Obituaries
Marie M. Artz
Nov 30, 2022
Marie M Artz, age 100, formerly of Valley View, passed away Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at Providence Place, Pine Grove. She was born on Sunday, May 7, 1922, in Klingerstown, a daughter the late of Daniel W Artz and the late Lola M (Davis) Artz. Marie was a seamstress in area garment factories, prior to her retirement. She was a...
Donna L. (Richards) Bloch
Nov 27, 2022
Donna L (Richards) Bloch, age 73, of Hegins, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2022 at her residence. She was born on Friday, September 30, 1949, in Pottsville, a daughter of the late Harold R Richard and the late Hazel W (Shade) Richard. She was a 1967 graduate of Tri-Valley High School. Donna had worked in area garment factories and then...
Karen E. Monaghan
Nov 26, 2022
Karen E Monaghan, age 72, of Pine Grove, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2022 at her residence. She was born on Wednesday, June 7, 1950, in Gordon, a daughter of the late Arlington O Shoemaker and the late Sylvia (Kramer) Shoemaker. She was a graduate of Tri-Valley High School. Karen retired as a CNA from the former Ashland Hospital. She...
Paul E. Geist
Nov 26, 2022
Paul E Geist, age 87, of Hegins, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2022 at UPMC West Shore Hospital, Mechanicsburg. He was born on Friday, June 21, 1935, in Hegins, a son of the late Guy A Geist and the late Beulah M (Weist) Geist. He was a 1953 graduate of the former Hegins Twp High School. He served in the...
Kenneth R. "Mick" Macduff
Nov 23, 2022
Kenneth R. "Mick" MacDuff, age 80, of Hegins, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital, Orwigsburg. He was born on Tuesday, October 27, 1942, in Pine Grove, a son of the late Matthew J MacDuff and the late Vesta I (Witmer) MacDuff. Mick was a 1961 graduate of Pine Grove High School. He served in the...
Matthew Dean Header
Nov 17, 2022
Matthew Dean Header, age 51, of Sunbury, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, November 17, 2022 at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. He was born on Friday, March 19, 1971, in Bellflower CA, a son of the late Ivan E Header and Cynthia L (Weasel) Header of Sunbury. Matthew was a great guy with a huge heart, he will be dearly missed.. Surviving...
Richard A Clark
Nov 16, 2022
Richard A Clark, age 81, of Valley View, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at Lehigh Valley Hospital - E Norwegian, Pottsville. He was born on Monday, December 16, 1940, in Hegins, a son of the late Allen R Clark and the late Verona V (Dietrich) Clark. He served in the US Army. Richard was a retired mechanic. He was...
Geraldine M Heim
Nov 15, 2022
Geraldine M Heim, 91, former longtime resident of Valley View, passed away on November 15, 2022 at Green Valley Nursing and Rehab in Pottsville. She was born on December 5,1930, in Pottsville, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Mary E. Herb Schultz. Geraldine was a graduate of the former Hegins Twp High School. She was a receptionist for...
Tabitha Lanning
Nov 6, 2022
Tabitha Lanning, age 81, of Hegins, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2022 at Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville. She was born on Thursday, September 18, 1941, in Wilkes Barre, a daughter of the late Robert J Powell and the late Charlotte E (Bonning) Powell. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, George Bidgood, and...
Pearl Schadel
Nov 5, 2022
Pearl E. Schadel, a resident of the Polk Personal Care Center, Millersburg died peacefully Saturday November 5, 2022. She was born July 5, 1925, in Valley View, the next to youngest and last surviving of 13 children of John and Agnes Troutman Blyler. She was a graduate of the former Hegins Township High School Class of 1943 and became a...
Ralph H. Wetzel
Nov 5, 2022
Ralph H. Wetzel, age 89, of Valley Road, Hegins, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2022 at his home in Hegins. He was born on Sunday, July 30, 1933, in Mount Carmel, PA, a son of the late William E and Lottie Hepler Wetzel. He served in the US Army as a medic from 1953-1955 and was stationed in Darmstadt, Germany....
Hiram T Green, Jr
Nov 2, 2022
Hiram Thomas Green, Jr. (81) of Barry Township quietly entered his eternal rest November 2, 2022. Born at home on December 3, 1940, was the son of the late Hiram T. and Florence Hoover Green. Tommy was a member of Christ's United Lutheran Church and was instrumental in building the new church on Airport Road, Ashland. He was a member...
Donald L Morgan
Nov 1, 2022
Donald Lee Morgan, 58, formerly of Valley View, passed away Tuesday, November 1, 2022. He was born March 21, 1964, in Pottsville, a son of the late Dennis Lee Morgan and Barbara Ann Herb Morgan. Donald was a 1983 graduate of Tri-Valley High School. He was a Heavy Equipment Operator at Schuylkill Energy Resources, Shenandoah. In addition to his parents,...
Sharrie L Crunk
Oct 28, 2022
Sharrie Lorraine Crunk, age 78, of Erie, passed away peacefully Friday morning on October 28th, 2022 at the home of her daughter in Palmyra, PA. She was surrounded by her loving family after facing a long battle with cancer. She is finally at peace and healed in the arms of our lord. Sharrie was born on Saturday, May 13th, 1944,...
Betty D. Klinger
Oct 28, 2022
Betty D Klinger, age 85, of Lebanon, formerly of Hegins, passed away Friday, October 28, 2022 at, Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey.. She was born on Saturday, January 9, 1937, in Hegins, a daughter of the late Frank Lucas and the late Grace (Shadle) Lucas. Betsy worked in Klinger's Grocery Store, Hegins, than worked for Social Security,...
Ernest L. Klinger
Oct 27, 2022
Ernest L Klinger, age 75, of Rough and Ready, passed away Thursday, October 27, 2022 at his residence. He was born on Thursday, June 26, 1947, in Rough And Ready, a son of the late Ralph R Klinger and the late Hilda S (Mattern) Klinger. He was a 1965 graduate of the former Mahanoy Joint High School. Ernie was a...
Joseph J. Reiner
Oct 17, 2022
Joseph J Reiner, age 71, formerly of Klingerstown, passed away Monday, October 17, 2022 at Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville. He was born on Monday, April 2, 1951, in Shamokin, a son of John Reiner and Joanne (Novonty) Reiner. He was a graduate of Immanuel Association Christian School, Dornsife . Joe enjoyed hunting, fishing, and flying model airplanes....
Lamar R. Herb
Oct 16, 2022
Lamar R. Herb, age 73, of Valley View, passed away on October 16, 2022. He peacefully completed his journey to heaven from his home. He was born April 25, 1949. Lamar was the son of the late Pearl and Russell Herb. He was a member of Pine Creek United Methodist church, Spring Glen, PA. He was preceded in death by...
Lyle F. Clark
Oct 16, 2022
Lyle F Clark, age 87, of Hegins, passed away Sunday, October 16, 2022 at the Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on Thursday, February 28, 1935, in Hegins Twp., a son of the late Allen Clark and the late Verona (Dietrich) Clark. He was a graduate of the former Hegins Twp High School and received his Municipal Police...
Edward H. Kimmel
Oct 14, 2022
Edward H Kimmel. age 79, of Hegins, passed away Friday, October 14, 2022 at Lehigh Valley Hospital- Cedar Crest, Allentown. He was born on Sunday, June 13, 1943, in Barry Township, a son of the late Harold Kimmel and the late Carrie (Shuey) Kimmel. He was a 1961 graduate of Tri-Valley High School and a graduate of Mansfield University and...



