COAL TWP. • Betty J. Maurer, 95, formerly of Hegins, died Jan. 23 at Mountain View Nursing and Rehab Center, Coal Twp. She was born July 19, 1924, in Valley View, a daughter of the late Vernon and Annie Henry Romberger. She was a 1942 graduate of the former Hegins Twp. High School and attended what is today Central Penn Business School, Summerdale. She served as a secretary and receptionist for the former Spread Eagle Farms, Klingerstown, and then Hegins Manufacturing Co. and was a volunteer driver for the Schuylkill County Transportation Organization for more than 10 years. For more than 40 years, she served as church organist and director of the senior choir at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Hegins. She also directed the children’s choir for many years; sang in the Ladies Trio for more than 20 years; and for 25 years arranged and served as master of ceremony for the annual Community Christmas Program. She was preceded in death by her sister, Erma Gable, and her brother, Robert Romberger. She is survived by her husband of 75 years, Ted Maurer; three sons: Terry Maurer of Cornwall; Tom Maurer of Harrisburg and Vernon “Skip” Maurer of Hegins; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Hegins. Visitation will precede the service at 10 a.m. Contributions may be made to St. John’s UM Church, 601 E. Main St., Hegins, PA 17938 or Geisinger Hospice, 410 Glenn Ave., Bloomsburg, PA 17815. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, is in charge of arrangements. To sign the online guest book, visit buffingtonreed.com
