Obituaries

Jul 22, 2016

Grace N. Holmes, age 96, of Port Matilda died Friday, July 22, 2016 at Colonial Courtyard. She was born September 15, 1919 in Tyrone, the daughter of George G. and Maude Brown Naylor and on March 11, 1944 she was married to Amos G. Holmes who died May 22, 1999. She is survived by 4 children – David G....

Jul 19, 2016

Wilda F. Pierce, age 86, of Port Matilda died Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College. She was born October 10, 1929, the daughter of Gordon R. and Margaret Clewell Walk. On August 29, 1953 at the Port Matilda Methodist Church she was married to Donald E. Pierce who preceded her in death August 12,...

Jul 19, 2016

Wilda F. Pierce, age 86, of Port Matilda died Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College. She was born October 10, 1929, the daughter of Gordon R. and Margaret Clewell Walk. On August 29, 1953 at the Port Matilda Methodist Church she was married to Donald E. Pierce who preceded her in death August 12,...

Jul 19, 2016

Rosa Dora Gurekovich, 86, of Tyrone her spirit passed from this life to her new life with the Lord on Tuesday July 19, 2016 at Wynwood House, Boalsburg. She had been in declining health for the past year.

She was born November 12, 1929 in Tyrone a daughter of Salvatore and Margaret (Johnson) Cannistraci. On June 11,...

Jul 9, 2016

Martha Louise Gingery Calderwood, age 99, died Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Epworth Manor, Tyrone. She was born October 4, 1916 in Martha Furnace, PA, the daughter of David and Cecelia Gingery. On December 28, 1940 in Altoona she was married to Leonard F. Calderwood who preceded her in death July 9, 1988. Surviving are four daughters – Peggy...

Jul 9, 2016

Martha Louise Gingery Calderwood, age 99, died Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Epworth Manor, Tyrone. She was born October 4, 1916 in Martha Furnace, PA, the daughter of David and Cecelia Gingery. On December 28, 1940 in Altoona she was married to Leonard F. Calderwood who preceded her in death July 9, 1988. Surviving are four daughters – Peggy...

Jul 3, 2016

Jun 25, 2016

Juanita Baim Crawford, age 75, of Newark, DE died Saturday, June 25, 2016 after her struggle with metastatic cancer which was undiagnosed until 12 weeks ago.

Juanita was born May 28, 1941 to Reverend Frank and Lucy Baim . She graduated from Lock Haven High School and Indiana University of PA, majoring in music and earning a...

Jun 25, 2016

Juanita Baim Crawford, age 75, of Newark, DE died Saturday, June 25, 2016 after her struggle with metastatic cancer which was undiagnosed until 12 weeks ago.

Juanita was born May 28, 1941 to Reverend Frank and Lucy Baim . She graduated from Lock Haven High School and Indiana University of PA, majoring in music and earning a...

Jun 21, 2016

Martha E. "Marty" Rhoades, 91, of Tyrone died Tuesday June 21, 2016 at her home.

She was born November 12, 1924 in Tyrone, a daughter of Frank and Annie (Trimer) Schneider. On July 11, 1948 at St. Matthew Catholic Church, Tyrone she married J. Edward Rhoades Jr. He died December 26, 1980.

Surviving are three...

Jun 19, 2016

The remarkable life of Maryann Leeper Merryman (known to her close comrades as "Butch") came to a quiet close at Epworth Manor at 6:56 PM on Sunday, 19 June 2016. Maryann was born at 1010 Cameron Avenue in Tyrone on 28 December 1925, the younger daughter of Samuel and Florene (Stewart) Leeper, natives of Petersburg and Broad Top City....

Jun 19, 2016

Francis X. Hagg, 96, of Tyrone died Sunday June 19, 2016 at his home.

He was born December 3, 1919 in Tyrone, a son of Ralph and Emma (Schoch) Hagg. On June 27, 1953 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bellwood he married Martha M. Dambeck.

Surviving are his wife a daughter Ann Langenbacher and husband...

Jun 16, 2016

Earl C. Fern, age 88, of Tyrone died Thursday, June 16, 2016 . He was born October 16, 1927 in Phillipsburg, the son of Harold and Edna Ingram Fern. On September 5, 1952 at Winchester, VA he was married to Jane Lucas who preceded him in death August 11, 2001. He is survived by two daughters, Susan (Mark) Rhoades...

Jun 15, 2016

Janet L. Woomer, 79, of Tyrone died Wednesday June 15, 2016 at Epworth Manor Personal Care.

She was born November 22, 1936 in Loveville, a daughter of Elwood Jacob and Winifred Marie (Gross) Reese. She was formerly married to Richard Woomer Sr. who survives in Tyrone.

Also surviving are a son Richard Woomer Jr. and...

Jun 8, 2016

Allen C. James, age 59, of Tyrone died Wednesday, June 8, 2016. He was born August 8, 1956 in Tyrone, the son of Myrti Louise Fink. He is survived by 5 sisters, Glenna, Bonnie, Jean, Margie and Jane, and 2 brothers Clarence "Bud" (Janice) James, Tyrone, and James Harbaugh , Portland, ME, a son Robert Williams and companion Kim....

May 28, 2016

Arthur C. Beckwith, age 94, of Tyrone died Saturday, May 28, 2016 at UPMC Altoona. He was born November 29, 1921 in Taylor Township, the son of Cimious A. and Sarah Elizabeth Hardy Beckwith. On December 31, 1949 in Tyrone he was married to Frances M. Kolessy who survives. Also surviving is a son, Alan Beckwith of California and...

May 28, 2016

Arthur C. Beckwith, age 94, of Tyrone died Saturday, May 28, 2016 at UPMC Altoona. He was born November 29, 1921 in Taylor Township, the son of Cimious A. and Sarah Elizabeth Hardy Beckwith. On December 31, 1949 in Tyrone he was married to Frances M. Kolessy who survives. Also surviving is a son, Alan Beckwith of California and...

May 24, 2016

Bertha Mae Reed, 95, a resident of Polk Center, Polk, Pa. since 1936 went to be with the Lord on Tuesday May 24, 2016 at the Center following complications of Pneumonia.

She was born April 5, 1921, a daughter of Walter Adams and Estella Larue (Piper) Reed.

Surviving are a sister Roberta Jane Reed Klimas...

May 21, 2016

May 14, 2016

Sally J. Brenneman, 72, of Warriors Mark died Saturday May 14, 2016 at UPMC Altoona.

She was born July 13, 1943 in Tyrone a daughter of Darius and Dorothy (Adams) Ross.

Surviving are a daughter Molly Sturniolo and husband Jeff of Warriors Mark, 2 two grandchildren, Tyler R. and Morgan E. Thompson of Pittsburgh, two...