Gale Roberta Mattern, age 66, of 1580 E Mountain Rd, Hegins, Pa., died Friday, December 31, 2004 at Good Samaritan Reg. Med. Cen., Pottsville, Pa. . She was born in Lykens, Pa. on August 16, 1938, a daughter of the late Herman Henry and Evelyn Helen (Conrad) Forney. She was a 1956 graduate of Tri-Valley High School. She was a member of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church Valley View, Pa. Surviving are her husband Wayne C Mattern to whom she was married for 46 years. Surviving in addition to her husband are two sons Karl W husband of Tracey Mattern, Valley View, Pa and Kevin B Mattern, Stationed in the Air Force in the Middle East; a daughter Denise L, wife of John G. Wolfgang, Hegins,Pa.; one grandson Blake C Wolfgang; three granddaughters Kaitlan M Mattern, Ashley R Mattern, and Kelly L Mattern; one brother Dale R Forney, Perkiomenville, Pa; and a sister Joanne K Schermerhorn, Ardsley, Pa Funeral services were held at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View, Pa at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, January 5th,2005, with Rev. George Reynolds officiating, Burial was made in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Valley View, Pa. Family requests donations to St. Andrew's U.M. Church Memorial Fund, Valley View PA 17983 or to the American Cancer Society. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, was in charge of arrangements.