OBITS: The Daily News Obituary Abstracts, July/August 2004, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jim Stapleton NOTE: YOU MAY CONTACT HIM FOR SCANNED COPIES OF THE OBITUARY. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm _______________________________________________ The Daily News, July/August 2004 Obituaries abstracted by Jim Stapleton * = deceased Name Anderson, Hazel Age 86 Death Date 8/28/2004 Death Place The Villiage at Morrisons Cove - Martinsburg Birth Date 3/15/1918 Birth Place Taylor Township Father Simon J. Yingling Sr. * Mother Grace G. Guyer * Spouse Lehman V. Anderson * Cemetery Greenlawn Cemetery Daily News 8/31/2004 Name Bailey, Bernard E. Age 52 Death Date 8/8/2004 Death Place Nason Hospital - Roaring Spring Birth Date 12/15/1951 Birth Place Roaring Spring R. R. Father John W. Bailey Mother Sarah R. Furry Spouse Janet White Cemetery Fairview Cemetery - Martinsburg Daily News 8/11/2004 Name Beard, Barbara P. Age 68 Death Date 8/9/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Birth Date 11/8/1935 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Irvin Moore * Mother Mabel Norris * Spouse David C. Beard Cemetery Daily News 8/11/2004 Name Bishop, Belva R. Age 70 Death Date 8/21/2004 Death Place Chambersburg Hospital - Chambersburg Birth Date 2/12/1934 Birth Place Big Cove Tannery - Fulton County Father George D. Traux Sr. * Mother Mabel B. Hill * Spouse Richard K. Bishop * Cemetery Union Cemetery - McConnellsburg Daily News 8/23/2004 Name Black, Cloyd P. Age 92 Death Date 8/6/2004 Death Place Fulton County Medical Center - McConnellsburg Birth Date 3/17/1912 Birth Place Six Mile Run Father Abner Black * Mother Sally O'Neal * Spouse Hazel Evans * Cemetery Daily News 8/7/2004 Name Bollinger, Jean G. Age 94 Death Date 8/28/2004 Death Place Wynwood House - Centre Hall Birth Date 10/8/1909 Birth Place Orbisonia Father James E. Galbraith * Mother Anna M. Golden * Spouse Raymond G. Bollinger * Cemetery Haven Rest Memorial Park - Shirleysburg R. R. Daily News 8/30/2004 Name Bowders, Vera Age 51 Death Date 7/26/2004 Death Place Marlton, New Jersey Birth Date Birth Place Father William B. Dear * Mother Ludmilla Wilson Spouse Timothy Bowders Cemetery Daily News 8/3/2004 Name Boyer, Minola M. Age 86 Death Date 8/11/2004 Death Place ManorCare Health Services - Chambersburg Birth Date 1/13/1918 Birth Place Three Springs Father Porter B. Wilson * Mother Olive Brown * Spouse Lester P. Boyer * Cemetery Parklawns Memorial Gardens Daily News 8/12/2004 Name Brenneman, George F. Age 82 Death Date 8/6/2004 Death Place Williamsburg Birth Date 7/22/1922 Birth Place Woodbury Township Father Thomas Earnest Brenneman * Mother Hannah Elizabeth Miller * Spouse Anna Mary Schwager Cemetery Shellytown Fairview Cemetery - Williamsburg Daily News 8/7/2004 Name Brown, William H. Jr. Age 61 Death Date 8/27/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital - Altoona Birth Date 6/12/1943 Birth Place Huntingdon Father William H. Brown Sr. * Mother Thelma Celesta Corbin * Spouse Cemetery Daily News 8/28/2004 Name Burdge, Roy T. Age 83 Death Date 8/12/2004 Death Place Woodland Retirement Center - Orbisonia Birth Date 4/7/1921 Birth Place Shirleysburg Father Edward W. Burdge * Mother Anna Grace Gray * Spouse Helen M, Horne * Cemetery Cassville Cemetery - Cassville Daily News 8/14/2004 Name Champa, Kermit Age 64 Death Date 7/22/2004 Death Place Providence, Rhode Island Birth Date 8/20/1939 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Valentino A. Champa Mother Gladys E. Swiler * Spouse Judith Tolnick Champa Cemetery Daily News 7/29/2004 Name Cohenour, G. Lee Age 47 Death Date 7/31/2004 Death Place Route 747 - Cromwell Township Birth Date 7/8/1957 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Gerald Cohenour Mother Linda Fortney Spouse Jana A. Moore Cemetery Monroe Valley Cemetery - Three Springs, R. R. Daily News 8/2/2004 Name Cox, Robert C. Age 70 Death Date 8/24/2004 Death Place Woodland Retirement Center - Orbisonia Birth Date 7/20/1934 Birth Place Shirley Township - Huntingdon County Father Charles A. Cox * Mother Stella Rorer * Spouse Cemetery haven Rest Memorial Park - Shirleysburg R. R. Daily News 8/27/2004 Name Cramer, Michael Jason Age 25 Death Date 8/2/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital - Altoona Birth Date 2/7/1979 Birth Place Lewistown Father Blaine D. White Mother Karen Jane Miller * Spouse Cemetery Orbisonia Cemetery Daily News 8/3/2004 Name Decker, Mayetta H. Age 89 Death Date 8/15/2004 Death Place Woodland Retirement Center - Orbisonia Birth Date 6/1/1915 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Clarence Silknitter * Mother Ethel Anderson * Spouse Kenneth G. Decker * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 8/16/2004 Name Diehl, William A. Age 85 Death Date 7/31/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Birth Date 5/29/1919 Birth Place Jan Lou, West Virginia Father Clyde H. Diehl * Mother Clara Belle Minnich * Spouse Mavis Hobson Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 8/2/2004 Name Estep, Howard E. Jr. Age 62 Death Date 8/14/2004 Death Place Bons Secours-Holy Family Hospital - Altoona Birth Date 7/26/1942 Birth Place Huston Township Father Howard E. Estep Sr. * Mother Lorma L. Banks Spouse Alfreda A. Figurelle Cemetery St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery - Williamsburg R. R. 2 Daily News 8/16/2004 Name Foster, Glen Hazlett Age 54 Death Date 7/23/2004 Death Place Chambersburg Hospital Birth Date 11/24/1949 Birth Place Petersburg Father Wilbur Marion Foster * Mother Florence May Garlock * Spouse Sharon Louise Johnson Cemetery Mooresville Cemetery Daily News 7/26/2004 Name Hammond, Ronald L. Age 45 Death Date 8/2/2004 Death Place Tyrone Birth Date 10/11/1958 Birth Place Tyrone Father James D. Hammond * Mother Ruth L. Noel Spouse Cemetery Seven Stars Cemetery Daily News 8/4/2004 Name Hardy, Mary A. Age 85 Death Date 8/17/2004 Death Place Alexandria Birth Date 9/28/1918 Birth Place Coles Valley - Huntingdon County Father John Sergeant * Mother Gertrude Watkins * Spouse Archie L. Hardy * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 8/19/2004 Name Hess, Arthur C. Age 62 Death Date 8/22/2004 Death Place Hopewell Birth Date 1/22/1942 Birth Place Saxton Father Merle Hess * Mother Nellie V. Guthridge * Spouse Barbara B. Black Cemetery Brumbaugh Cemetery Daily News 8/24/2004 Name Jones, William Howry Age 83 Death Date 7/28/2004 Death Place JFK Medical Center - Edison, New Jersey Birth Date Birth Place Lancaster Father Mother Spouse Mary Barbolak Cemetery Daily News 8/10/2004 Name Kidwell, Henry L. Age 83 Death Date 8/11/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Birth Date 5/10/1921 Birth Place Upper Marlboro, Maryland Father Oscar Kidwell * Mother Edna Duvall * Spouse Cleo E. Awkerman * Cemetery Daily News 8/12/2004 Name Launtz, T. Ruth Age Death Date 7/31/2004 Death Place Ohesson Manor, Lewistown Birth Date 6/20/1920 Birth Place Six Mile Run Father Nathan Thomas * Mother Mary Fleck * Spouse Charles H. Launtz Cemetery Huntingdon Memorial Gardens Daily News 8/2/2004 Name Linn, Mildred Cathryn Age 79 Death Date 8/15/2004 Death Place Woodland Retirement Center - Orbisonia Birth Date 12/30/1924 Birth Place Locke's Valley Father Luther Locke * Mother Beulah Nead * Spouse Clair Linn * Cemetery Fair Ridge Cemetery Daily News 8/16/2004 Name Litka, Shannon M. Age 32 Death Date 7/31/2004 Death Place Route 747 - Cromwell Township Birth Date 10/18/1972 Birth Place Philadelphia Father Donald Litka Mother Mary Wood Spouse Cemetery Daily News 8/3/2004 Name Lundquist, Ralph W. Age 73 Death Date 8/22/2004 Death Place Nason Hospital - Roaring Spring Birth Date 6/17/1931 Birth Place Hershey Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Daily News 8/23/2004 Name Maglieri, Concetta Age 88 Death Date 8/19/2004 Death Place Mount Union Birth Date 1/2/1916 Birth Place Riccia, Italy Father Antonio Magliere * Mother Carmela Tronca * Spouse Salvatore Maglieri * Cemetery Saint Catherine's Cemetery - Shirleysburg Daily News 8/21/2004 Name McIntyre, Edna M. Age 83 Death Date 8/1/2004 Death Place Woodland Retirement Center - Orbisonia Birth Date 6/25/1921 Birth Place Mount Union Father Ralph Hartman * Mother Margaret Alice Price * Spouse Charles Mcintyre * Cemetery Jordan Cemetery - Orbisonia Daily News 8/3/2004 Name Mease, Robert J. Age 71 Death Date 8/15/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital - Altoona Birth Date 7/17/1933 Birth Place Rush Township Father Roland D. Mease * Mother Mildred V. Shimel * Spouse Margaret Anne Lytle Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 8/17/2004 Name Mellott, Lu Ann Age 46 Death Date 8/19/2004 Death Place Milton S. Hershey Medical Center - Hershey Birth Date 4/25/1958 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Floyd Auman Conlon * Mother Donna Kahn Spouse David K. Mellott Cemetery Huntingdon Memorial Gardens - Huntingdon Daily News 8/21/2004 Name Miller, Harry Metz Age 90 Death Date 8/5/2004 Death Place The Oaks at Westminister Woods - Huntingdon Birth Date 9/13/1913 Birth Place Petersburg Father William J. Miller * Mother Grace Ann Metz * Spouse Mabel Cherry Cemetery Cedar Grove Cemetery - Petersburg Daily News 8/7/2004 Name Ormsby, Harry Lee III Age 60 Death Date 7/30/2004 Death Place Mount Nittany Medical Center - State College Birth Date 10/29/1943 Birth Place Tyrone Father Harry Lee Ormsby Mother Helen Moore * Spouse Norma Mae Patterson Cemetery Burkett Cemetery - Warriors Mark Daily News 8/2/2004 Name Park, Louise E. Age 83 Death Date 8/12/2004 Death Place Natrona Heights Birth Date 6/4/1921 Birth Place Cresson Father Anthony Manzo * Mother Rose Manzo * Spouse Elby F. Park * Cemetery Daily News 8/17/2004 Name Peterson, Dorothy Ruth Age 76 Death Date 8/23/2004 Death Place Camp Springs, Maryland Birth Date 9/6/1927 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Mother Spouse Arnold O. D. Peterson Cemetery Mill Creek Cemetery Daily News 8/28/2004 Name Port, Harvey R. Sr. Age 76 Death Date 8/5/2004 Death Place Mount Nittnay Medical Center - State College Birth Date 4/26/1928 Birth Place Petersburg Father Walter W. Port * Mother Mertie E. Howell * Spouse Alice M. Mitchell Cemetery Cedar Grove Cemetery - Petersburg Daily News 8/7/2004 Name Querry, Mary E. Age 73 Death Date 8/28/2004 Death Place Lewistown Hospital Birth Date 1/23/1931 Birth Place Richfield - Snyder County Father Ray Straser * Mother Sadie Mae Stroup * Spouse Harold H. Querry * Cemetery Corneilus Chapel Cemetery - Mapletown R. R. 1 Daily News 8/30/2004 Name Reeder, Dary D. Age 57 Death Date 8/21/2004 Death Place Mount Union Birth Date 11/16/1946 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Mother Mildred Reeder Spouse Cemetery Haven Rest Memorial Park - Shirleysburg R. R. Daily News 8/23/2004 Name Rickabaugh, Clair Charles Age 74 Death Date 8/11/2004 Death Place J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital - Huntingdon Birth Date 4/13/1930 Birth Place Ardenheim Father George Rickabaugh * Mother Myrtle Grissinger * Spouse Patricia Welsh Cemetery Beavertown Cemetery - Todd R. R. Daily News 8/13/2004 Name Rodgers, Horace C. Jr. Age 90 Death Date 7/29/2004 Death Place Harrisburg Hospital Birth Date 1/25/1914 Birth Place Media Father Horace C. Rodgers * Mother Catherine Merrylees * Spouse Barbara S. Rodgers * Cemetery Rolling Green Memorial Park - Lower Allen Daily News 8/2/2004 Name Rososky, Alton Frederick Age 89 Death Date 8/23/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 1/25/1915 Birth Place Coalport Father Frederick Rososky * Mother Josephine Nevling * Spouse Nellie Waple * Cemetery Daily News 8/25/2004 Name Rouzer, Velma E. Age 99 Death Date 8/19/2004 Death Place Heritage Hills Retirement Home - Greencastle Birth Date 5/23/1905 Birth Place Knobsville Father George Glunt * Mother Bessie Kerlin * Spouse Charles E. Rouzer * Cemetery Fairview Cemetery - Harrisonville R. R. Daily News 8/21/2004 Name Satterfield, Joyce Elaine Age Death Date 8/12/2004 Death Place Birth Date Birth Place Father William E. Putt * Mother Hazel Weimert * Spouse James A. Satterfield Cemetery Bunker Hill Cemetery Daily News 8/13/2004 Name Stains, Betty Jane Age 75 Death Date 8/4/2004 Death Place Three Springs R. R. Birth Date 8/3/1929 Birth Place Mapleton R. R. Father John Brechbiel * Mother Ruth Anderson * Spouse John S. Stains Cemetery Old School Baptist Cemetery - Three Springs R. R. Daily News 8/6/2004 Name Stever, Vera A. Age 80 Death Date 8/24/2004 Death Place Woodland Retirement Center - Orbisonia Birth Date 9/6/1923 Birth Place Union Township - Huntingdon County Father Otis Bowman * Mother Nora Stapleton * Spouse Wallace Stever * Cemetery Wright Cemetery - Calvin R. R. Daily News 8/26/2004 Name Stitt, Vivian Age 79 Death Date 8/13/2004 Death Place Harrisburg Hospital Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Robert A. Stitt Sr. * Cemetery Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Daily News 8/17/2004 Name Stuter, Lena J. Age 89 Death Date 8/1/2004 Death Place Valley View Haven Birth Date 1/1/1915 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Ore Dixon * Mother Naomi Hunter * Spouse John Archie Stuter * Cemetery Green Lea Cemetery, McAlevys Fort Daily News 8/2/2004 Name Wagner, Frank James Sr. Age 61 Death Date 8/12/2004 Death Place Chambersburg Hospital - Chambergsburg Birth Date 12/24/1942 Birth Place Mount Union Father Harry Wagner * Mother Audrey M. Park * Spouse Helen Keith Cemetery Daily News 8/14/2004 Name Walker, Max A. Sr. Age 86 Death Date 8/18/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital Birth Date 1/16/1918 Birth Place Clay Township - Huntingdon County Father Cornelius Walker * Mother Margaret Long * Spouse Alverda A. Madden * Cemetery Daily News 8/20/2004 Name Ward, Roseliand M. Age 65 Death Date 8/12/2004 Death Place Mill Creek Birth Date 9/10/1938 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Harold J. Estep * Mother Frances Brenneman * Spouse Gamble A. Ward Cemetery Daily News 8/14/2004 Name Wenger, Melinda Ann Age 12 Death Date 8/17/2004 Death Place Fulton County Medical Center - McConnellsburg Birth Date 2/15/1992 Birth Place Penn Township - Lancaster County Father Irvin G. Wenger Mother Anna Kuhns Spouse Cemetery Meadow Green Mennonite Cemetery - Three Rivers R. R. Daily News 8/19/2004 Name Wilson, Betty Louise Age 81 Death Date 8/2/2004 Death Place Hollidaysburg Birth Date 10/13/1922 Birth Place Altoona Father Norman L. McClain * Mother Jessie Henry * Spouse Charles Ralph Wilson * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 8/4/2004 Name Wilson, Edward E. Age 91 Death Date 7/23/2004 Death Place Countryside Manor - Stokesdale, North Carolina Birth Date 7/15/1913 Birth Place Reedsville Father John Wilson * Mother Beulah Baney * Spouse Ruth Walker Cemetery Flat Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery Daily News 7/26/2004 Name Wilson, Tillie B. Age 78 Death Date 7/28/2004 Death Place Manor Care Nursing Home, Chambersburg Birth Date 3/12/1926 Birth Place Morgantown, West Virginia Father Henry W. Kuklo * Mother Rose Ann Price * Spouse Milton Wilson * Cemetery Daily News 7/30/2004 Name Wiser, John W. Age 70 Death Date 8/21/2004 Death Place Reading Hospital Birth Date Birth Place Mount Union Father Cecil Wiser * Mother Gwendolyn Bond * Spouse Mary Grace Carothers Cemetery Berks County Memorial Gardens - Maidencreek Township Daily News 8/27/2004 Name Wisor, Robert L. Age 65 Death Date 8/5/2004 Death Place Mount Nittany Medical Center - State College Birth Date 5/17/1939 Birth Place Woodland Father Paul Calvin Wisor * Mother Zola Mitchell Wisor * Spouse Cemetery Daily News 8/7/2004 Name Wolfe, John R. Age 90 Death Date 8/14/2004 Death Place Homewood Retirement Community - Martinsburg Birth Date 2/19/1914 Birth Place Robertsdale Father Thomas Wolfe * Mother Mary Elizabeth Marks * Spouse Evelyn McGahey * Cemetery Blair Memorial Park - Bellwood Daily News 8/16/2004 Name Wright, Ronald J. Age 67 Death Date 8/29/2004 Death Place Donahoe Manor - Bedford Birth Date 11/11/1936 Birth Place Holsopple Father Robert Roddy Wright * Mother Clema Rudy * Spouse Linda Collins Cemetery Duvall Cemetery - Six Mile Run Daily News 8/30/2004