VALLEY VIEW • Barbara J. Kissinger, 82, died Jan. 3 at Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Feb. 20, 1937, in Valley View, a daughter of the late Ivan and Thelma Morgan Koppenhaver. She was a 1955 graduate of the former Hubley Twp. High School. She worked at the Tri-Valley High School cafeteria and last worked at Bixler’s Country Meats, Valley View. She was a member of Pine Creek United Methodist Church, Spring Glen; where she was a member of the United Methodist Women. She also sang with the Pine Creek Circuit Riders. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald Kissinger; a grandson; and a stepgrandson. She is survived by two sons, Rick Kissinger of Hegins and Craig Kissinger Mt. Carmel; a daughter, Lori Blyler of Valley View; three grandsons; three stepgrandchildren; three great-granddaughters; and a brother, Lenwood Koppenhaver of Pottstown. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 11 a.m. at Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View. Visitation will be held from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Mark’s Cemetery, Spring Glen. Contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. To sign the online guest book, visit buffingtonreed.com
