All Obituaries

Mr. Allen K. Powell, 77, of Williamsport, died on January 22, 2019. He and his wife, Linda L. (Corter) Powell, observed their 53rd anniversary on August 14th, 2018. Born October 7, 1941 in Williamsport, he was a son of the late James W., Jr. and Rachel E. (Miller) Powell. Al was a graduate of Williamsport High School. He began a 44 year career in the mail room with the former Grit Publishing Company, now Webb Communications retiring in 2006.  Mr. Powell had been an avid bowler for 25...

Timothy J. Fedroff, 83, of Jersey Shore died peacefully Friday, January 18, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Surviving is his loving wife of 59 years Lucille C. (Lupole) Fedroff whom he married on April 25, 1959. Born December 25, 1935 in Danville, he was a son of the late Stephen and Mary Ann (Barrett) Fedroff. Tim proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War. After his time spent in the service he returned home and was employed by Trimtex Co, Inc. for 47 years...

Scott A. Hope, 66, of Williamsport, died Thursday, January 17, 2019 at UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport. Surviving is his loving wife of 46 years, Linda M. (Rush) Hope. Born April 2, 1952,  in Williamsport, he was a son of the late William D., Sr. and Jeannette L. (Ettwein) Hope. Scott was a 1970 graduate of Williamsport High School and graduated from Williamsport Area Community College with a degree in architecture.  He started his employment in 1972 at Grumman (Kidron) and retired...

Patricia A. “Pat” Bracey, 71, of Montoursville, passed away Monday, January 14, 2019 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband of 29 years, Thomas H. Bracey. Born February 22, 1947, in Treverton , she was a daughter of the late John W. and Velma E. (Didium) Crawford, Sr. Pat retired from Pennsylvania College of Technology after more than 20 years in housekeeping. She collected owls and Elvis memorabilia. Pat enjoyed playing cards and loved watching the deer and...

Linda K Brown, 62, of Williamsport, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Gatehouse. Born June 11, 1956 in Bellefonte, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth E. Brown and Kay B. Houtz. Linda was a seamstress and an auxiliary member of the American Legion Post 1 and the VFW Post 7863. In keeping with her wishes, there will be no services.

Lois N. Larson, 87, of Williamsport, passed away with her son by her side on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at Valley View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Lois was preceded in death by her loving husband of 62 years, Willard M. Larson, on December 1, 2010. Born March 18, 1931 in Williamsport, she was a daughter of the late Lewis and Lillian (Howard) Dunlap. Lois was a member of Williamsport Assembly of God Church. She retired from Divine Providence and Williamsport Hospitals as part of the...

Mark S. Roupp, 55, of Williamsport, passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at his home. Surviving is his loving wife Maureen R. (English) Roupp. Born January 7, 1964 in Williamsport, he was a son of Gary A. and Nancy R. (Shaffer) Roupp. Mark was a graduate of Williamsport High School and proudly served in the United States Marine Corp. for four years. After an honorable discharge he was employed by Stone Container for 20 years, First Quality and most recently was employed with...

The Rev. Harold E. Miller, 87, of Larryville, went to be with the Lord, on Sunday, January 6, 2019. Born March 26, 1931 in Williamsport, he was a son of Ralph S. and Julia M. (Cline) Miller and his foster parents were Watson and Martha (Mahaffey) Waltz. Harold married Patricia Ann Ryder on May 19, 1956 at the Newberry United Methodist Church. They were married 52 years before her passing on January 17, 2009. Harold graduated from Jersey Shore High School in 1950. Upon graduation he...

Edna C. Martz, 100, of Williamsport passed away peacefully Saturday, January 5, 2019 at the Williamsport Home. Edna was proud to have been the oldest living alumnus of the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing at the time of her passing. Born December 29, 1918, in Williamsport, she was the daughter of the late Joshua S. and Catherine (Derr) Martz. Edna was a 1936 graduate of Williamsport High School and enrolled in nursing training at the Williamsport Hospital in 1939. She later earned...

Kenneth E. Goldy, 98, of Duboistown died Saturday, January 5, 2019 at his home in Brooksville, Fla.   Born May 25, 1920 in Binghamton, NY he was a son of the late Clyde K. and Mildred I. Jamison Goldy.   Kenneth was a graduate of Williamsport High School.  He served in the Army Air Corp in the European Theater during World War II. Kenneth was a life member of VFW Post 844 and American Legion Post 617 where he served as past Post Commander. He was also a member of the Loyal...

Russell G. Klopp, 76, of Cogan Station, died unexpectedly Saturday, January 5, 2019, at home. Born May 11, 1942, in Williamsport, he was a son of the late Glen R. and Lois (Getgen) Klopp. A 1960 graduate of Williamsport High School, Russell served his country proudly in the U.S. Navy and later retired from Textron Lycoming Quality Control after 40 years of service. Russell enjoyed hunting and fishing. He adored his family and loved his children, grandchildren and dog, Poochie, all...

Tanya Lee Beck, 58, of Williamsport died Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Lehigh Valley Hospital surrounded by her family. Tanya was born October 11, 1960 in Williamsport. She was a 1978 graduate of Montoursville High School. Tanya was the loving wife of Donald Beck and together they celebrated 26 years of marriage. She loved helping others while working in the healthcare field for years. Tanya enjoyed arts and crafts, the outdoors, but one of her greatest loves was the New York Yankees. In...

On January 3, 2019 the world lost a truly extraordinary man. Terry L. Dawes was a kind and compassionate husband, father, grandfather, brother, son and uncle. He was born on July 2, 1942 to Dean E. and Edyth E. (Moyer) Dawes in Williamsport. He spent his youth in Trout Run Pa. Terry loved the simple things in life. He loved his garden, his roses, hummingbirds and fishing. He retired from Textron Lycoming Engines (formerly AVCO) after 42 years of dedicated service in the Engineering...

Elizabeth "Betty" June Kurtz, 81, of Williamsport, died peacefully Thursday, January 03, 2019 at the Williamsport Home. Born April 11, 1937 in Lock Haven, Clinton County, PA, she was a daughter of John B. and Philomena (Marino) Severino. She was preceded in death by her husband Stanley R. Kurtz on May 31, 2011. Betty graduated from the Renovo Catholic School. Throughout her life, she was employed at Bell Telephone and Tetley Tea in the Williamsport area. She retired in June...

Margaret B. Altemose, 88, of Williamsport, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at the Williamsport Home. Surviving is her loving husband of 67 years, Arthur L. Altemose Jr. Born September 10, 1930, in Williamsport, she was a daughter of the late William K. Blair and Margaret K. (Christie) Blair. Margaret was a 1948 graduate of Williamsport High School where she was part of the band and played the clarinet. She retired from Northern Central Bank after more than 20 years of service at...

Mildred Jean Hostrander passed away peacefully to be with her Lord on January 2, 2019, after a short illness. She was born on October 12, 1926, the youngest child of Dreese Lester Moyer and Stella Mae Rhoads Moyer. Friends and acquaintances knew her as either Millie or Jean. She was a fantastic cook, baker and seamstress, sewing many of her children’s clothes. She worked at Sylvania and later at Shop Vac. In her later years she enjoyed traveling, adult coloring, word puzzles, and...

Frederick L. "Freddy" Michael Jr., 66, of Williamsport, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, at home. Born June 20, 1952, in Williamsport, he was a son of the late Frederick L. Michael Sr. and Lorraine A. (Keller) Michael, of Williamsport. Freddy worked in the maintenance department at TrimTex for over 20 years. He was a Penn State and Dallas Cowboy Football fan and enjoyed playing cards. Surviving in addition to his mother are five siblings, Rickey A. Michael,...

Richard T. Bell, 97, of Williamsport, died peacefully, Monday, December 31, 2018 at Rose View Center.  He was preceded in death by his wife Gloria D. (Morrell) Bell on March 25, 2001 after 53 years of marriage. Born March 6, 1921 in Williamsport, he was a son of Melvin and Margaret (Noon) Bell. Dick was a 1939 graduate of Williamsport High School. He was a lifelong democrat who had no problem calling a spade a spade. When WWII broke out Dick was a journeyman machinist tool and dye...

April M. Hart, 50, of South Williamsport died unexpectedly Monday December 31, 2018, at her home. Born August 16, 1968 in Williamsport, she was a daughter of June Reeder and Michael Keller. April was a graduate of Williamsport High School and received her associate’s degree from Pennsylvania College of Technology. She was employed by Pennsylvania College of Technology in the Madigan Library for the last 15 years. She enjoyed camping, kayaking, being outdoors, but most of all taking...

Olga B. 'Jo' Vogt, 100, of Lewisburg, formerly of Williamsport, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, at Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg.   Born Nov. 18, 1918, she was the daughter to the late Nicholas and Julia Barbara Knapik.  Jo was a 1936 graduate of Williamsport High School. She then married her loving husband, Daniel G. Vogt, and spent 68 years with him until his passing on August 3, 2009. Jo was a member of Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church, Lewisburg....