GRATZ • W. Blair Norris, 86, formerly of Thomasville, passed away Saturday, March 6 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, after battling leukemia. Born Nov. 29, 1934, he was the son of the late David E. and Mary (Haynes) Norris of Huntington. He was a 1955 graduate of West York ...
MILLERSBURG • Feb. 2, 2021, Robin, 58, passed from her earthly life to her heavenly home where there is no more pain or suffering. She was born Dec. 28, 1962, in Harrisburg Hospital, to the late Delmar Wiest and Shirley Maurer (Middaugh, Charlock). At 3 years of age, she was ...
SHAMOKIN • Karen L. Kemper, 59, of Shamokin, passed away March 6 at her home. She was born in Trenton, N.J., Feb. 3, 1962, a daughter of the late Carl and Pearl Sadonna Gray. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Kemper, Sr. ...
GRATZ • Thomas Frederick Hepler of Gratz, Pa., died Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at the age of 81 at home with his family around him. Born Sept. 4, 1939, he was a son of the late James Frederick Hepler and Mae Enders Hepler. Thomas “Tom” attended school in Millersburg through ...
Bartow, Fla. • Jay H. Miller Sr., formerly of Halifax, passed peacefully in Bartow Hospital in Florida Feb. 7, 2021. He and his wife moved to Florida full time in 2015. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Ardella Miller, four children, Jay Miller Jr., Brenda Strohecker ...
SARASOTA, Fla. • Carleton Norwood Rowe, loving husband, father of three, and stepfather of one, passed away Feb. 27, 2021, at the age of 92. Carl was born April 1, 1928, in Waynesville, Pa., to Cleon and Kathryn Mae (Jury) Rowe and grew up on a Halifax-area farm. He was ...
MILLERSBURG • Ray R. Matter, 84, of Lykens, died March 2, 2021, at his daughter’s home surrounded by his family. He was born July 23, 1936, in Millersburg, Pa., the son of the late John D. and Dorothy A. (Kissinger) Matter. Ray was married to Joyce (Kocher) Matter. He was ...
ELIZABETHVILLE • Winifred “Winnie” Arlene Schucker, age 90, of Broad Street, passed away Feb. 27, 2021, at her residence. Winnie was born Oct. 30, 1930, in Pillow, the daughter of Jacob Ralph and Amy Catherine (Schaffer/Shaffer) Hepner. She was raised by her maternal grandparents, Charles (Jack) and Mabel Schaffer following ...
MILLERSBURG • George Richard Shearer, age 79, passed away suddenly, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. He was born April 14, 1941, in Trenton, N.J., the son of the late George Shearer and late Josephine Crum (Chubb). He retired from Johnson-Baillie Shoe Manufacturing, Millersburg. He attended Hebron United Methodist Church and the ...
LYKENS • Mary Lou Schoffstall, 83, of Lykens, formerly of Wiconisco, passed away Friday, March 5, 2021, at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Lykens, Jan. 2, 1938, she was a daughter of the late Hyman and Ann Marie Piano Fetterhoff. Mary Lou was a retired seamstress from the former ...
