OBIT: B. Jean (NELSON) CARPER, 2004, Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County, PA

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B. JEAN CARPER 

  B. Jean Carper, 3827 Spruce Creek Rd., Spruce Creek has gone to be 
with the Lord. Mrs. Carper died Sunday, July 25, 2004 at her residence 
in Franklinville.
  She was born on February 26, 1928 in Bellwood, the daughter of Beulah 
Mae (French) Nelson and William Edgar Nelson. On January 19, 1946 she 
married the late Robert E. Carper who passed away on July 23, 2000.
  Surviving is one daughter, Connie Sue Jensen of Bloomington, Minn.; 
three sons, Robert E. Carper, Jr. of Port Matilda, Leroy Dean Carper of 
Franklinville and Alan E. Carper of Tyrone; 10 granddaughters; three 
great-granddaughters; two great-grandsons; two sisters, Beulah Mae 
Price of Danville and Betty Emma Miller of Bellwood and one brother, 
Edgar Dean Nelson of Spruce Creek. She was preceded in death by one 
sister and two brothers. 
  Mrs. Carper was a member of the United Methodist Church in Warriors 
Mark. She was involved with the Huntingdon County Sunday School 
Association, Huntingdon County Republican Party, Blair County Open 
Heart Club, Warriors Mark Grange 974, where she was a member of the 
Seventh Degree Club, Franklin Township Committee person and a member of 
the Dutch Treat Dinner Club.
  Mrs. Carper had been employed at PSU and later as a representative of 
the PA State Lottery, from which she retired.
  Funeral services will be held Friday, July 30, 2004 at 11 a.m. at the 
Warriors Mark United Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. Theodore E. Kiffer, 
Hospice Chaplain will officiate. 
  Friends will be received at the Bruce E. Cox Funeral Home on 
Thursday, July 29 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. and also on Friday at the 
church from 10 a.m. until the time of services. Memorial contributions 
can be made to Franklinville Cemetery, c/o Mary Fink 4324 Spruce Creek 
Road, Spruce Creek, PA 16683.  

Tyrone Daily Herald, July 27, 2004