TREMONT • Betty M. Blyler, 94, formerly of Hegins, died Dec. 15, at Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born May 26, 1924, in Klingerstown, a daughter of the late Harry and Daisy Stiely Wehry. She was a 1942 graduate of the former Hegins Twp. High School. She was...
KLINGERSTOWN • Carol Jean Brown, 64, died Dec. 16 at her residence. She was born Aug. 31, 1954, in Urban, a daughter of Betty Snyder of Urban and the late Clarence Snyder. She was a 1974 graduate of Line Mountain High School. She was a production worker at Sterman Masser...
HALIFAX • Mark John Schreiber, age 33, of Halifax, passed away unexpectedly Dec. 20, 2018, at his residence. He was born May 20, 1985, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was the son of Ernest and Gail Enders Schreiber, who survive him. Surviving in addition to his parents are two daughters, Hayley...
GEORGIA • Lamar T. Gehres, 73, formerly of Tremont, died Dec. 10. He was born March 29, 1945, in Donaldson, a son of the late Earl and Verna Shadle Gehres. He attended Tremont High School, later earning his GED. He was a brick layer/mason for many years. He entered in...
TOWER CITY • Carol M. “Nana” Gonder, 72, died Dec. 21 at UMPC Pinnacle, Harrisburg. She was born Nov. 3, 1946, in Sheridan, a daughter of the late Charles and Myrtle Kelly Bendigo. She was a retired seamstress from the garment industry. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly...
KLINGERSTOWN • Charles H. Masser, 82, died Dec. 16 at his residence. He was born June 5, 1936, in the Ashland Hospital, a son of the late Clarence and Maude Blyler Masser. He was a 1953 graduate of the Mahanoy Joint High School. He was a lifelong farmer and also...
HARRISBURG • Joseph (J.R.) Charles Ritzman, age 65, transitioned Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, at home with his family in Harrisburg, Pa. Joseph, born Feb. 25, 1953, to Rose Marie Baumgartner in Harrisburg, was raised by his adoptive parents, William H. and Elizabeth Theresa (Betty Dunlop) Ritzman in Chambers Hill. He...
LOYALTON • Fred Eugene Shaffer, 77, passed to heaven Dec. 17, 2018, due to complications stemming from an extended battle with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Fred was born in Elizabethville, March 16, 1941, the son of the late Margaret L. Johns and the late Vernon D. Shaffer. Fred was a...
HERNDON • John W. Carl, 88, died Nov. 7 at his residence. He was born Jan. 26, 1930, in Jackson Twp., a son of the late James Carl and Bertha Zeiders. He was a 1948 graduate of Lower Mahanoy Twp. School. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a retired carpenter...
GRATZ • Arlene R. Deibert, 81, died Nov. 23 at Hershey Medical Center, Hershey. She was born Feb. 14, 1937, in Gratz, a daughter of the late Margaret and Earl Engle. She was employed for 47 years at the Gratz Bank, Gratz. She was a member of Simeon United Lutheran...
