Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park Daily News 12/3/2004 Name Fletcher, Trolisa T. Age 47 Death Date 11/26/2004 Death Place Nashville, Tennessee Birth Date 8/20/1957 Birth Place Huntingdon Father James H. Taylor * Mother Pearl June Grace * Spouse Thomas R. Fletcher Cemetery Daily News 12/4/2004 Name Flood, Glenn D. Age 84 Death Date 12/14/2004 Death Place Woodland Retirement Center - Orbisonia Birth Date 7/24/1920 Birth Place Blairs Mills Father Charles Flood * Mother Maude Kent * Spouse Lillian C. Kling Cemetery Salem Cemetery - Blairs Mills Daily News 12/15/2004 Name Golembeski, Robert A. Age 50 Death Date 12/19/2004 Death Place Mount Nittany Medical Center - State College Birth Date 7/28/1954 Birth Place Scranton Father Francis Golembeski Mother Stella Loyek Spouse Patricia A. Felins Cemetery Daily News 12/21/2004 Name Harclerode, Mary Katherine Age 79 Death Date 12/8/2004 Death Place Everett Birth Date 1/11/1925 Birth Place Dudley Father Cesarina Masciocchi * Mother Angelo Masciocchi * Spouse Robert E. Harclerode Cemetery Ave Marie Cemetery - Dudley Daily News 12/10/2004 Name Harkleroad, Blair L. Age 61 Death Date 12/12/2004 Death Place Mapleton Birth Date 6/10/1943 Birth Place Mount Union Father Nathan H. Harkleroad Sr. * Mother Dorothy M. Williams * Spouse Cemetery Haven Rest Memorial Park - Shirleysburg R. R. 1 Daily News 12/14/2004 Name Harris, Joseph Michael Age 53 Death Date 12/9/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 9/21/1951 Birth Place Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Father Ralph W. Harris Mother Ann M. Fisher Spouse Cemetery White Church Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 12/10/2004 Name Hawbaker, Glenn O. Sr. Age 86 Death Date 11/27/2004 Death Place McAllen, Texas Birth Date 6/24/1918 Birth Place Welsh Run, Franklin County Father Daniel M. Hawbaker * Mother Ada Hege * Spouse Thelma Benedict Cemetery Centre County Memorial Park Daily News 11/30/2004 Name Hawn, Byrde L. Age 97 Death Date 12/8/2004 Death Place Valley View Haven Birth Date 3/27/1907 Birth Place Logan Township, Petersburg Father L. Frank Hawn * Mother Sarah May Henry * Spouse Cemetery Cedar Grove Cemetery - Petersburg Daily News 12/10/2004 Name Heaster, Mary Age 80 Death Date 12/11/2004 Death Place Blair Memorial Hospital - Huntingdon Birth Date 6/5/1924 Birth Place Claysburg Father John Henderson * Mother Ida Henderson * Spouse Kenard C. Heaster * Cemetery Mapleton IOOF Cemetery Daily News 12/13/2004 Name Hoffman, Carl J. Age 71 Death Date 12/9/2004 Death Place Taylor Township, Fulton County Birth Date 5/1/1933 Birth Place Three Springs Father Norman L. Hoffman * Mother Viola Rebecca Miller * Spouse Barbara Ann Hoffman Cemetery Dublin Mills Community Church Cemetery Daily News 12/10/2004 Name Hollibaugh, Alma M. Age 93 Death Date 12/9/2004 Death Place Rockhill Furnace Birth Date 10/16/1911 Birth Place Alexandria Father Donald Peterson * Mother Ella Wasson * Spouse Arthur B. Hollibaugh Cemetery IOOF Memorial Cemetery - Rockhill Furnace Daily News 12/10/2004 Name Hoover, Dorothy Grace Age 83 Death Date 12/4/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 8/15/1921 Birth Place Hesston Father Stewart McMurtie Porter * Mother Blanche Edna Hoover * Spouse F. Dale Hoover Cemetery White Church Cemetery - Hesston Daily News 12/6/2004 Name Ishler, Goldie K. Age 94 Death Date 12/29/2004 Death Place State College Birth Date 11/1/1910 Birth Place Julian Father James F. Kline * Mother Elizabeth Long * Spouse Carl H. Ishler * Cemetery Boalsburg Cemetery - Boalsburg Daily News 12/30/2004 Name Itinger, Helen Margaret Age 85 Death Date 12/12/2004 Death Place Porter Township, Alexandria Birth Date 4/6/1919 Birth Place Blair County Father Irvin Scott Slippey * Mother Alberta Mae Smith * Spouse Alfred Harry Itinger * Cemetery Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery Daily News 12/13/2004 Name Kidd, Richard Edward Age 75 Death Date 12/2/2004 Death Place J. C. Memorial Hospital - Huntingdon Birth Date 3/23/1929 Birth Place Mount Union Father Harry S. Kidd * Mother Margaret Miller * Spouse Annabelle Houp Cemetery Huntingdon Memorial Gardens - Walker Daily News 12/3/2004 Name Kidd, Richard Edward Age 75 Death Date 12/2/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 3/23/1929 Birth Place Mount Union Father Harry S. Kidd * Mother Margaret Miller * Spouse Annabelle Houp Cemetery Huntingdon Memorial Gardens - Huntingdon Daily News 12/4/2004 Name Kifer, John C. Age 75 Death Date 12/6/2004 Death Place Altoona Birth Date 2/20/1929 Birth Place Saxton Father Calvin Kifer * Mother Pearl Reed * Spouse Betty R. Woekman Cemetery St. Luke's Cemetery - Saxton Daily News 12/8/2004 Name Laird, Mary M. Age 79 Death Date 12/6/2004 Death Place West Chester Birth Date 3/6/1925 Birth Place Liverpool, England Father Benjamin Pennengton * Mother Mary Mason * Spouse Charles F. Laird * Cemetery IOOF Memorial Cemetery - Rockhill Furnace Daily News 12/8/2004 Name Lytle, Nellie G. Age 81 Death Date 12/29/2004 Death Place Chambersburg Hospital Birth Date 7/15/1923 Birth Place Allenport, Huntingdon County Father Thomas H. Hardy * Mother Myrtle A. Kelly * Spouse Harold E. Lytle * Cemetery Spring Hill Cemetery Daily News 12/30/2004 Name Madden, Mary M. Age 80 Death Date 12/10/2004 Death Place Sarah Todd Nursing Home - Carlisle Birth Date 5/11/1924 Birth Place Shirley Township, Huntingdon County Father David R. Long * Mother Keturah Whitsel * Spouse Melvin S. Madden Cemetery Monroe Valley Cemetery - Three Springs R. R. Daily News 12/11/2004 Name Magusiak, Edward P. Age 79 Death Date 12/25/2004 Death Place Mount Union Birth Date 7/3/1925 Birth Place Trafford, Westmoreland County Father Paul Magusiak * Mother Antonina Kraus * Spouse Florence E. Goodman Cemetery Good Shepherd Cemetery - Monroeville Daily News 12/27/2004 Name McClain, Elma B. Age 85 Death Date 11/30/2004 Death Place Orbisonia Birth Date 3/15/1919 Birth Place Mount Union Father Frank J. Locke * Mother Margaret E. Flood * Spouse Fred H. McClain * Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 12/2/2004 Name McClain, Jack Age 84 Death Date 12/8/2004 Death Place Westminister Woods - Huntingdon Birth Date 8/15/1920 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Norman Leslie McClain * Mother Jessie Henry * Spouse Mary Jean Shilling * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 12/9/2004 Name Mitchell, Barry E. Age 58 Death Date 12/4/2004 Death Place Mount Union Birth Date 7/26/1946 Birth Place Huntingdon Father George Banks Lewis * Mother Dolly Irene Mitchell * Spouse Vicki D. Kilgore Cemetery Donation Cemetery Daily News 12/6/2004 Name Montgomery, Cynthia A. Age 64 Death Date 12/4/2004 Death Place Havelock, North Carolina Birth Date 11/2/1940 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Charles D. Free * Mother Ruth Elizabeth Dearing * Spouse John C. Montgomery Cemetery Bowman's Chapel Cemetery - Mapleton R. R. 1 Daily News 12/7/2004 Name Porter, Ernestine Gladys Age 84 Death Date 11/19/2004 Death Place Belleville Birth Date 3/24/1920 Birth Place Huntingdon County Father John F. Spencer * Mother Grace Yarnell * Spouse Charles E. Porter Sr. * Cemetery Daily News 11/22/2004 Name Porter, James Marshall Age 81 Death Date 11/19/2004 Death Place Lower Bucks Hospital Birth Date Birth Place Father Edward Porter * Mother Verdith Henderson * Spouse Beverly Thompson Cemetery Huntingdon Memorial Gardens - Walker Township Daily News 12/29/2004 Name Pressler, Newton Lee Age 88 Death Date 12/12/2004 Death Place Mount Nittany Medical Center - State College Birth Date 6/28/1916 Birth Place Newton-Hamilton Father Newton Lee Pressler * Mother Laura Mae Rosenbery * Spouse Marjorie B. Rumberger * Cemetery Daily News 12/13/2004 Name Putt, John Arthur Age 73 Death Date 12/1/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 1/17/1931 Birth Place Lower Frederick Township, Montgomery County Father Theodore Putt * Mother Ethel Barnett * Spouse Elizabeth Irene Mills Cemetery Huntingdon Memorial Gardens - Huntingdon Daily News 12/7/2004 Name Ramsey, Betty Jane Age 64 Death Date 12/22/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital Birth Date 4/9/1940 Birth Place Coalmont Father James Patterson * Mother Lydia Ramsey * Spouse David V. Ramsey Cemetery Huntingdon Memorial Gardens - Huntingdon Daily News 12/23/2004 Name Reiners, Steven Dietrich Age 45 Death Date 12/23/2004 Death Place Dauphin County Birth Date Birth Place Father C. R. Reiners Mother Spouse Cemetery Daily News 12/27/2004 Name Rickabaugh, Betty A. Age 79 Death Date 12/1/2004 Death Place Todd Township, Huntingdon County Birth Date 9/11/1925 Birth Place Rockhill Furnace Father Charles Conner * Mother Kathryn Flickinger * Spouse R. Dale Rickabaugh Cemetery Beaverton Cemetery - Todd R. R. Daily News 12/3/2004 Name Shaw, Edna Jean Age 74 Death Date 12/23/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 5/3/1930 Birth Place Mount Union Father Clarence Zeigler * Mother Mae Moore * Spouse Leroy James Shaw * Cemetery Haven Rest Memorial Park - Shirleysburg R. R. Daily News 12/27/2004 Name Smith, Marjorie Age 80 Death Date 12/12/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital Birth Date 3/26/1924 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Clarence Whittaker * Mother Bessie Lincoln * Spouse Thomas Alton Smith Cemetery Greenlea Cemetery - McAlevys Fort Daily News 12/14/2004 Name Stanton, Helen L. Age 59 Death Date 12/9/2004 Death Place J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital - Huntingdon Birth Date 3/19/1945 Birth Place Robertsdale Father Albert L. Lowry * Mother Evelyn J. Leavelle * Spouse John C. Stanton * Cemetery Broad Top City IOOF Cemetery Daily News 12/11/2004 Name Stapleton, Paul A. Age 91 Death Date 11/24/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 11/10/1913 Birth Place Walker Township, Huntingdon County Father James Hamilton Stapleton * Mother Louella Gertrude Saylor * Spouse Laura Eidem Cemetery McConnellstown Cemetery - McConnellstown Daily News 11/27/2004 Name Steiner, Elizabeth Age Death Date 11/29/2004 Death Place Fayetteville, North Carolina Birth Date 9/14/1913 Birth Place Father John Martin Rodgers * Mother Clara Murray Simpson * Spouse John Philip Steiner * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 12/2/2004 Name Strong, Margaret R. Age 96 Death Date 12/9/2004 Death Place Jacksonville, Florida Birth Date 2/14/1908 Birth Place Fairview Township, York County Father Nathaniel Zimmerman * Mother Rebecca Hertzler * Spouse Raymond Strong * Cemetery Daily News 12/15/2004 Name Stull, Emma Rachel Age 75 Death Date 11/20/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 9/30/1929 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Harry Milton Slagle * Mother Mary Ann Lewis * Spouse Cemetery Daily News 11/22/2004 Name Swaney, Carolyn Jane Age 87 Death Date 12/8/2004 Death Place The Oaks at Westminster Woods - Huntingdon Birth Date 7/20/1917 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Herman Myers Shultz * Mother Clara mae Emigh * Spouse James Elwood Swaney * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 12/10/2004 Name Turnbaugh, Margaret E. Age 86 Death Date 11/20/2004 Death Place The Oaks - Huntingdon Birth Date 6/10/1918 Birth Place Huntingdon Father John E. Trimer * Mother Mary E. Altmanshofer * Spouse Earl S. Turnbaugh * Cemetery Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery Daily News 11/22/2004 Name Vasger, John e. Age 60 Death Date 12/8/2004 Death Place Lewistown Hospital Birth Date 1/30/1944 Birth Place Philadelphia Father Joseph E. Vasger * Mother Gloria Evanetz Maslanik Spouse Dorothy K. Fagan Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park Daily News 12/11/2004 Name Vaughn, Grace E. Age 84 Death Date 11/28/2004 Death Place Lehighton Birth Date Birth Place Father Roy Starr * Mother Catherine McMath * Spouse Cemetery Daily News 12/7/2004 Name Walker, Ralph Lee Age 75 Death Date 12/18/2004 Death Place State College Birth Date 5/10/1929 Birth Place Alexandria Father Harry Walker * Mother Margaret Bitzer * Spouse Doris Jean Walker Cemetery Zion Cemetery Daily News 12/20/2004 Name Weaver, Edith M. Age 95 Death Date 12/28/2004 Death Place Messiah Village - Mechanicsburg Birth Date 3/15/1909 Birth Place Huntingdon County Father R. Clair Dell * Mother Alda Bush * Spouse G. Lewis Weaver * Cemetery Henry's Lutheran Cemetery - Yellow Springs Daily News 12/31/2004 Name Whitsel, Elena I. Age 77 Death Date 11/26/2004 Death Place Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County Birth Date 12/20/1926 Birth Place Orbinsonia Father Donato Zinobile * Mother Antoinette Battistone * Spouse Stanley P. Whitsel Sr. Cemetery Monroe Valley Cemetery - Three Springs Daily News 11/27/2004 Name Yetter, Edna M. Age 89 Death Date 12/21/2004 Death Place Tyrone Birth Date 4/29/1915 Birth Place Windber Father Charles Maxwell * Mother Rosie Stayner * Spouse Clair B. Yetter Cemetery Newton Hamilton Memorial Cemetery Daily News 12/23/2004 Name Young, George A. Age 59 Death Date 12/22/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 10/7/1945 Birth Place Mapleton Father John Young * Mother Elsie Frain * Spouse Kathryn L. Gladfelter Cemetery Mountinview Cemetery - Mill Creek Daily News 12/24/2004 Name Young, Russell T. Age 77 Death Date 12/29/2004 Death Place McVeytown Birth Date 8/23/1927 Birth Place Wayne Township, Mifflin County Father Harry W. Young * Mother Laura Anna Black * Spouse Leah E. Harshbarger Cemetery Pleasant View Cemetery - Mattawana Daily News 12/30/2004 Name Zinobile, Orlando Age 75 Death Date 11/20/2004 Death Place J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital - Huntingdon Birth Date 4/12/1924 Birth Place Shirley Township, Huntingdon County Father Michael Zinobile * Mother Angelina Battistone * Spouse Cemetery Orbisonia Cemetery Daily News 11/22/2004