Dennis Smeltz (third from left) is surrounded by family members (from left): daughter, Ashley Welker; wife, Patricia Smeltz; grandson, Cale Welker; grandson, Brock Welker; and son-in-law, Steve Welker. (Submitted photo) Compiled By Duane Good The first meeting Dennis Smeltz attended as a Pillow Borough councilman was two years into Richard...
TOWER CITY • Alma Mae Burger, 94, of Tower City, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, at UPMC-Pinnacle, Harrisburg. Born Aug. 10, 1926, in Gratz, she was a daughter of the late Gurney and Jennie Fetterhoff Williard. Alma was a retired seamstress from the former Bobbi Rogers Garment Factory. She...
MUIR • Bruce E. VanOrder, 72, of Muir, died suddenly Saturday, Dec. 19 at his home. Born in Wellsboro, Aug. 21, 1948, he was a son of Mary Kogular VanOrder and the late Kenneth VanOrder. Bruce was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a retired mechanic for...
MILLERSBURG • Kenneth E. White, 99, of Millersburg, formally of Dalmatia, died Dec. 17 at the UPMC Harrisburg. He was born in Dalmatia Sept. 29, 1921, a son of the late Bernice and Edward White. He was an Army veteran, serving during World War II. He was retired from Mid...
ELIZABETHVILLE • Allen E. Miller Jr., age 74, of Church St., passed away at home Dec. 17 with his loving wife by his side. He was born Sept. 5, 1946, in Elizabethville, son of the late Allen Miller, Sr. and Helen (Morgan) Miller. He is survived by his wife of...
DALMATIA • Shirley S. Hooper, age 90, passed away Dec. 18, 2020, at the Harrisburg Hospital. She was born April 27, 1930, in Dalmatia, daughter of the late William and Beulah (Bahner) Adams. She was the widow of William R. Hooper. She was a retired seamstress and had worked for...
MILLERSBURG • Dharlys D. Troutman, 80, of Millersburg, passed away Dec. 17, 2020, at home and surrounded by her family after a brief but valiant battle with leukemia. Dharlys was born March 27, 1940, in Upper Paxton Twp. and was the daughter of the late Arthur and Ruth (Cooper) Koppenhaver....
NEW CUMBERLAND • Ellen Arlene Williard Johnston, 90, of New Cumberland, Pa., entered her Heavenly Eternal home Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, under the care of Hospice of Central PA. She was born June 4, 1930, in Lykens to the late Roy Williard and Eva (Klinger) Schadle Paul. She was the...
MILLERSBURG • Ruth G. Riegle, 91, of Millersburg, passed away Dec. 17, 2020, at Stonebridge Nursing Home, Duncannon. She was born in Millersburg Feb. 1, 1929, the daughter of the late Harry and Amy (Bonawitz) Goodling. She was preceded in death by a brother Dr. Richard A. Goodling, and was...
