OBIT: W. Dean McCARTY, 2006, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

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W. Dean McCarty

  W. Dean McCarty, 88, of 2205 Acorn Circle, Huntingdon, formerly of 
Mapleton Depot, passed away at 11:45 p.m., on Monday, June 26, at the 
Huntingdon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, after an extended 
illness.
  The funeral service was held on July 1 at the Robert D. Heath Funeral 
Home, Mount Union, with pastor Jon C. Hommer officiating. Interment was 
in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Glasgow.
  He was born on April 10, 1918, in Sproul, Blair County, the son of 
the late Cloyd A. and Ella (Keith) McCarty.
  Mr. McCarty married the former Mary Spencer of Mapleton in the 
Columbia Avenue Methodist Church . in Tyrone on June 11, 1943, with the 
Rev. W. W. Willard officiating.    
  His wife survives, along with his sister, Jane McCarty Shaffer and 
husband, Clyde, of Finksburg, MD. Also surviving are a number of nieces 
and nephews.
  A sister, Marian McCarty and a brother, Gerald McCarty, preceded him 
in death.
  Mr. McCarty was a 50-year member of the Grace United Methodist 
Church, Mapleton.
  He was also a 50-year member of the F&AM Lodge #688, Mount Union; a 
member of the Harrisburg Consistory; and the Jaffa Shrine, Altoona.
  Mr. McCarty was an organizer and past president of the Mapleton Lions 
Club and a organizer of the Jack's Mountain Lions Club, as well as a 
lifetime member of the Mapleton Historical Society.
  In 1935, Dean was elected President of the Mount Union High School 
Class of 1936, an office he continued to hold until the last class 
reunion in 2005.
  He retired in 1973 as a Terminal Superintendent for the British 
Petroleum Company, formerly known as Standard Oil of Ohio, after 30 
years of service.
  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Grace United 
Methodist Church, Mapleton Depot, PA 17052.

The Valley Log, Orbisonia, PA, July 5, 2006