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Percy D. Carl

Percy D. Carl

Dec 23, 2022

Percy D Carl, age 75, of Hegins, passed away Friday, December 23, 2022 at his residence. He was born on Monday, February 17, 1947, in Hegins, a son of the late Percy I Carl and the late Leoma (Deeter) Carl. He was a 1965 graduate of Tri-Valley High School. Percy served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He...

Freida E. Morgan

Freida E. Morgan

Dec 14, 2022

Freida E Morgan, age 98, of Pitman, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at her daughter's home in Hegins. She was born on Wednesday, November 12, 1924, in Pitman, a daughter of the late Harry H Willier and the late Emma (Heim) Willier. Freida was a 1942 graduate of the former Hegins Twp High School. Prior to her retirement, she...

Robert C. Wolfe

Robert C. Wolfe

Dec 14, 2022

Robert C Wolfe, age 80, of Spring Glen, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He was born on Sunday, September 6, 1942, in Hamberg, a son of the late Charles H Wolfe and the late Pearl K (Harner) Wolfe. Robert retired from R W Sauder, Lititz. He was a member of Pine Creek United Methodist...

Bruce D. Schwalm

Bruce D. Schwalm

Dec 11, 2022

Bruce D. Schwalm, 89, of Leola, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2022, at Hospice and Community Care in Mount Joy, PA. He graduated from Hegins Township High School, Hegins, PA, and served as Treasurer of his class. He graduated as Salutatorian with a BS in Agricultural Engineering from Penn State University in 1955. Upon graduation, Bruce worked at Sperry...

Ruth R. Wedde

Ruth R. Wedde

Dec 2, 2022

Ruth R Wedde, age 84, of Valley View, passed away Friday, December 2, 2022 at Lehigh Valley Hospital - E Norwegian, Pottsville. She was born on Friday, January 14, 1938, in Spring Glen, a daughter of the late Ralph Kessler and the late Elda (Hoover) Kessler. She was a graduate of the former Hubley Twp High School. Ruth was a...

Marie M. Artz

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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