OBITS: Sentinel Obituary Abstracts, May 2009, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Josie Baughman Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ _______________________________________________ The Sentinel, May 2009 Obituaries abstracted by Josie Baughman * = deceased Name Andrews, Aaron F. Age 89 Death Date 5/22/2009 Death Place Reedsville, PA Birth Date 5/19/1920 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Aaron L. Andrews* Mother Madeline (McBride) Andrews* Spouse Elma F. Andrews* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/27/2009 Name Beaver, Mae E. Age 96 Death Date 5/16/2009 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 4/20/1913 Birth Place Newton Hamilton, PA Father Norman W. Zeigler* Mother Cora E. (Wagner) Zeigler* Spouse Carl H. Beaver* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/18/2009 Name Bender, Paul E. Age 83 Death Date 5/13/2009 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 7/9/1925 Birth Place Kalona, Iowa Father Lewis Bender* Mother Barbara (Miller) Bender* Spouse Leona M. (Miller) Bender Cemetery Allensville Mennonite Cemetery Sentinel 5/15/2009 Name Benner, Samuel Age 83 Death Date 5/17/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 11/7/1925 Birth Place Van Wert, PA Father Samuel Benner* Mother Mary (Adams) Benner* Spouse Evelyn (Graybill) Benner Cemetery Lost Creek Mennonite Cemetery Sentinel 5/19/2009 Name Bollinger, Elvin K. Age 79 Death Date 5/14/2009 Death Place Edgewater, FL Birth Date 3/3/1930 Birth Place Father Charles Bollinger* Mother Veda Bollinger* Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/23/2009 Name Carver, Darlene K. "Aunt Leenie" Age 56 Death Date 5/1/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 7/28/1952 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Louis Mackneer* Mother Alberta (Rhodes) Mackneer* Spouse Carl Carver Cemetery Sentinel 5/4/2009 Name Claybaugh, Marie E. Age 91 Death Date 5/4/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 6/4/1917 Birth Place Mifflintown, PA Father Harry Arthur Smith* Mother Pansy Mae (Wincor) Smith* Spouse James Milton Claybaugh* Cemetery Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal Sentinel 5/6/2009 Name Condron, William R. Age 78 Death Date 5/28/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 9/4/1930 Birth Place Armagh Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Abner R. Condron* Mother Ruth V. (Osborne) Condron* Spouse Betty L. (Wagner) Condron* Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/30/2009 Name Culbertson, Mary Esther Age 82 Death Date 5/8/2009 Death Place Altoona, PA Birth Date 3/20/1927 Birth Place Belleville, PA Father Frank William Baker* Mother Esther Amelia (Shank) Baker* Spouse Clair Fredrick Culbertson* Cemetery Donation Cemetery, Huntingdon Sentinel 5/12/2009 Name Dickson, Nellie Mae Bulick Age 74 Death Date 5/8/2009 Death Place Edenton, NC Birth Date Birth Place Granville, PA Father Thomas Chester Bulick* Mother Katie Amelia (Zook) Bulick* Spouse William Odail Dickson* Cemetery McVeytown Sentinel 5/9/2009 Name Doyle, Leslie K. Age 45 Death Date 5/6/2009 Death Place Coudersport, PA Birth Date 10/7/1963 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Harold E. Heath Mother Marian A. (Spigelmyer) Heath Spouse Gary Doyle Cemetery Brookland Cemetery, Coudersport Sentinel 5/7/2009 Name Ehrenzeller, Donald L. Age 61 Death Date 5/9/2009 Death Place McAlisterville, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/11/2009 Name Evertts, Lorin D. Age 85 Death Date 5/22/2009 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 11/14/1923 Birth Place Lemoyne, PA Father Nathan D. Evertts* Mother Theresa (Duffey) Evertts* Spouse Lois Anith "Tommy" (Fultz) Evertts Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 5/25/2009 Name Fisher, Kathy Jo Age 55 Death Date 5/22/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 1/12/1954 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Thomas Harris* Mother Emma (Walters) Harris Ramsey Spouse Ronald E. Fisher Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/23/2009 Name Fleisher, Nancy L. Age 75 Death Date 5/14/2009 Death Place Mechanicsburg, PA Birth Date Birth Place Port Royal, PA Father Joseph Ard* Mother Jenny Ard* Spouse Gerald C. Fleisher Cemetery New Church Cemetery, Old Port, PA Sentinel 5/16/2009 Name Flynn, Mary E. (Noel) Age 95 Death Date 5/24/2009 Death Place McVeytown, PA Birth Date 6/5/1913 Birth Place Portage, PA Father Joseph Noel* Mother Martha (Lingerfelt) Noel* Spouse George Flynn* Cemetery St. Bartholomew Cemetery, Wilmore Sentinel 5/27/2009 Name Funk, Jeffrey Alan Age 62 Death Date 5/14/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 5/30/1946 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Gerald W. Funk* Mother Mary E. (Montgomery) Funk* Spouse Jill D. (Busch) Funk Cemetery Sentinel 5/16/2009 Name Gers, Russell E. Age 63 Death Date 5/12/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 12/7/1945 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Ralph E. Gers* Mother Pearl A. (Jarrett) Gers* Spouse Carol Suzanne (Grassmyer) Gers Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/14/2009 Name Gibbons, Merle E. "Gibby" Age 79 Death Date 5/12/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/5/1929 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Warren L. Gibbons* Mother Olive (Wynn) Gibbons* Spouse Phyllis E. "Sue" (Bratton) Gibbons Cemetery St. Mark's Episcopal Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/13/2009 Name Goodale, Charles Franklin Age 93 Death Date 4/25/2009 Death Place Naples, FL Birth Date 3/26/1916 Birth Place Mifflin, PA Father Charles F. Goodale* Mother May (Hench) Goodale* Spouse Helen (Ashcraft) Goodale*, Patricia Marie (Finan) Goodale Cemetery Sentinel 5/2/2009 Name Gregory, Marguerite K. "Peg" Age 95 Death Date 5/19/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 10/3/2009 Birth Place Ferguson Valley, Mifflin Co., PA Father Charles G. Kauffman* Mother Josephine (Shehan) Kauffman* Spouse Maxwell E. Gregory* Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/21/2009 Name Hanley, John W. Age 57 Death Date 5/16/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Union Cemetery, Bellefonte Sentinel 5/19/2009 Name Hartman, Stephen G. Age 65 Death Date 5/16/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 1/31/1944 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Howard S. Hartman* Mother Marion H. (Hook) Hartman* Spouse Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/19/2009 Name Heeter, Ned B. Age 82 Death Date 5/15/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 2/20/1927 Birth Place Cuyahoga Falls, OH Father Orrie C. Heeter* Mother Melda E. (Spigelmyer) Heeter* Spouse Cemetery Birch Hill Cemetery, Burnham Sentinel 5/18/2009 Name Henry, Florence C. Age 82 Death Date 5/27/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 10/7/1926 Birth Place Portage, PA Father John Lockett* Mother Emma (Lucas) Lockett* Spouse Paul A. Henry* Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/29/2009 Name Henry, Mark Alan Age 48 Death Date 5/21/2009 Death Place Edgewood, MD Birth Date 10/2/1960 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Donald Henry Mother Agnes (Whitesel) Henry Spouse Trudy (Varner) Henry Cemetery St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Nook Sentinel 5/23/2009 Name Henry, William F. "Bus" Age 94 Death Date 5/20/2009 Death Place Mifflin, PA Birth Date 9/16/1914 Birth Place Tell Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA Father John B. Henry* Mother Laura (Simonton) Henry* Spouse Hazel A. (Maffett) Henry* Cemetery East Waterford Cemetery Sentinel 5/22/2009 Name Howie, Irene E. Age 86 Death Date 5/8/2009 Death Place Mifflin, PA Birth Date 3/5/1923 Birth Place Parkhill, PA Father Joseph Bennett* Mother Matilda (Bates) Bennett* Spouse Edwin L. Howie* Cemetery Forest Lawn Cemetery, Johnstown Sentinel 5/9/2009 Name Imes, Melvin L. Age 80 Death Date 5/4/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/14/1928 Birth Place Doyles Mills, Juniata Co., PA Father D. Luther Imes* Mother Janetta (Swartwood) Imes* Spouse Helen (Hurrell) Imes Cemetery St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Nook Sentinel 5/6/2009 Name Irrgang, Walter Edward Age 86 Death Date 5/5/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 4/2/1923 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Edward L. Irrgang* Mother Lenore (Williams) Irrgang* Spouse Mary E. (Sheriff) Gentzel Irrgang Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/6/2009 Name Kauffman, Laverne Seth Age 0 Death Date 5/19/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 5/19/2009 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Titus L. Kauffman Mother Valerie S. (Miller) Kauffman Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/26/2009 Name Kauffman, Tyson L. Age 12 Death Date 5/23/2009 Death Place New Tripoli, PA Birth Date 1/26/1997 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Titus L. Kauffman Mother Valerie S. (Miller) Kauffman Spouse Cemetery Strodes Mills Mennonite Cemetery Sentinel 5/26/2009 Name Kerstetter, Josephine P. Age 83 Death Date 5/20/2009 Death Place Camp Hill, PA Birth Date 4/4/1926 Birth Place Clearfield Co., PA Father J. Edward Maines* Mother Pearl (Campbell) Maines* Spouse Harold A. Kerstetter Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/22/2009 Name Kozar, Edward A. Age 89 Death Date 5/1/2009 Death Place Pittsburgh, PA Birth Date 7/30/1919 Birth Place Ganister, PA Father Mother Spouse LaVerne (Dryer) Kozar Cemetery Sentinel 5/8/2009 Name Mahoney, Diane Kawchak Age Death Date 5/17/2009 Death Place Reedsville, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Dorothy Kawchak Spouse George Mahoney Cemetery Sentinel 5/19/2009 Name Manbeck, Emily Dean Age 93 Death Date 4/21/2009 Death Place Las Vegas, Nevada Birth Date 12/10/1915 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Calvin Dickey Dean* Mother Mary (Smiley) Dean* Spouse Harold E. Manbeck* Cemetery Mount Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/22/2009 Name Mary, Kathleen Age 99 Death Date 5/29/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/30/2009 Name McElwee, Myrna P. "Penny" Age 69 Death Date 5/19/2009 Death Place State College, PA Birth Date 8/1/1939 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father James Machamer* Mother Catherine (Reigle) Machamer Spouse Richard L. McElwee* Cemetery Reformed and Lutheran Cemetery, Centre Hall Sentinel 5/22/2009 Name Middlesworth, Lois J. Age 82 Death Date 5/7/2009 Death Place Milroy, PA Birth Date 5/23/1926 Birth Place Barrville, PA Father Charles Wilmer Knepp* Mother Emma Elizabeth (Bonson) Knepp* Spouse Guy Ronald Middlesworth* Cemetery St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Belleville Sentinel 5/9/2009 Name Miller, Judy Ann (Spagnoletti) Age 66 Death Date 5/19/2009 Death Place Warner Robins, GA Birth Date 9/3/1942 Birth Place Shrader, PA Father Samuel Spagnoletti* Mother Mary Katheryn (Long) Spagnoletti Snook* Spouse George A. "Buck" Miller Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/25/2009 Name Moyer, Debra J. Age 51 Death Date 5/24/2009 Death Place Mifflin, PA Birth Date 2/11/1958 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Charles W. Hoar Mother Doreen M. (Sellers) Hoar Spouse Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/27/2009 Name Mulaney, Leon C. Age Death Date 5/10/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery St. John's (Black Oak Ridge) Church Cemetery, McClure Sentinel 5/12/2009 Name Orner, Betty L. Age 85 Death Date 5/14/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 4/29/1924 Birth Place Reedsville, PA Father Brice L. Shilling* Mother Eva Naomi (Ferguson) Shilling* Spouse Paul Eugene Orner Cemetery Church Hill Cemetery, Reedsville Sentinel 5/18/2009 Name Pannebaker, Sandra M. Age 66 Death Date 5/29/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/30/2009 Name Pennington, Eugene Robert Age 84 Death Date 5/27/2009 Death Place Hiram, GA Birth Date 2/13/1925 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father John Robert Pennington Mother Anna G. Pennington* Spouse Cemetery Paulding Memorial Gardens, GA Sentinel 5/29/2009 Name Petersheim, Raymond S. Age 18m Death Date 5/6/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Stephen H. Petersheim Mother Rachel (Renno) Petersheim Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/7/2009 Name Pheasant, Oscar Monroe Age 89 Death Date 5/14/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 9/27/1919 Birth Place McClure, PA Father Harry Pheasant* Mother Nettie (DeLong) Pheasant* Spouse Isabel D. (Hoffman) Pheasant* Cemetery McClure Union Cemetery Sentinel 5/15/2009 Name Porpotage, Christa L. Age 75 Death Date 5/4/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 12/24/1933 Birth Place Germany Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/7/2009 Name Price, Richard G. Age 81 Death Date 5/24/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 3/7/1928 Birth Place Newton Hamilton, PA Father George R. Price* Mother Mellie Dee (McCracken) Price* Spouse Alice E. (Swartz) Price* Cemetery Adams Cemetery, Walker Twp., Juniata Co. Sentinel 5/27/2009 Name Ramsey, Donald E. "Duckie" Age 70 Death Date 5/9/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 10/16/1938 Birth Place Fermanagh Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father Ellsworth M. Ramsey* Mother Bessie Mae (Whistler) Ramsey* Spouse Betsy (Bratton) Ramsey Cemetery Sentinel 5/11/2009 Name Rehman, Donis Horning Age 72 Death Date 12/26/2008 Death Place Stewartstown, PA Birth Date 1/19/1936 Birth Place Juniata County, PA Father Ray Horning* Mother Lois (Walters) Horning* Spouse Frederick M. Rehman Cemetery St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery, Licking Creek Valley, Miffl Sentinel 5/28/2009 Name Reynolds, Robert D. Age 89 Death Date 5/7/2009 Death Place McVeytown, PA Birth Date 11/21/1919 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father James S. Reynolds* Mother Jane (Flenner) Reynolds* Spouse Sara A. (Kain) Reynolds Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/9/2009 Name Rhine, Ruth V. Age 88 Death Date 5/12/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 9/12/1920 Birth Place Neelyton, PA Father Samuel Traxler* Mother Minnie (Long) Traxler* Spouse Banks D. Rhine Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/13/2009 Name Roberts, Randall Jeremy Age 20 Death Date 5/24/2009 Death Place Fayette Twp., Juniata Co., PA Birth Date 3/5/1989 Birth Place Chesapeake, VA Father George E. Roberts Mother Mary Sue (Miller) Roberts Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/26/2009 Name Rowe, Mya L. Age 7d Death Date 5/1/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 4/24/2009 Birth Place Danville, PA Father Darren K. Rowe Mother Jill R. (Bonson) Rowe Spouse Cemetery Birch Hill Cemetery, Burnham Sentinel 5/5/2009 Name Shank, Ruth P. Age 98 Death Date 5/12/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 5/8/1911 Birth Place Milroy (Havice Valley) PA Father Herbert C. Wagner* Mother Amanda C. (Romig) Wagner* Spouse Vernon L. Shank* Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 5/14/2009 Name Smith, Clara Louise "Dolly" Age 75 Death Date 5/27/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 4/17/1934 Birth Place Huntingdon County, PA Father John Bonney* Mother Clara Ellen (Rhea) Bonney* Spouse Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/28/2009 Name Smooke, Norma Rotkin Age 85 Death Date 5/26/2009 Death Place Durham, NC Birth Date Birth Place New York City, NY Father Mother Spouse Henry Smooke Cemetery Sentinel 5/29/2009 Name Swartz, Justin A. Age 28 Death Date 4/29/2009 Death Place Selinsgrove, PA Birth Date 4/5/1981 Birth Place Sunbury, PA Father Paul Swartz* Mother Helen (Hatten) Swartz Spouse Cemetery Mountain Road God's Missionalry Church Cemetery, Penns Creek Sentinel 5/6/2009 Name Swartz, Martha G. Age 90 Death Date 5/14/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 7/4/1918 Birth Place Spruce Hill Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father Byron W. Gray* Mother Cecil M. (Kirk) Gray* Spouse Robert F. Swartz* Cemetery Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal Sentinel 5/16/2009 Name Tallon, Robert F. Age 81 Death Date 3/8/2009 Death Place Centre Hall, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/7/2009 Name Wilson, Darrol W. Age 55 Death Date 5/13/2009 Death Place Milroy, PA Birth Date 11/10/1953 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Thomas W. Wilson* Mother Myrtle Mae (Barger) Wilson* Spouse Joan M. (Hepner) Wilson Cemetery Sentinel 5/14/2009 Name Winegardner, George David Age Death Date 5/19/2009 Death Place Birth Date 5/1/1941 Birth Place Burnham, PA Father John Wesly Winegardner* Mother Irene M. Winegardner* Spouse Sharon Ann (Marsh) Winegardner Cemetery National Memorial Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ Sentinel 5/27/2009 Name Woods, Jane Age 94 Death Date 5/9/2009 Death Place Phoenix, AZ Birth Date Birth Place Reedsville, PA Father Frank M. Parker* Mother Mabel (Smith) Parker* Spouse James S. Woods* Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/12/2009 Name Wright, Paul E. Age 85 Death Date 5/21/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/7/1923 Birth Place Yeagertown, PA Father James A. Wright* Mother Mary Agnes (O'Donnell) Wright* Spouse Betty (Peters) Stevens Wright* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/23/2009 Name Yoder, Emanuel A. Age 18 Death Date 5/25/2009 Death Place Reedsville, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/26/2009 Name Zook, John M. Age 87 Death Date 5/3/2009 Death Place Theodosia, MO Birth Date 5/19/1921 Birth Place Oakland Mills, PA Father David Zook* Mother Bertha (Glick) Zook* Spouse Lois Jean (Scott) Zook Cemetery Sentinel 5/6/2009