Susan Gardner DeFrain Shaffer, 85, of State College died on September 22, 2008, at 8:40 a.m. at Centre Crest Nursing Center in Bellefonte. She was born in Hustontown, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, on June 7, 1923. She is the daughter of the late Reverend Parker Gardner and Jennye Hershner Gardner both formerly of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania. On July 22,1943, she married...
Phyllis M. Lucas, 62, of Fort Myers, FL, formerly of State College, died Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center. Born on March 2, 1946 in Bellefonte, she was the daughter of the late Orlando and Mary Irwin. She was preceded in death by her husband, James H. Lucas on June 13, 1996. She was a...
Janet (Henninger) Conrad, age 69, of Pine Grove Mills, died, September 20, 2008, in Mount Nittany Medical Center. She was born July 4, 1939, in Bellefonte, a daughter of the late William H. and Carrie M. Franks Henninger. On September 12, 1959, she married George W. Conrad, who survives at home. In addition to her husband, she is survived by...
John "Jack" C. Miller, 84, of Pine Grove Road, State College, died Thursday, September 18, 2008, at Mt. Nittany Medical Center in State College. He was born August 24, 1924 in West Township, Huntingdon County, a son of the late Ray F. and Huldah Streightiff Miller. On April 24, 1946 he married Louise Lightner who survives at home. In addition...
Willis O. Schultz, 79, of Bellefonte, PA; died Thursday, September 18, 2008, at the Fairways at Brookline Village at State College, PA He was born October 15, 1928, in Library, PA, a son of the late Anthony Frank and Edna Simmons Schultz. January 16, 1960 he married Kathryn Mae Matter who preceded him in death on May 16, 2004. Willis...
Thomas Ray Holsinger, 63, of State College, died on Monday, September 15, 2008 at the Mount Nittany Medical Center in College Township. He was born May 9, 1945, in Bellefonte, a son of the late Ray J. and Doris J. (Burk) Holsinger. On June 15, 1990, he married Nancy L. (Corl) Holsinger, who survives at home. He had retired as...
Frances G. Rock Coppolino, 88, of Boalsburg, died Friday, September 12, 2008, at the Fairways of Brookline Nursing Care in State College. She was born November l, 1919, in Greensburg, PA, the daughter of the late Mike and Elizabeth Vranik Rock. On October 28, 1944 she married John B. Coppolino, who survives in Boalsburg. In addition to her husband she...
Jacob E. Lyons Jr., 56, of Centre Hall, died Thursday, September 11, 2008, as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Miles Township. He was born March 22, 1952, in Bellefonte, a son of Evelyn Grove Lyons of Bellefonte and the late Jacob E. Lyons Sr. On December 4, 1971, he married Karen M. Klinefelter Lyons who...
Marjorie (Clymer) Lukens, 90, of Foxdale Village, died September 4, 2008 after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husbands, William B. Lukens in 1995 and Melvin Kratz in 1947. Marjorie was born November 23, 1917, in Chalfont, PA. She was the daughter of the late Elmer E. and Laura (Weisel) Clymer. She graduated from Doylestown High...
Esther McCulloch Hawkinson, 88, of Valley View Retirement Center, Belleville, PA, formerly of State College, died Thursday, September 4, 2008, at Valley View Haven, Belleville. She was born September 19, 1919 in Donora, PA, a daughter of the late Alexander and Rebecca Weanie McCulloch. On March 15, 1952, she married Walter A. Hawkinson who preceded her in death November 30,...