OBITS: Daily News Obituary Abstracts, January 2005, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Jim Stapleton Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ _______________________________________________ The Daily News, January 2005 Obituaries abstracted by Jim Stapleton * = deceased Name Baker, James G. Age 59 Death Date 1/17/2005 Death Place Dudley Birth Date 3/21/1945 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Bruce Leonard Baker * Mother Lucy Barbara Angelo * Spouse Cemetery Ave Marie Cemetery - Dudley Daily News 1/19/2005 Name Barchuk, Caroline Age 83 Death Date 1/3/2005 Death Place Chambersburg Birth Date 6/30/1921 Birth Place Bellwood Father Fedor Parascak * Mother Kathryn Parascak * Spouse John Barchuk * Cemetery St. Catherine's Cemetery - Shirleysburg Daily News 1/5/2005 Name Barron, Arlene R. Age 81 Death Date 1/2/2005 Death Place Orbisonia Birth Date 2/3/1923 Birth Place Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County Father John Beers * Mother Mabel Schmittle * Spouse Sheldon A. Barron * Cemetery Jordan Cemetery - Orbisonia Daily News 1/4/2005 Name Bonnie, Wayne E. Sr. Age 79 Death Date 1/4/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 1/7/1925 Birth Place West Township, Huntingdon County Father Charles Bonnie * Mother Irene Warefield * Spouse Edith Jane Fink Cemetery Mooresville Cemetery - Petersburg Daily News 1/6/2005 Name Brown, Russell E. Age 82 Death Date 1/21/2005 Death Place Todd Birth Date 10/22/1922 Birth Place Conemaugh Father Elmer Brown * Mother Edith Coy * Spouse Gazel P. Rose Cemetery Forest Lawn Cemetery - Johnstown Daily News 1/24/2005 Name Cornelius, Tola V. Age 93 Death Date 1/16/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 4/22/1911 Birth Place Pogue Father Samuel Cohenour * Mother Blanche Waite * Spouse Harvey I. Cornelius * Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 1/18/2005 Name Crocker, Frederick David Age 52 Death Date 1/18/2005 Death Place Six Mile Run Birth Date 3/18/1952 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Johnny Crocker * Mother Melissa Jean Foore Spouse Linda Hitchens Cemetery Daily News 1/19/2005 Name Crum, Barbara J. Age 86 Death Date 1/1/2005 Death Place West Reading Birth Date Birth Place Three Springs Father Wilson Hampson * Mother Susie Hampson * Spouse max J. Crum * Cemetery Cassville Lutheran Church Cemetery - Cass Daily News 1/3/2005 Name Cutshall, Arthur Ritchey Age 92 Death Date 1/15/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 9/6/1912 Birth Place Clay Township, Huntingdon County Father John Cutshall * Mother Bessie Wagner * Spouse Rosena M. Hoover Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Daily News 1/17/2005 Name Davis, Sara Age 87 Death Date 1/15/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 7/17/1917 Birth Place Dudley, Huntingdon County Father Samuel Cleveland Henry * Mother Myrtle Shore * Spouse Henry Stewart Davis * Cemetery Clear Ridge United Church Cemetery Daily News 1/17/2005 Name Decker, Mandy L. Age 27 Death Date 1/16/2005 Death Place Hershey Medical Center Birth Date 4/12/1977 Birth Place Harrisburg Father Richard L. Ashman Jr. Mother Darlene K. Doyle Spouse Bryce A. Decker Cemetery Daily News 1/19/2005 Name Detwiler, Dale William Age 96 Death Date 12/31/2004 Death Place Martinsburg Birth Date 11/24/1908 Birth Place Father J. S. Detwiler * Mother Delilah Replogle * Spouse Virginia Roop * Cemetery Alto-Reste Park - Altoona Daily News 1/3/2005 Name Fernandez, Lilia R. Age 92 Death Date 1/27/2005 Death Place Panama City Birth Date 9/12/1912 Birth Place Panama City Father Ernesto Riveria * Mother Eudomilia Riveria * Spouse Rafael Fernandez * Cemetery Daily News 1/28/2005 Name Fogal, Ronald R. Age 83 Death Date 1/23/2005 Death Place Shippensburg Health Care Center Birth Date 12/20/1921 Birth Place Shade Gap Father Emory Fogal * Mother Katherine Mills * Spouse Margaret Dorca Cemetery Parklawns Memorial Gardens Daily News 1/25/2005 Name Foor, Paul G. Age 75 Death Date 1/24/2005 Death Place Six Mile Run Birth Date 5/29/1929 Birth Place Central City Father Dewey E. Foor * Mother Lennie V. Bequeth * Spouse Anna Ruth Kramer * Cemetery Rays Cove Christian Cemetery Daily News 1/26/2005 Name Giffin, Carol Ann Age 61 Death Date 1/24/2005 Death Place Fernandina Beach, Florida Birth Date 11/2/1943 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Kenneth Dean Baird Mother Anna Opel Coffman Spouse Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 1/26/2005 Name Gilbert, Ida Age 88 Death Date 1/14/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Manor Birth Date 10/3/1916 Birth Place Mapleton Father Carl Gilbert * Mother Blanche Whidney * Spouse Cemetery Mapleton IOOF Cemetery Daily News 1/15/2005 Name Gutshall, Barry L. Age 65 Death Date 1/23/2005 Death Place Camp Hill Birth Date 6/13/1939 Birth Place Germany Valley, Huntingdon County Father William Gutshall Mother Iva Pearl Love Spouse P. Jean Covert Cemetery Haven Rest Memorial Park - Shirleysburg Daily News 1/26/2005 Name Heaster, Leroy M. Age 84 Death Date 1/23/2005 Death Place Mapleton Birth Date 10/28/1920 Birth Place Mapleton Father Walter Scott Heaster * Mother Rachel Hannah Barkley * Spouse Dorothy McClain Cemetery Mapleton IOOF Cemetery Daily News 1/25/2005 Name Heaster, Oliver Jay Sr. Age 76 Death Date 1/10/2005 Death Place Mount Union Birth Date 4/22/1928 Birth Place Mapleton Father Joseph Heaster * Mother Hazel Chilcotte * Spouse Verna Maskulyak Cemetery Haven Rest Memorial Park - Shirleysburg Daily News 1/12/2005 Name Hess, Donald G. Age 84 Death Date 12/30/2004 Death Place Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Birth Date 8/11/1920 Birth Place Shade Gap Father Clarence J. Hess * Mother Hattie Gamble * Spouse Laurabelle Miller Cemetery Upper Path Valley Cemetery - Shade Gap Daily News 1/3/2005 Name Hess, Ethel E. Age 92 Death Date 1/27/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 5/27/1912 Birth Place Fruita, Colorado Father Thomas Allen Hess * Mother Luna L. Greener * Spouse Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 1/28/2005 Name Hobble, Michael Anthony Age 43 Death Date 1/22/2005 Death Place Mount Union Birth Date 5/16/1961 Birth Place Chambersburg Father Wilbur Hobble * Mother Ella Jane Parks * Spouse Traci North Cemetery Upper Path Valley Cemetery Daily News 1/24/2005 Name Hoffman, Mabel Anna Age 93 Death Date 1/23/2005 Death Place Roaring Spring Birth Date 1/28/1911 Birth Place Arntsville Father Curtis Thomas * Mother Grace Thomas * Spouse Stanley T. Hoffman * Cemetery Huntingdon Memorial Gardens - Huntingdon Daily News 1/25/2005 Name Hornbaker, William Age 76 Death Date 1/19/2005 Death Place Lewistown Birth Date 11/24/1928 Birth Place Mercersburg Father Russell S. Hornbaker * Mother Ruth G. Baer * Spouse Cemetery Mt. Rock Cemetery - Lewistown Daily News 1/21/2005 Name Jamison, Fred A. Age 69 Death Date 1/18/2005 Death Place Altoona Birth Date 4/18/1935 Birth Place Union Township, Huntingdon County Father Luther Jamison * Mother Edna Roland * Spouse Myla A. Shope * Cemetery Bowman's Chapel Cemetery - Mapleton Daily News 1/19/2005 Name Kelly, Dorothy Age 80 Death Date 12/29/2004 Death Place Altoona Hospital campus Birth Date 2/21/1924 Birth Place Saxton Father Mother Spouse Lester R. Kelly * Cemetery Brumbaugh Cemetery - Martinsburg Daily News 1/3/2005 Name Kidd, Emma Age 91 Death Date 1/21/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 3/29/1913 Birth Place Mapleton Father Walter Lamberson * Mother Sarah J. Parsons * Spouse Roy M. Kidd * Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 1/22/2005 Name King, Bernard N. Age 98 Death Date 1/2/2005 Death Place Hanover Hospital Birth Date 9/3/1906 Birth Place Denton, Maryland Father Milton Franz King * Mother Annie Bucher * Spouse Ella V. Baugher * Cemetery Black Rock Churck of the Brethren - Brodbecks Daily News 1/5/2005 Name Kissiel, Meda E. Age 63 Death Date 1/5/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 6/2/1941 Birth Place Smith Valley, Mapleton Father Jesse Yocum * Mother Olive Mae Cutshall Spouse D. Barry Kissiel Cemetery Bowman's Chapel Cemetery - Mapleton Daily News 1/7/2005 Name Leighty, Clyde L. Age 94 Death Date 12/31/2004 Death Place Orbisonia Birth Date 9/17/1910 Birth Place East Freedom Father John Leighty * Mother Lydia Snowberger * Spouse Anna Mary Fields * Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 1/3/2005 Name Lightner, Florence Gail Age 69 Death Date 1/15/2005 Death Place Holy Spirit Hospital Birth Date 4/9/1935 Birth Place Mount Union Father George Welliver * Mother mary Ethel Fields * Spouse Dale E. Lightner * Cemetery Young's Church Cemetery - Shermansdale Daily News 1/20/2005 Name Linton, Mary Ruth Age 86 Death Date 12/31/2004 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 7/5/1918 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Oscar R. Myers * Mother Mabel D. Myers * Spouse Richard W. Linton Esq. * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery Daily News 1/3/2005 Name Madden, Pearl E. Age 94 Death Date 1/17/2005 Death Place Swatara Township, Dauphin County Birth Date 8/23/1910 Birth Place Springfield Township, Huntingdon County Father Harry J. Madden * Mother Gertrude Nonemaker * Spouse Cemetery Mount Tunnel Cemetery - Elizabethtown Daily News 1/18/2005 Name Mahoney, Jeanne L. Age 77 Death Date 12/31/2004 Death Place Tyrone Hospital Birth Date 3/4/1927 Birth Place Tyrone Father Gilbert Lucas Mother Helen Smith Spouse Cemetery Blair Memorial Park Daily News 1/3/2005 Name McMahon, James R. Age 70 Death Date 1/22/2005 Death Place Petersburg Birth Date 2/22/1952 Birth Place Petersburg Father Richard McMahon * Mother Hilda Diehl Spouse Colleen M. Harman Cemetery Cedar Grove Cemetery - Petersburg Daily News 1/25/2005 Name Mench, Jeannette S. Age 95 Death Date 1/14/2005 Death Place North Versailles Birth Date 3/17/1909 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Marshall Showalter Sr. * Mother Jeannette Bennett * Spouse Glenn E. Mench * Cemetery Daily News 1/15/2005 Name Miller, Catherine Age 78 Death Date 1/11/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 1/14/1926 Birth Place Petersburg Father Henry C. Cresswell * Mother Frances Bell * Spouse Ray F. Miller Jr. Cemetery Daily News 1/13/2005 Name Mooney, Barbara K. Age 64 Death Date 1/4/2005 Death Place Orbisonia Birth Date 8/27/1940 Birth Place Tell Township, Huntingdon County Father Ira Fleming * Mother kathleen Parson * Spouse Richard S. Mooney Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 1/5/2005 Name Morningstar, Fern Age 91 Death Date 1/19/2005 Death Place Lancaster Birth Date 5/2/1913 Birth Place Entriken Father John W. Hess * Mother Harriet Hurley * Spouse Carl Morningstar * Cemetery Entriken Cemetery Daily News 1/22/2005 Name Nyren, Nathaniel J. Age 31 Death Date 12/28/2004 Death Place Baghdad, Iraq Birth Date 3/5/1973 Birth Place Bristol, Connecticut Father Peter Nyren Mother Julie A. Nyren Spouse Rebecca Smith Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery Daily News 1/1/2005 Name Park, Max Age 90 Death Date 1/24/2005 Death Place Three Springs Birth Date 5/23/1914 Birth Place Three Springs Father Clay Park * Mother Alice Hudson * Spouse Phyllis I. Watkins Cemetery Three Springs Cemetery Daily News 1/26/2005 Name Parsons, Norman O. Age 79 Death Date 1/3/2005 Death Place Lewistown Hospital Birth Date 8/20/1925 Birth Place Shade Valley, Huntingdon County Father Russell O. Parsons * Mother Lolita Parson * Spouse Geraldine McKim * Cemetery Mount Union Cemetery Daily News 1/5/2005 Name Paulvir, Gussie Age 97 Death Date 1/15/2005 Death Place Lewistown Birth Date 12/29/1907 Birth Place Cooper Township, Clearfield County Father Frederick Banks * Mother Margaret Knepp * Spouse Anthony Joseph Paulvir * Cemetery St. Catherine's Catholic Cemetery - Shirleysburg Daily News 1/17/2005 Name Pecht, Grace L. Age 83 Death Date 1/3/2005 Death Place Fayetteville Birth Date 8/9/1921 Birth Place Mount Union Father Samuel Warren Hess * Mother Myra Naomi Smith * Spouse Raymond R. Pecht * Cemetery Bowman's Chapel Cemetery - Mapleton Daily News 1/5/2005 Name Reiners, Steven Dietrich Age 45 Death Date 12/3/2004 Death Place Reed Township, Dauphin County Birth Date 9/15/1959 Birth Place Detroit, Michigan Father Charles R. Reiners Mother Edeltraud Else Krull * Spouse Cemetery Riverview Cemetery, Huntingdon Daily News 1/4/2005 Name Ritchey, Roswell George Age 84 Death Date 1/12/2005 Death Place Orbisonia Birth Date 12/31/1920 Birth Place Wells Township, Fulton County Father William Ritchey * Mother Goldie Stains * Spouse Elizabeth Heldebrandt * Cemetery Bethel Cemetery - New Grenada Daily News 1/15/2005 Name Rogers, Devan Wade Age 0 Death Date 1/6/2005 Death Place Pottsville Birth Date 1/6/2005 Birth Place Pottsville Father Brian Rogers Mother Kelly McCormick Spouse Cemetery Christ Church Cemetery - Fountain Springs Daily News 1/14/2005 Name Rosier, Mamie E. Age 73 Death Date 1/16/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 10/9/1916 Birth Place Springfield Township Father Samuel Dice Ramsey * Mother Maude Wilson * Spouse Andrew L. Rosier * Cemetery Clear Ridge Cemetery Daily News 1/18/2005 Name Ruby, Daniel W. Age 75 Death Date 1/23/2005 Death Place Hershet Birth Date 2/14/1930 Birth Place Cromwell Township, Huntingdon County Father William Ruby * Mother Cora Booher * Spouse Patricia Whitsel Cemetery IOOF Cemetery - Rockhill Furnace Daily News 1/25/2005 Name Ruby, Loretta Pauline Age 72 Death Date 12/30/2004 Death Place Everett Birth Date 6/7/1932 Birth Place Six Mile Run Father R. Raymond Figard * Mother Esther Mae Mort * Spouse Lester Ruby Cemetery Broad Top IOOF Cemetery Daily News 1/3/2005 Name Rupert, Dorthea Prisillia Age 86 Death Date 1/14/2005 Death Place Westminster, Maryland Birth Date 5/27/1918 Birth Place Baltimore, Maryland Father Gordon Burker * Mother Maria Schroeder * Spouse Percy G. Rupert * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 1/15/2005 Name Seigh, William G. Sr. Age 85 Death Date 1/7/2005 Death Place Orbisonia Birth Date 4/23/1919 Birth Place Benwood, West Virginia Father Joseph C. Seigh * Mother Alma G. Steinman * Spouse Lavohn C. Young Cemetery Daily News 1/19/2005 Name Smeal, Elizabeth H. Age 90 Death Date 1/18/2005 Death Place Lewistown Birth Date 12/13/1914 Birth Place Osceola Mills Father Philip Gers * Mother Louise Henry * Spouse Carl Vernon Smeal * Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 1/20/2005 Name Sprankle, Wesley Ray Age 51 Death Date 1/20/2005 Death Place Altoona Birth Date 5/4/1953 Birth Place Clearfield Father Ray C. Sprankle Jr. * Mother Shirley Mae Corson * Spouse Cemetery Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery Daily News 1/22/2005 Name Steele, William M. Age 80 Death Date 1/21/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 9/18/1924 Birth Place Huntingdon Father Mother Isophene Mock Brown * Spouse Vera M. Swartz Cemetery Riverview Cemetery - Huntingdon Daily News 1/24/2005 Name Stewart, Doris M. Age 74 Death Date 1/18/2005 Death Place Chambersburg Birth Date 8/20/1930 Birth Place Lewistown Father Raymond Lockhart * Mother Sarah Alice Weaver * Spouse James R. Stewart Cemetery Parkslawn Memorial Gardens Daily News 1/20/2005 Name Turner, LuLu A. Age 102 Death Date 1/12/2005 Death Place Huntingdon Birth Date 1/21/1902 Birth Place Clearfield Father John C. Henry * Mother Sarah L. Smith * Spouse Guy W. Turner * Cemetery Crown Crest Memorial Park Daily News 1/13/2005 Name Wiser, James F. Age 70 Death Date 1/19/2005 Death Place Three Rivers Birth Date 5/1/1934 Birth Place Shirley Township, Huntingdon County Father Clyde Wiser * Mother Nannie Price * Spouse Betty L. Smith Cemetery Monroe Valley Cemetery Daily News 1/21/2005