OBITS: Sentinel Obituary Abstracts, July 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, July 2009 Obituaries abstracted by Josie Baughman * = deceased Name Adair, Esther M. (Clark) Age 87 Death Date 6/30/2009 Death Place Loysville, PA Birth Date 7/30/1921 Birth Place East Waterford, PA Father Hugh Clark* Mother Margaret (McClure) Clark* Spouse Jay W. Adair* Cemetery Centre Presbyterian Cmetery, Loysville Sentinel 7/3/2009 Name Arnold, Dorothy L. Age 100 Death Date 7/16/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 10/17/1908 Birth Place Cocolamus, PA Father William I. Leister* Mother Mary Alice (Smith) Leister* Spouse Harry A. Arnold* Cemetery St. John's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cocolamus Sentinel 7/18/2009 Name Bair, Sara V. Age 75 Death Date 7/3/2009 Death Place Granville, PA Birth Date 11/18/1933 Birth Place Granville Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father William Andrew Shehan* Mother Lydia (Shehan) Shehan* Spouse Cemetery Mattawana Cemetery, McVeytown Sentinel 7/6/2009 Name Barger, Georgie R. Age 98 Death Date 7/16/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 2/22/1911 Birth Place Afton, OH Father Benjamin C. Maham* Mother Harriett (Weights) Maham* Spouse Charles W. Barger* Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 7/18/2009 Name Barlett, Robert E. Age 66 Death Date 7/17/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 1/4/1943 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Paul R. Barlett* Mother Blanche I (Miller) Barlett* Spouse Jennifer C. (Phillips) Barlett Cemetery Sentinel 7/20/2009 Name Barnes, Cora E. Age 89 Death Date 7/5/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 9/21/1919 Birth Place Granville, PA Father Clarance A. Michael* Mother Florence M. (Kline) Michael* Spouse George E. Barnes* Cemetery St. Mark's Episcopal Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 7/7/2009 Name Boring, Betty L. (DeArment) Age 76 Death Date 7/5/2009 Death Place Massillon, OH Birth Date 5/20/1933 Birth Place Three Springs, PA Father Thomas E. DeArment* Mother Mable F. (Shields) DeArment* Spouse Veryle Boring* Cemetery Germany Valley Cemetery, Shirleysburg Sentinel 7/7/2009 Name Boteler, Lorma C. Age 74 Death Date 7/24/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/8/1934 Birth Place Altoona, PA Father William Lefevre* Mother Lorma (Bratton) Lefevre* Spouse Charles E. Boteler* Cemetery Private Sentinel 7/28/2009 Name Bowersox, Paul R. Age 80 Death Date 7/2/2009 Death Place Selinsgrove, PA Birth Date 8/3/1928 Birth Place Decatur Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Harry J. Bowersox* Mother Effie (Romig) Bowersox* Spouse Cemetery Wagner Church Cemetery, McClure Sentinel 7/3/2009 Name Brannon, Wanda G. Age 78 Death Date 6/29/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 12/27/1930 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father John W. Royer* Mother Mildred B. (Yetter) Royer* Spouse Russell W. Brannon* Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 7/1/2009 Name Brumbaugh, Rose Mary Age 84 Death Date 7/6/2009 Death Place Princeton, WV Birth Date 7/15/1924 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Genovesi Marrone* Mother Nicole Marrone* Spouse Louis Ciccolini*, William Brumbaugh* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 7/9/2009 Name Calhoun, Clara Valerie "Dot" Age 90 Death Date 7/18/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 12/17/1918 Birth Place Goshen, VA Father Russel Glendye* Mother Nellie Glendye* Spouse Blair R. Calhoun* Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 7/20/2009 Name Clark, Lillian Kathryn (Olnick) Age 82 Death Date 7/21/2009 Death Place Pfafftown, NC Birth Date 10/16/1926 Birth Place Burnham, PA Father Charles Olnick* Mother Mary Ann (Wazniak) Olnick* Spouse James Chester Clark Cemetery Private Sentinel 7/23/2009 Name Colyer, Lewis E. Age 84 Death Date 7/19/2009 Death Place Richfield, PA Birth Date 2/21/1925 Birth Place Fayette Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father J. Ira Colyer* Mother Lillian (Swartwood) Colyer* Spouse Betty O. (Varner) Colyer Cemetery St. John's United Methodist Church Cemetery, Cocolamus Sentinel 7/21/2009 Name Eward, Cora M. Orme Age 85 Death Date 7/29/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 6/6/1924 Birth Place East Waterford, PA Father Elmer Smith* Mother Goldie (Beaston) Smith* Spouse Fred S. Orme*, Earl Eward* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 7/30/2009 Name Fabian, Rev. Eli R. Age 96 Death Date 7/24/2009 Death Place Martinsburg, PA Birth Date 8/13/1912 Birth Place Tinicum, Bucks Co., PA Father Reuben Fabian* Mother Miriam (Frankenfield) Fabian* Spouse Ruth (Stahlman) Fabian* Cemetery Salem Cemetery, Frogtown, Clarion Co., PA Sentinel 7/28/2009 Name Fix, Mary Jeanne Billman Fix Age 81 Death Date 7/24/2009 Death Place Corvallis, OR Birth Date 1/11/1928 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Fred Billman* Mother Mary (Naugle) Billman* Spouse Norman Lewis*, Harry Fix* Cemetery Private, San Jose, CA Sentinel 7/28/2009 Name Flasher, Michael E. Age 19 Death Date 7/9/2009 Death Place Granville Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Birth Date 8/26/1989 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Paul H. Kurtz Mother Pamela J. Flasher Spouse Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 7/10/2009 Name Fronk, Delmar D. Age 83 Death Date 7/16/2009 Death Place Thompsontown, PA Birth Date 3/14/1926 Birth Place Richfield, PA Father Herman D. Fronk* Mother Martha L. (Hood) Fronk* Spouse Mildred L. (Sausman) Fronk Cemetery Goodwill Cemetery, Bunkertown Sentinel 7/18/2009 Name Fryer, Irvin A. Age 71 Death Date 7/20/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 11/8/1937 Birth Place Burnham, PA Father Clarence Fryer* Mother Ida (McCalips) Fryer* Spouse Cemetery Private Sentinel 7/22/2009 Name Fultz, Jan G. Age 64 Death Date 7/26/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 12/17/1944 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Curtis J. Fultz* Mother Betty (Flowers) Fultz Spouse Vicki (Treaster) Fultz Cemetery Sentinel 7/28/2009 Name Fultz, Rev. Paul E. J. Age 79 Death Date 7/24/2009 Death Place State College, PA Birth Date 5/31/1930 Birth Place Milroy, PA Father William David Fultz* Mother Minnie Mae (Walter) Fultz* Spouse Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 7/26/2009 Name Garman, Charles L. Age 88 Death Date 7/28/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 4/21/1921 Birth Place East Waterford, PA Father Joseph R. Garman* Mother Lula C. (Berrier) Garman* Spouse Gladys (Price) Garman* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 7/29/2009 Name Gelnett, Dennis W. Age 59 Death Date 7/18/2009 Death Place Millerstown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Dianna (Maneval) Gelnett Cemetery Zion (Hall's) Lutheran Church Cemetery, Port Trevorton Sentinel 7/23/2009 Name Goshorn, Jane G. Age 79 Death Date 7/27/2009 Death Place Elizabethtown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Melvin Gilchrist* Mother Dorothy Gilchrist Spouse Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 7/29/2009 Name Hanks, Dawn D. (Wyland) Age 39 Death Date 7/11/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 11/29/1969 Birth Place Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Thomas Wyland Mother Spouse John Hanks Cemetery Private Sentinel 7/15/2009 Name Hannon, James I. Age 72 Death Date 7/18/2009 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 5/15/1937 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Charles Hannon* Mother Sarah (Mutersbaugh) Hannon Jemison* Spouse Angelica (Wagner) Hannon Cemetery Private Sentinel 7/22/2009 Name Harris, Joyce L. Age 58 Death Date 7/20/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/27/1950 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Pharis Trutt Mother Beatrice (Niman) Trutt* Spouse Thomas H. Harris Cemetery Maitland Cemetery Sentinel 7/21/2009 Name Hummel, Richard E. Age 73 Death Date 7/15/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 11/21/1935 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Raymond Hummel* Mother Rose (Muldoon) Hummel* Spouse Peggy M. (Long) Hummel Cemetery Birch Hill Cemetery, Burnham Sentinel 7/17/2009 Name Jordan, Izola C. Age 106 Death Date 7/5/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 9/27/1902 Birth Place Burnham, PA Father James F. Shirey* Mother Mary (Arnold) Shirey* Spouse Robert B. Jordan* Cemetery Vira Methodist Cemetery Sentinel 7/6/2009 Name Keister, Dorothy E. "Grimace" Age 66 Death Date 7/13/2009 Death Place McClure, PA Birth Date 9/4/1942 Birth Place Kreamer, PA Father Paul E. Finnefrock* Mother Jennie E. (Loss) Finnefrock Baney Spouse Donald E. Keister* Cemetery Troxelville Union Cemetery Sentinel 7/12/2009 Name Kelley, Thomas W. L. Age 17 Death Date 7/9/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 8/22/1991 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Terry D. Kelley Mother Angela M. (Martinelli) Kelley Spouse Cemetery Mt. Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 7/10/2009 Name King, Mabel A. Age 80 Death Date 7/4/2009 Death Place Miffin, PA Birth Date 5/19/1917 Birth Place Belleville, PA Father Jonas R. Yoder* Mother Elizabeth V. (Summers) Yoder* Spouse Roland J. King Cemetery Lost Creek Mennonite Cemetery, Oakland Mills Sentinel 7/6/2009 Name Koontz, Gladys C. Age 83 Death Date 7/25/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 10/17/1925 Birth Place Portage, PA Father Edward Flynn* Mother Mary (Miller) Flynn* Spouse Roy E. Koontz* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 7/26/2009 Name Lawver, Mae V. Age 82 Death Date 6/30/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 5/11/1927 Birth Place Greenwood Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father Ross Wilson Lawver* Mother Ruth (Piefer) Lawver* Spouse Cemetery St. Peters United Church of Christ Cemetery, Millerstown Sentinel 7/1/2009 Name Leiby, Jane Adams Age 88 Death Date 7/2/2009 Death Place Wernersville, PA Birth Date 2/19/1921 Birth Place Mifflintown, Juniata Co., PA Father Donald Quincy* Mother Isabel (Kauffman) Adams* Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 7/8/2009 Name Leitzel, Stanley A. "Butch" Age 63 Death Date 7/11/2009 Death Place West Perry Twp., Snyder Co., PA Birth Date 5/29/1946 Birth Place Richfield, PA Father Roy Leitzel* Mother Elizabeth (Kratzer) Leitzel* Spouse Diana J. (Mitterling) Leitzel Cemetery Schaefferstown Cemetery Sentinel 7/15/2009 Name Malseed, Lloyd C. "Doc" Age 70 Death Date 7/16/2009 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 12/30/1938 Birth Place Duncannon, Perry Co., PA Father Lloyd C. Malseed* Mother Beatrice I. (Cook) Malseed Spouse Cemetery Private Sentinel 7/18/2009 Name Manbeck, Emily Dean Age Death Date 4/21/2009 Death Place Las Vegas, Nevada Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 7/2/2009 Name Mateer, Anna Jane Age 78 Death Date 7/27/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 7/28/1930 Birth Place McVeytown, PA Father Peter Edward Peterson* Mother Ida May (Sunderland) Peterson* Spouse Lawrence E. "Pete" Mateer Cemetery Allensville Presbyterian Cemetery Sentinel 7/28/2009 Name McClenahen, Esther F. Age 91 Death Date 7/18/2009 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 3/21/1918 Birth Place Ebytown, Mifflin Co., PA Father Charles Etzweiler* Mother Esther (Lash) Etzweiler* Spouse Richard V. McClenahen* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 7/21/2009 Name McDonald, Julia Ann Age 37 Death Date 7/23/2009 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 11/21/1971 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Ray C. Aumiller* Mother Roxann (Harshman) Aumiller Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 7/28/2009 Name Mockabee, Martha Age 92 Death Date 7/27/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 2/7/1917 Birth Place Newport, PA Father Mother Grace Haines* Spouse William Mockabee* Cemetery Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Camp Hill Sentinel 7/29/2009 Name Nipple, Russ J. Age 40 Death Date 7/1/2009 Death Place McAlisterville, PA Birth Date 8/7/1968 Birth Place Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Reno J. Nipple Mother Gail B. (Benner) Nipple Spouse Cemetery Goodwill Cemetery, Bunkertown Sentinel 7/3/2009 Name Norton, Elmer Dean Age Death Date 6/22/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 7/10/2009 Name Peck, Virginia G. Age 87 Death Date 7/11/2009 Death Place McVeytown, PA Birth Date 6/4/1922 Birth Place Mount Union, PA Father Harry William Young* Mother Anna (Black) Young* Spouse James Peck* Cemetery Haven Rest Memorial Park, Shirleysburg Sentinel 7/12/2009 Name Pennington, Celista F. Age 73 Death Date 7/10/2009 Death Place Burnham, PA Birth Date 8/12/1935 Birth Place Reeds Gap, Juniata Co., PA Father Joseph Murphy* Mother Catherine (Henry) Murphy* Spouse Russell E. Pennington Cemetery Vira Methodist Cemetery Sentinel 7/12/2009 Name Randolph, Curtis R. Age 54 Death Date 7/12/2009 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 3/10/1955 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Harold B. Randolph* Mother Margaret A. (Spangler) Randolph Spouse Cemetery Private Sentinel 7/14/2009 Name Reeder, Ralph L. Age 77 Death Date 7/17/2009 Death Place Yeagertown, PA Birth Date 8/9/1931 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Ralph M. Reeder* Mother Madalene E. (Havice) Reeder* Spouse Betty J. (Frankenhouser) Reeder* Cemetery Mt. Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 7/18/2009 Name Renninger, Patricia I. Age 85 Death Date 7/23/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 3/17/1924 Birth Place Harrisburg, PA Father James H. Ibaugh* Mother Frances (Corl) Ibaugh* Spouse Clair A. "Til" Renninger* Cemetery Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown Sentinel 7/25/2009 Name Reynolds, William D. Age 75 Death Date 7/27/2009 Death Place Mifflin, PA Birth Date 12/13/1933 Birth Place Fayette Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father John Everett Reynolds* Mother Freda M. (Jamison) Reynolds* Spouse Beulah F. (Foltz) Reynolds Cemetery Lost Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, McAlisterville Sentinel 7/28/2009 Name Shepley, John Harvey Age 87 Death Date 7/10/2009 Death Place Pottstown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Riegelsville, PA Father James R. Shepley* Mother Grace (Rupp) Shepley* Spouse Sevilla (Hefrich) Shepley*, Helen Holly (Nice) Hough Shepley Cemetery Sellersville Church Cemetery Sentinel 7/12/2009 Name Stains, Robert Age 66 Death Date 7/1/2009 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 1/1/1943 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Russell G. Stains* Mother Lois (McKinley) Stains* Spouse Betty (Smith) Stains Cemetery Birch Hill Cemetery, Burnham Sentinel 7/3/2009 Name Stitt, Shirley M. Age 79 Death Date 7/19/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 3/20/1930 Birth Place Lack Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father George E. Kirk* Mother Sylvia N. (Marshall) Kirk* Spouse Marlin D. Stitt Cemetery New Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal Sentinel 7/20/2009 Name Stueber, Robert Kenneth Age 77 Death Date 7/19/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Joan Stueber Cemetery Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, NJ Sentinel 7/21/2009 Name Swab, Thelma E. Age 85 Death Date 7/28/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 8/26/1923 Birth Place Milford Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father John A. Geedey* Mother Mary K. (Musser) Geedey* Spouse Charles E. Swab, Sr.* Cemetery Cedar Hill Cemetery, Beavertown Sentinel 7/30/2009 Name Swartz, Miriam E. Age 93 Death Date 7/12/2009 Death Place Granville Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Birth Date 8/18/1915 Birth Place Beale Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father John Melvin Earnest* Mother Maude (Kurtz) Ernest* Spouse William T. Swartz* Cemetery Lower Tuscarora Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Academia Sentinel 7/14/2009 Name Thompson, Mary E. Age 48 Death Date 7/4/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 11/30/1960 Birth Place Juniata Co., PA Father Mother Sara (Spayd) Shilling Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 7/8/2009 Name Thompson, Randall D. "Pudge" Age 36 Death Date 7/11/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 12/8/1972 Birth Place Father Chester W. Thompson Mother Connie Rice Thompson Spouse Amy (Wortman) Thompson Cemetery St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery, Licking Creek Valley, Mifflintown Sentinel 7/12/2009 Name Wagner, Louise E. Age 93 Death Date 7/6/2009 Death Place Alexandria, PA Birth Date 6/28/1916 Birth Place Yeagertown, PA Father Harry Sheriff* Mother leona M. (Herbster) Grumbine Sheriff* Spouse Donald Edwin Wagner* Cemetery Mt. Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 7/8/2009 Name Weyandt, William B. Age 63 Death Date 7/2/2009 Death Place Huntingdon, PA Birth Date 8/12/1945 Birth Place Altoona, PA Father Herman C. Weyandt* Mother Mary E. (Brumbaugh) Weyandt* Spouse Carol Ann (Shugarts) Weyandt Cemetery Private Sentinel 7/3/2009 Name White, Helen Ruth Gehrett Age 92 Death Date 7/28/2009 Death Place Columbia, MD Birth Date 9/28/1916 Birth Place Pennsylvania Father Robert Raymond Gehrett* Mother Florence Eva (Pentacost) Gehrett* Spouse Elcon Odell White* Cemetery Scottsville Cemetery, VA Sentinel 7/31/2009 Name Wilson, Broderick Age 18 Death Date 7/9/2009 Death Place Reedsville, PA Birth Date 12/28/1990 Birth Place Portsmouth, OH Father Bryan Wilson Mother Valeria Hersman Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 7/10/2009 Name Wright, Samantha L. Age 31 Death Date 7/22/2009 Death Place Middleburg, PA Birth Date 7/23/1977 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father William Wright Mother Beth (Kauffman) Wright Crosbie Spouse Cemetery Bannerville Cemetery Sentinel 7/24/2009 Name Zeigler, Robert S. Age 85 Death Date 7/22/2009 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 8/1/1923 Birth Place Reedsville, PA Father George Robert Zeigler* Mother Maria (Oberholtzer) Zeigler* Spouse G. Madeline Zeigler* Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 7/23/2009