Norma Kelly Crain
Oct 22, 2025
Norma Kelly Crain, 102, formerly of Tyrone and a guest of the Masonic Village in Elizabethtown, passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. She was born in Northwood on August 4, 1923, the daughter of the late Arthur and Annie (Chilcoat) Kelly. On July 25, 1946, at the Presbyterian Church, she married Frederick "Ed" Crain who preceded her in...
Rudolph R. Hotovec
Oct 14, 2025
Rudolph (Rudy) Hotovec
It is with great sorrow that the Hotovec and Burns Families share with family and friends the passing of "Rudy" Rudolph Hotovec, beloved husband, father, and grandfather on October 14, 2025. He is survived by his wife Patricia (Laslo) Hotovec, his daughter Ruda (Richard) Burns, his son Peter Hotovec of New York City, and...
Sharon L. Abraham
Oct 12, 2025
Sharon L. Abraham, 73 of Tyrone, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2025. She was born on March 9, 1952, in Raynham, MA, a daughter of the late David and Jeanette (Hardy) Knox. On June 2, 1974, in Raynham, MA she married Rev. Dr. Samuel Zachary Abraham who preceded her in death on February 12, 2007, whom she looked...
Elmer L. Bradford Jr.
Oct 12, 2025
Elmer Leroy Bradford Jr. 65, of Tipton, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2025. He was born in Altoona on December 6, 1959, the son of the late Elmer and Ruth (Walters) Bradford Sr. In 1980 he married Darlyne Patricia Bradford who preceded him in death on November 20, 2023. He is survived by a daughter, Shawnta (Adam) Plubell;...
Donna Romano
Oct 3, 2025
Donna Jean Romano, 88 of Tyrone, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday,
October 3, 2025. She was born in Altoona, on January 15, 1937, the daughter of the late Michael and Elizabeth (Hallman) Stefano. On September 8, 1956 at St. Matthew Catholic Church she married Leonard Peter Romano Sr. who preceded her in...
Clarence "Ray" Barber
Oct 2, 2025
Clarence "Ray" Barber, 82, of Tyrone, PA., passed away on October 2, 2025 at Hilltop Healthcare in Altoona, following complications of Alzheimer's disease.
Ray was born February 25, 1943, in Bedford, Ohio, Ray was the youngest son of the late Gus and Garnet (Boswell) Barber. On April 19, 1980, he married Mary Jo (Panasiti) Barber at the...
James F. Houser
Sep 25, 2025
James F. Houser, 82 of Tyrone, passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2025. He was born on June 9, 1943, in Philipsburg, a son of the late Glenn E. and Edythe (Cherry) Houser Sr. On May 23, 1966, in Tyrone, he married Judy L. Waite, who preceded him in death on January 25, 2023. He is survived by three...
Myra E. Dixon
Sep 23, 2025
Myra E. Dixon, 92 of Portage, IN and formerly of Tyrone, passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. She was born in Tyrone on September 17, 1933, a daughter of the late Clarence "Stump" and Kathryn (Dillon) Williams. In 1954 at the Tyrone Church of the Brethren she married James Arthur Dixon Sr., who preceded her in 1981. She...
Robert Donald "Bob" Hostler Sr.
Sep 16, 2025
Robert Donald "Bob" Hostler, 81, of Tyrone, PA, passed away on September 16, 2025, surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Altoona, PA, to the late Bernard Blair and Betty Emma (Nelson) Hostler.
Bob graduated from Bellwood-Antis High School in 1962 and went on to proudly serve his country as a avionics technician in the...
Catherine K. "Kathy" Garland
Sep 12, 2025
Catherine K. "Kathy" Garland, 96, of Tyrone, Pennsylvania entered into eternal rest on Friday, September 12, 2025 surrounded by her family at Graystone Manor Bellmeade.
Catherine was born on August 11, 1929 in Prescot, England to the late Mary (Preston) Box and William Box.
In addition to her parents, Kathy is preceded in death by...
Christine L. Harris
Aug 27, 2025
Christine L. (Dugan) Harris, 83 of Tyrone, passed away on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. She was born on December 8, 1941, in Mechanicville, NY, a daughter of the late Arthur and Sarah (Sullivan) Dugan. She is survived by her husband, John K. Harris, whom she married on December 30, 1965, in Mechanicville, NY, and was devoted to for nearly...
Alan Lee Diehl
Aug 22, 2025
Alan Lee Diehl, 72 of Tyrone, unexpectedly passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025. He was born in Altoona on December 8, 1952, a son of the late William Diehl and Janet (Moyer) Diehl Pfiester. After William passed away, his mother later married his father, the late Robert Pfiester. On September 14, 1979, he married Nancy Ann Frank who...
Matthew Charles Kensinger
Aug 22, 2025
Matthew Charles Kensinger, 36 of Fredericksburg, VA, and formerly of Tyrone, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025. He was born in Altoona, on September 29, 1988, a son of Julie (Kimberling) Kensinger and Edward Kensinger II who survive. Also surviving are two children: Aiden J. Kensinger and his mother Melinda Kensinger, and Eliana K. Kensinger and her mother...
Doris J. Waite
Aug 17, 2025
Doris J. Waite, 95 of Tyrone, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025. She was born in Tyrone on January 31, 1930, a daughter of the late Edward R. and Edith K. (Wertz) Neil. On May 30, 1952, at First English Lutheran Church she married Donald J. Waite who preceded her in death on June 25, 2011. Surviving is...
John Burket Morrow
Aug 10, 2025
John Burket Morrow, 76, of Sinking Valley, passed away on Sunday, August 10, 2025.
Born in Altoona, John was raised in Sinking Valley by his parents, David Austin Morrow II and Mary Harnish (Burket) Morrow, as the youngest of five children. He was active in the Blair County 4-H program. While attending Tyrone Area High School, he...
Nathan Richard Burns, Jr. - "Dick"
Aug 9, 2025
Nathan Richard Burns, Jr. – "Dick", 83 of Tyrone, PA, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025.
He was born on October 22, 1941, in Altoona, PA. The eldest son of the late Nathan and Nellie (Hale) Burns.
On July 11, 1962, he married Margaret Jeanne (Taylor) Burns in Cumberland, MD. They had 3 children,...
Mary Jeanne Good Wagner
Aug 8, 2025
Mary Jeanne Good Wagner
November 29, 1940 - August 8, 2025
Mary Jeanne Good, 84, passed away peacefully on August 8, 2025, at Traditions of Hershey in Hershey, Pennsylvania, after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson's disease.
She was born on November 29, 1940, in Williamsburg, Pa., to Jeannette G. Good and...
Adeline I. Coady
Aug 4, 2025
Adeline I. Coady, 98 of Trade, TN and formerly of Tyrone, passed away on Monday, August 4, 2025. She was born in Tyrone on June 19, 1927, a daughter of the late Charles and Madeline (Fink) Dixon. Her husband Chandler G. Coady preceded her in death on April 25, 2015. She is survived by a daughter Sandra (Charles) Kullmann...
Josephine M. "Josie" Weston
Aug 2, 2025
Oct. 20, 1931 – Aug. 2, 2025
Josephine M. "Josie" Weston, 93, of Tyrone, passed away Saturday. She was born in Pemberton, daughter of the late Frank and Catherine (Steele) Seiner.
On Sept. 28, 1952, at Sinking Valley Presbyterian Church, she married Van "Skeet" Ray Weston who preceded her in death on Aug. 5, 2014....
Deborah "Debbie" Markel-Nearhoof
Aug 2, 2025
Deborah K. Markel Nearhoof, 72 of Tyrone, passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2025. She was born in Philipsburg on December 5, 1952, a daughter of the late William L. and Betty V. (Drake) Markel Sr. She is survived by two daughters: Heather Leah Mitchell and Elizabeth Ellen Evans; four grandchildren: Olivia R. (Eric) Laich, Vincent S. Mitchell, Drake...
