OBITS: Sentinel Obituary Abstracts, May 2011, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Josie Baughman Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ _______________________________________________ The Sentinel, May 2011 Obituaries abstracted by Josie Baughman * = deceased Name Anderson, Grace McCrory Age 87 Death Date 4/27/2011 Death Place Parker, CO Birth Date Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father James McCrory* Mother Laura McCrory* Spouse H. O. "Andy" Anderson* Cemetery Sentinel 5/14/2011 Name Boreman, Ronald E. Age 69 Death Date 5/27/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 10/5/1941 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Earl Boreman* Mother Edna (Wagner) Boreman* Spouse Linda (Earnest) Boreman Cemetery Mount Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/30/2011 Name Bumbarger, Michelle Age 48 Death Date 5/10/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 5/18/1962 Birth Place Johnstown, PA Father Marian E. (Goss) True* Mother John D. True Spouse Jan Fedock, Gary W. Bumbarger Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/14/2011 Name Burdge, Thomas Kevin Age 46 Death Date 5/27/2011 Death Place York, PA Birth Date 4/3/1965 Birth Place York, PA Father Raymond R. Burdge* Mother Connie L. (Sweitzer) Burdge* Spouse Betty (Smith) Burdge Cemetery Susquehanna Memorial Gardens Sentinel 5/30/2011 Name Church, Charles R. "Bob" "Red" Age 79 Death Date 5/8/2011 Death Place McClure, PA Birth Date 11/14/1931 Birth Place Rosemont, WV Father Charles Henry Church* Mother Aretta Gaye (Vans Coy) Church* Spouse Emma P. (Bishop) Church Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/10/2011 Name Costa, Earl C. Age Death Date 5/16/2011 Death Place Granville, PA Birth Date 4/4/1917 Birth Place Philadelphia, PA Father Eugene S. Costa* Mother Amalia (DeVita) Costa* Spouse Katherine S. (DeVita) Costa Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/18/2011 Name Cropf, Bruce E. Age 88 Death Date 5/14/2011 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 11/20/1922 Birth Place Nescopeck, PA Father Guy Cropf* Mother Grace (Klinger) Cropf* Spouse Fleta Ann (Byler) Clever Cropf Cemetery Sentinel 5/16/2011 Name Davis, Betty L. "Bets" Age 75 Death Date 5/18/2011 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 6/23/1945 Birth Place Mifflintown, PA Father I. Dice Hood* Mother Willa V. (Horning) Hood* Spouse William A. Davis* Cemetery Sentinel 5/19/2011 Name Davis, Donald C. Age Death Date 4/26/2011 Death Place New Cumberland, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Mary E. Davis Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/7/2011 Name Derr, Aloysius V. "Al" Age Death Date 4/30/2011 Death Place New Holland, PA Birth Date 12/10/1924 Birth Place Ashland, PA Father Henry Derr* Mother Alice (Green) Derr* Spouse Phyllis (Swartz) Derr Cemetery Trumbauer Memorial Cemetery, Leola Sentinel 5/2/2011 Name Druckemiller, Marvin T. Age 79 Death Date 5/18/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/19/2011 Name Esh, Harry L. Age Death Date Death Place Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Allensville Mennonite Cemetery Sentinel 5/19/2011 Name Frankhouse, Robert Barton Age 87 Death Date 5/2/2011 Death Place mission Viejo, CA Birth Date 1/4/1924 Birth Place Port Royal, PA Father Melvin C. Frankhouse* Mother Isabel (Barton) Frankhouse* Spouse Florence M. (Drummond) Frankhouse Cemetery Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal Sentinel 5/4/2011 Name Frazier, William Franklin Age 80 Death Date 5/2/2011 Death Place Martinsburg, WV Birth Date 3/7/1931 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Harvey Frazier* Mother Theosia Frazier* Spouse Mae (Fox) Frazier* Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/6/2011 Name Frost, Connie May Beaver Age Death Date 5/3/2011 Death Place Reedsville, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/6/2011 Name Fryer, Frank P. Age 63 Death Date 5/18/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 10/7/1947 Birth Place Clearfield, PA Father Philip Fryer* Mother Evelyn (Herman) Fryer* Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/20/2011 Name Fye, Judy A. Age 65 Death Date 5/28/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 10/24/1945 Birth Place Father Darlington S. Hoar* Mother Catherine (Laird) Hoar* Spouse Robert W. Fye Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/30/2011 Name Ganoe, John H. Age 72 Death Date 4/28/2011 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 7/30/1938 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father John E. Ganoe* Mother Marcella M. (Yingling) Ganoe* Spouse Susan (Taylor) Ganoe Cemetery Sentinel 5/2/2011 Name Gill, Doris H. Age 95 Death Date 5/5/2011 Death Place Mifflin, PA Birth Date 6/17/1915 Birth Place Walker Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father Walter L. Thompson* Mother Ida (Swanger) Thompson* Spouse William Cloyd Gill* Cemetery Locust Run Cemetery, Juniata Co. Sentinel 5/6/2011 Name Goodling, Geraldine M. Age 90 Death Date 5/21/2011 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 5/6/1921 Birth Place Snyder County, PA Father Charles Kratzer* Mother Edna (Lauver) Kratzer* Spouse Mervin E. Goodling Cemetery Richfield Union Cemetery Sentinel 5/23/2011 Name Grassmyer, Susan E. "Betty" Age 89 Death Date 5/22/2011 Death Place McVeytown, PA Birth Date 2/4/1922 Birth Place McVeytown, PA Father D. Corbin Rupert* Mother Alice C. (Stine) Rupert* Spouse Robert E. Grassmyer* Cemetery Mattawana Cemetery, McVeytown Sentinel 5/23/2011 Name Hackenberry, J. Richard Age 87 Death Date 5/18/2011 Death Place Summerville, PA Birth Date 6/23/1923 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Charles Elmer Hackenberry* Mother Carrie E. Hackenberry* Spouse Joyce Vivian (Klinger) Hackenberry* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/21/2011 Name Hackett, Levenna I. Age 94 Death Date 5/3/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 11/13/1916 Birth Place Union Furnace, PA Father William Huff* Mother Izetta (Stewart) Huff* Spouse Rush Hackett* Cemetery Mount Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/5/2011 Name Haines, Ruth Irene Age 89 Death Date 5/7/2011 Death Place Beaver Springs, PA Birth Date 2/13/1922 Birth Place Spring Mills, PA Father Frank H. Breon* Mother Lettie I. (Riachau) Breon* Spouse Robert B. Blazer* Cemetery Sentinel 5/9/2011 Name Haller, Pauline E. "Polly" Age 78 Death Date 5/10/2011 Death Place State College, PA Birth Date 1/24/1933 Birth Place Milroy, PA Father Clarence Linthurst* Mother Carrie (Gonsman) Linthurst* Spouse Robert N. Haller Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/11/2011 Name Hendrick, Wilma J. Age Death Date 1/31/2011 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/5/2011 Name Hinkle, Howard J. "Jim" Age 72 Death Date 5/13/2011 Death Place Hershey, PA Birth Date 1/10/1939 Birth Place Father Orville E. Hinkle* Mother Dorothy M. (Kramer) Hinkle* Spouse Jacqueline (White) Hinkle Cemetery Sentinel 5/14/2011 Name Jacka, Donald L. Age 71 Death Date 5/9/2011 Death Place Huntingdon, PA Birth Date 10/22/1939 Birth Place Mount Union, PA Father Herman P. Jacka* Mother Phyllis K. (Hoffman) Jacka* Spouse Margaret (Smith) Jacka Cemetery Sentinel 5/11/2011 Name Knox, Tessie F. Age 91 Death Date 5/9/2011 Death Place Granville, PA Birth Date 2/23/1920 Birth Place Orbisonia, PA Father Ambrose Ritchey* Mother Olive (Shields) Ritchey* Spouse John C. Knox* Cemetery Mattawana Cemetery, McVeytown Sentinel 5/10/2011 Name Leiter, Leon D. Age 85 Death Date 5/2/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 6/9/1925 Birth Place Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Austin E. Leiter* Mother Margaretta (Wagner) Leiter* Spouse Joyce W. (Wertz) Leiter* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/3/2011 Name Light, Leonard Ray Age 85 Death Date 5/27/2011 Death Place Altoona, PA Birth Date 3/1/1926 Birth Place Tyrone, PA Father Jesse Light* Mother Love (Kennedy) Light* Spouse Willie "Kitty" (Hall) Light*, Dolores McGarvey Light Cemetery Baughman Cemetery Sentinel 5/28/2011 Name Lightner, Thomas E. Age 96 Death Date 5/19/2011 Death Place Huntingdon, PA Birth Date 11/27/1914 Birth Place West Twp., Huntingdon County, PA Father Wilbur Lightner* Mother Mary "Molly" (Whitesel) Lightner* Spouse Ruth (Morningstar) Lightner* Cemetery Coy-Lightner Cemetery, Huntingdon Sentinel 5/31/2011 Name Lingle, Elizabeth M. "Betty" Age 87 Death Date 5/5/2011 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 11/1/1923 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father William Fisher* Mother Mabel (Hackett) Fisher* Spouse George "Red" Rheam*, Robert L. "Butch" Lingle* Cemetery Mount Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/6/2011 Name Linthurst, Olive Mae Age 82 Death Date 5/1/2011 Death Place Bellefonte, PA Birth Date 1/18/1929 Birth Place Milroy, PA Father Horace Bud Henry* Mother Lodie Mae (King) Henry* Spouse Arthur Lehman*, Clarence W. Linthurst* Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 5/3/2011 Name Lucas, Mason Joey Rhodes Age 0 Death Date 5/11/2011 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 2/14/2011 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Michael Lucas Mother Elisha Rhodes Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/13/2011 Name Martin, Kaylie Nicole Age 0 Death Date 5/15/2011 Death Place McVeytown, PA Birth Date 5/14/2011 Birth Place Father Neal Martin Mother Marietta Martin Spouse Cemetery Gospel Light Cemetery Sentinel 5/16/2011 Name Mathews, Virginia Winslow Hopper Age 86 Death Date 5/7/2011 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 3/9/1925 Birth Place New York City, NY Father John Joseph Mathews* Mother Virgina Winslow (Hopper) Mathews* Spouse Cemetery Machpelah Cemetery, Belleville Sentinel 5/9/2011 Name McCracken, Joyce H. Age 83 Death Date 5/10/2011 Death Place Altoona, PA Birth Date 7/20/1927 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Albert Haywood* Mother Erma (Cavanaugh) Haywood* Spouse Kenneth M. McCracken Cemetery Calvary Cemetery, Altoona Sentinel 5/12/2011 Name Miller, Shavrana Carvina Age 0 Death Date 5/11/2011 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 5/11/2011 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Sean Miller Mother Shevon (Darst) Miller Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/13/2011 Name Morrison, Arthur Fulton Age 90 Death Date 5/16/2011 Death Place Petersburg, VA Birth Date 9/7/1920 Birth Place Pictou, Nova Scotia Father Mother Spouse Mary Maxine Morrison* Cemetery Sentinel 5/18/2011 Name Norton, Rodney M. Age Death Date 5/9/2011 Death Place Hershey, PA Birth Date 12/17/1957 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Mother Mary (Norton) McConahey* Spouse Alice (Traxler) Norton Cemetery Sentinel 5/12/2011 Name Peachey, Sue E. Age 97 Death Date 5/14/2011 Death Place Goshen, IN Birth Date 2/7/1914 Birth Place Reedsville, PA Father Christian B. Yoder* Mother Fannie (Kauffman) Yoder* Spouse Jacob J. Peachey* Cemetery Allensville Mennonite Cemetery Sentinel 5/16/2011 Name Pecht, Charles E. Age 88 Death Date 5/11/2011 Death Place State College, PA Birth Date 3/26/1923 Birth Place Siglerville, PA Father Charles E. Pecht* Mother Ellen (Foust) Pecht* Spouse Janet N. (Runkle) Pecht Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/12/2011 Name Platzer, G. Donald Age 94 Death Date 5/13/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 4/19/1917 Birth Place Yeagertown, PA Father George B. Platzer* Mother Anna (Smith) Platzer* Spouse Clara Dorene (Pry) Platzer* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/14/2011 Name Pursel, Arthur C. Age 76 Death Date 5/29/2011 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 8/7/1934 Birth Place Father Arthur J. Pursel* Mother Hazel E. (Smith) Pursel* Spouse Loretta J. (Gilbert) Pursel Cemetery Sentinel 5/30/2011 Name Pursel, Robert W. "Will" Age 67 Death Date 5/3/2011 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 10/23/1943 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Robert Clark Pursel* Mother E. Jane (Contner) Pursel* Spouse Hazel E. (Ballentine) Pursel Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/6/2011 Name Ripka, Eugene E. "Buck" Age 82 Death Date 5/6/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 7/17/1928 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Eugene E. Ripka* Mother Bessie L. (Fowler) Ripka* Spouse Betty J. (Rhodes) Ripka Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/9/2011 Name Romash, Paul M. Age 52 Death Date 5/2/2011 Death Place Tioga, PA Birth Date 10/18/1958 Birth Place Newburgh, NY Father Michael Romash Mother Rose (Perkins) Romash Spouse Candice (Williams) Romash Cemetery Sentinel 5/4/2011 Name Rothrock, Myrtle M. Age 81 Death Date 5/30/2011 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 2/17/1930 Birth Place Hawstone, Mifflin County, PA Father William Toner* Mother Helen (Kepner) Toner* Spouse James E. Rothrock Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 5/31/2011 Name Russell, Helga (Hofer) Age 83 Death Date 5/15/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 2/6/1928 Birth Place Pirmasens, West Germany Father Heinrich Hofer* Mother Maria (Keller) Hofer* Spouse James R. Russell* Cemetery Sentinel 5/17/2011 Name Savatore, Lisa B. (Brueggemann) Age 51 Death Date 5/25/2011 Death Place Freeburg, IL Birth Date Birth Place Father Edwin Brueggemann* Mother Carolyn (Clausen) Brueggemann Spouse Dean Salvatore Cemetery St. Paul's Cemetery, Freeburg, IL Sentinel 5/27/2011 Name Shearer, Bonnie I. Age 65 Death Date 5/20/2011 Death Place Sunbury, PA Birth Date 3/28/1946 Birth Place Lack Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father Rufus G. Swartz* Mother Dorothy A. (Palm) Swartz* Spouse Jacob E. Shearer Cemetery McCullough's Mills Cemetery Sentinel 5/21/2011 Name Slapinski, James H. Age 82 Death Date 5/14/2011 Death Place Mountain Top, PA Birth Date Birth Place Wilkes-Barre, PA Father Joseph Slapinski* Mother Myrtle (Stucker) Slapinski* Spouse Josephine (Elick) Slapinski Cemetery Albert Cemetery Sentinel 5/20/2011 Name Smith, Ida B. Age 89 Death Date 5/13/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 12/16/1921 Birth Place Patton, PA Father Edward Morgan* Mother Bertha (Chapman) Morgan* Spouse Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 5/16/2011 Name Smith, Rita E. (McCarchey) Age 70 Death Date 5/4/2011 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 10/25/1940 Birth Place Delaware Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father Morgan I. Keister* Mother Mary E. (Rhoads) Keister* Spouse Harry H. McCarchey*, Richard C. Smith Cemetery Locust Run Cemetery, Locust Run Sentinel 5/6/2011 Name Stains, Donald B. Age 78 Death Date 5/6/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 7/27/1932 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Paul Stains* Mother Geraldine (Watts) Stains* Spouse Patti (Wagner) Stains Cemetery Private Sentinel 5/9/2011 Name Starr, Annie A. Age 98 Death Date 5/16/2011 Death Place Spring Mills, PA Birth Date 8/19/1912 Birth Place Penn Twp. Father Mode Auman* Mother Sadie (Weaver) Auman* Spouse William L. Starr* Cemetery Sentinel 5/17/2011 Name Stephens, Joseph E. Age 32 Death Date 5/22/2011 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 10/8/1978 Birth Place Hinesville, GA Father Edward H. Stephens* Mother Marsha K. (Rager) Stephens Spouse Darby M. (Baker) Stephens Cemetery Sentinel 5/25/2011 Name Stoltzfus, Minnie A. Age 89 Death Date 4/14/2011 Death Place Narvon, PA Birth Date Birth Place Belleville, PA Father Levi Yoder* Mother Lydia (Peachey) Yoder* Spouse Mark P. Stoltzfus* Cemetery Sentinel 5/7/2011 Name Stueber, Joan C. Age 76 Death Date 5/19/2011 Death Place Reedsville, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Robert Stueber* Cemetery Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, NJ Sentinel 5/21/2011 Name Taylor, Merrill T. Age 51 Death Date 5/6/2011 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 1/21/1960 Birth Place Lancaster, PA Father Kenneth P.Taylor* Mother Sandra (Smith) Taylor Spouse Cemetery Union Memorial Gardens, Mifflintown Sentinel 5/9/2011 Name Tressler, Merlin E. Age 85 Death Date 5/12/2011 Death Place Hanover, PA Birth Date 12/21/1925 Birth Place Shamokin, PA Father Thomas Tressler* Mother Esther Tressler* Spouse May (Lucas) Tressler*, Virginia M. (Fuhrman) Snyder Tressler* Cemetery Sentinel 5/18/2011 Name Tucker, Linda M. Davis Age 52 Death Date 5/1/2011 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 7/3/1958 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father William N. Davis* Mother Dorothy (Ort) Davis Spouse Cemetery Adams Cemetery, Mifflintown Sentinel 5/2/2011 Name Tyson, Donald H. Age 81 Death Date 5/17/2011 Death Place Mechanicsburg, PA Birth Date 10/26/1929 Birth Place Millersburg, PA Father Glen Tyson* Mother Jennie (Hassinger) Tyson* Spouse Shirley M. (Goss) Tyson* Cemetery Black Oak Ridge Cemetery Sentinel 5/19/2011 Name Wagner, Ada M. Age 91 Death Date 5/26/2011 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/25/1919 Birth Place Milroy, PA Father Blaine C. Aumiller* Mother Gertrude A. (Kahley) Aumiller* Spouse Robert Dale Wagner* Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 5/28/2011 Name Wagner, Duane E. Age 57 Death Date 4/30/2011 Death Place Keanasville, NC Birth Date 2/10/1954 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Mother Nancy (Wagner) Smith Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 5/12/2011 Name Watt, Florence E. Age 69 Death Date 5/30/2011 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 11/1/1941 Birth Place McClure, PA Father Bruce M. Grove* Mother Betty F. (Kline) Grove* Spouse William H. Watt Cemetery St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Belleville Sentinel 5/31/2011 Name Wiand, Charlotte B. Age 91 Death Date 5/17/2011 Death Place Beaver Springs, PA Birth Date 10/15/1919 Birth Place Beaver Springs, PA Father John J. Beaver* Mother Verna (Treaster) Beaver* Spouse William J. Wiand* Cemetery Adamsburg Cemetery, Beaver Springs Sentinel 5/19/2011 Name Wright, Anita J. Age 80 Death Date 5/14/2011 Death Place Lewisburg, PA Birth Date 11/27/1930 Birth Place McClure, PA Father Herman Spigelmyer* Mother Royetta (Wagner) Spigelmyer* Spouse Thomas H. Wright Cemetery Lawver's Cemetery, McClure Sentinel 5/16/2011 Name Yoder, Joseph W. Age 84 Death Date 5/3/2011 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 7/25/1926 Birth Place Belleville, PA Father Crist P. Yoder* Mother Lydia A. (Sharp) Yoder* Spouse Lydia E. (King) Yoder*, Lydia A. (Yoder) Yoder Cemetery Locust Grove Cemetery, Belleville Sentinel 5/4/2011 Name Yoder, Moses S. Age 86 Death Date 5/8/2011 Death Place Milroy, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Back Mountain Road Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 5/9/2011 Name Yoder, Ray M. Age 64 Death Date 5/9/2011 Death Place McVeytown, PA Birth Date 6/16/1946 Birth Place Huntingdon, PA Father Moses S. Yoder* Mother Lomie A. (Yoder) Yoder* Spouse Amelia B. (King) Yoder Cemetery Locust Grove Cemetery, Belleville Sentinel 5/11/2011