Charlotte Nelson
Mar 3, 2008
Charlotte E. Nelson, 74, of Clearfield, died on Monday, March 3, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. She was born on June 27, 1933 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late Merle 'Andy' and Hazel 'Essie' (Long) McKendrick. Mrs. Nelson was a homemaker and a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Clearfield. She is survived by her husband, Lewis H. Nelson, whom...
Nancy Garito
Mar 3, 2008
Nancy Caroline Olson Garito, 75, of Clearfield died on Monday, March 3, 2008 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. She was born on January 16, 1933 in Philipsburg, a daughter of the late John H. and Ruth E. (Gallagher) Olson, Jr. Mrs. Garito was a homemaker and was a Home Health Aide for 25 years. She is...
Blair Mccracken
Mar 1, 2008
Blair E. McCracken, 86, of Woodland died on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. He was born on October 26, 1921 in Lumber City, a son of the late David and Icie (Meckley) McCracken. Mr. McCracken retired from Lezzer Lumber Co. and prior to that had been employed by Brown Brothers Bulk Transport. He...
Timothy English
Feb 29, 2008
Timothy B. English, 43, of West Decatur died on Friday, February 29, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. He was born on June 3, 1964 in Clearfield, a son of Blair H. and Twila L. (Shirey) English of Woodland. Mr. English was employed by FDR Incorporated from 1996. Prior to that he was employed by the Best Western, Clearfield. He was a...
Terry Hertlein
Feb 27, 2008
Terry L. Hertlein, 56, of Clearfield died on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. He was born on December 11, 1951 in Clearfield, a son of the late Norman and Inez (Heichel) Hertlein. Mr. Hertlein held various sales positions for many years. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Clearfield and served with the U.S. Army Reserves....
Blaine Fletcher
Feb 26, 2008
Blaine G. Fletcher, 89, of Clearfield died on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. He was born on December 9, 1918 in Clearfield, a son of the late George C. and Edith (Conaway) Fletcher. Mr. Fletcher retired from Harbison-Walker Refractories after 37 years of service. He was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church, Clearfield. He was also a...
Betty Payton
Feb 26, 2008
Betty Marie G. Payton, 81 of Clearfield died on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. She was born on October 3, 1926 in Burgettown, a daughter of the late Wilmer H. and Anna Mae (Jones) Groce. Mrs. Payton was employed for 28 years at the Clearfield Hospital in the operating room. She also worked at WalMart since 1995. She...
Robert Sellers
Feb 24, 2008
Robert E. Sellers, 52, of Clearfield died on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at his residence. He was born on June 20, 1955 in Clearfield, a son of the late William and Frances L. (Wiggins) Sellers. Mr. Sellers was employed as a welder for Marathon Equipment Co. for many years. Prior to that he was employed at Penelec. He was a...
Lucille Gates
Feb 24, 2008
Lucille K. Gates, 88, of Curwensville died on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at Marion Manor II in Curwensville. She was born on August 4, 1919 in Philipsburg, a daughter of the late Cloyd J. and Sara D. (McMurray) Moss. Mrs. Gates was a homemaker and had previously been employed at the Clearfield Hospital as a switchboard operator and also at...
Gerald Swoope
Feb 24, 2008
Gerald J. "Smokey" Swoope, 62, of Woodland died on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at his residence. He was born on June 14, 1945 in Woodland, a son of the late Emory R. and Iva D. (Williams) Swoope, Jr. Most recently, Mr. Swoope owned and operated Swoope Auto Repair. Prior to that he was employed by Novey Recycling, Lawrence Township, Avery...
Gladys Springer
Feb 20, 2008
Gladys M. Springer, 78, of Masontown died on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at the home of her son in West Decatur. She was born on July 10, 1929 in Masontown, a daughter of the late Harvey and Alice (Darrell) Fike. Mrs. Springer retired in 1994 from the Borough of Masontown where she was employed as the secretary. Prior to her...
Virginia Wilkinson
Feb 19, 2008
Virginia M. Wilkinson, 87 of Curwensville died on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at Ridgeview Elder Care Rehabilitation Center in Curwensville. She was born on April 29, 1920 in South Fork, a daughter of the late Howard W. and Verna K. (Weimert) Miller. Mrs. Wilkinson was a homemaker and was protestant by faith. She is survived by seven children, Carol Eckley...
Margaret Schmoke
Feb 18, 2008
Margaret L. Schmoke, 84 of Frenchville died on Monday, February 18, 2008 at Tyrone Hospital. She was born on February 24, 1923 in Frenchville, a daughter of the late Clem and Ivy (Coudriet) Guenot. Ms. Schmoke worked in quality control for Perma-Grain in Karthaus for 10 years, retiring in 1993. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Frenchville...
Edward Harley
Feb 18, 2008
Edward H. Harley, 93, of Clearfield died on Monday, February 18, 2008 at his residence. He was born on April 12, 1914 in Curwensville, a son of the late Frank and Frances (Holden) Harley. In 1957, Mr. Harley opened his own business in Clearfield, the NAPA Auto Parts Store. He sold the store in 1967 to NAPA of Pittsburgh and...
James Luzier
Feb 1, 2008
James E. Luzier, 86 of Clearfield died on Friday, February 1, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. He was born on November 15, 1921 in Croft, a son of the late Kyle and Thelma (McGonigal) Luzier. Mr. Luzier was a school bus driver for R & A School Bus for nine years. Prior to that, he was employed in the strip mines...
Ward Bumgarner
Jan 28, 2008
Ward O. Bumgarner, 89 of Clearfield died on Monday, January 28, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. He was born on July 13, 1918 in Clearfield, a son of the late Edgar and Vada (Aughenbaugh) Bumgarner. He is survived by a sister, Barbara Johnston and husband Van of Clearfield, and several nieces, nephews, great nephews and one great niece. In addition to...
Phyllis Hertlein
Jan 26, 2008
Phyllis J. Hertlein, 80 of Clearfield died on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at Ridgeview Elder Care Rehabilitation Center, Curwensville. She was born on January 19, 1928 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late John and Ruth (Wilson) Kelley. Mrs. Hertlein was employed at the former Leitzinger Department Store in Clearfield as manager of the gift department. She also volunteered for...
Ruth Fowler
Jan 25, 2008
Ruth L. Fowler, 85 of Clearfield died on Friday, January 25, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. She was born on November 26, 1922 in Philipsburg, a daughter of the late Garth L. and Virginia (Henderson) Lindsay. Mrs. Fowler worked in the cafeteria for the Clearfield Area School District for 28 years. She was a member of the Winburne Presbyterian Church. She...
Gerald Bock
Jan 23, 2008
Gerald B. Bock, 83 of Clearfield died on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at Clearfield Hospital. He was born on September 12, 1924 in Wallaceton, a son of the late Bruce D. and Ethel (Hummel) Bock. Mr. Bock retired as postmaster from the Wallaceton Post Office after 20 years of service. He was a member of the Wallaceton United Methodist Church...
