Month: August 2020

TOWER CITY • Clarence L. “Wacker” Herman, 83, of Tower City, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 18 at the Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Sheridan, July 9, 1937, he was a son of the late Harry and Sadie Rowe Herman. Clarence was a 1955 graduate of Porter Twp. High ...

Flora M. Clark DALMATIA • Flora M. Clark, 94, of Dalmatia, Pa., passed away Aug. 16, 2019, at the Emmanual Home in Northumberland, Pa. She was born May 10, 1924, in Dalmatia, Pa., the daughter of the late Cloyd and Florence (Garman) Fenstermacher. She was the wife of the late ...

NEWS BULLETIN PIAA to allow fall sports competition. At an afternoon meeting Aug. 21, the PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) Board of Directors voted 25-5 to permit the 2020 fall interscholastic sports season to proceed. Formal practices may begin Monday, Aug. 24. Formal contests for all sports except golf may ...

This week’s Sentinel is now on sale at all regular retail outlets through Monday, August 25. Among the highlights: • ERIC R. ERDMAN 1999-2020 Facing his own mortality, he chose to speak for others • Ferry’s 3rd century |B1

Text by Duane Good Photo •Collage by Mandi Trawitz Even as he faced certain death, Eric Richard Erdman always had a lot of living to do. Told last August that he had at most six months left, the Millersburg resident continued holding regular Facebook chats on Fridays as his health ...

Eric Richard Erdman MILLERSBURG • Eric Richard Erdman, 20, of Millersburg, died Aug. 13, 2020, at home surrounded by his family. He was born Nov. 28, 1999, in Harrisburg, Pa., the brother of Tylor Michael Erdman, twin brother of Kyle Ryan Erdman, and son of Rita Catherine Ruch and Michael ...

Anna Mae Krakowski MILLERSBURG - Anna Mae Krakowski, 75, of Millersburg died Aug. 8, 2020, in North Carolina. She was born April 19, 1945, in Sunbury, Pa., the daughter of the late Frank B. Krakowski and Jean D. (Zimmerman) Krakowski. Anna Mae was married to the late Alexander Edward Krakowski ...

Dorothy M. Schwenk LYKENS • Dorothy M. Schwenk of Lykens, Pa. passed away Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, at home surrounded by her family. Dorothy was born July 7, 1937, at Williamstown, Pa., to the late Mervin E. and Margaret F. Shoemaker Morris. She was a graduate of the former Lykens ...

Michelle L. Lahr HERNDON • Michelle L. Lahr, 30, of Herndon, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. She was born April 5, 1990, in Sunbury, a daughter of Rick L. and Carol D. (Trautman) Lahr of Herndon. Michelle was a 2008 graduate of Line Mountain ...

Violet Tschopp LYKENS • Violet Tschopp of Lykens, formerly of Millersburg, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, at the Homeland Center, Harrisburg, Pa. Violet was born Dec. 16, 1934, at Ashland, Pa., to the late Roy and Mary Kahler Header. She was owner of Vi’s Beauty Shop in Millersburg and ...