OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries for Beardsley Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.
Thomas Gladfelter
Mar 2, 2021
Thomas D. Gladfelter, 64, of Hyde died on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at his home. He was born on November 27, 1956 in Clearfield, a son of the late Chester and Anna (Withey) Gladfelter. Tom was a local contractor and worked with various contractors throughout the years. He was very social and enjoyed talking to people. He knew everyone and...
Odessa Vitarelli
Mar 1, 2021
Odessa I. Vitarelli, 82, of Clearfield died on Monday, March 1, 2021 at the Penn Highlands DuBois. She was born on July 13, 1938 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late Harold Boalich and Marie (Brickley) Boyer. Odessa worked for the former Target Sportswear in Fletcherville for many years. In her retirement she enjoyed Monday morning bowling, and spending time...
Nancy Hutton
Feb 24, 2021
Nancy P. Hutton, 85, of Mahaffey, died on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at Edinboro Manor, Edinboro, PA. She was born on June 29, 1935 in Wilkinsburg, a daughter of the late S. Merle and Helen (Bergman) Potts. She received her B.S. in Education from the Indiana State Teaching College and her Master's degree from Indiana State College. Mrs. Hutton was...
James Walushka
Feb 22, 2021
James R. 'Jimmy Woo' Walushka, 75, of Clearfield died on Monday, February 22, 2021 at Penn Highlands DuBois. He was born on November 2, 1945 in Clearfield, a son of the late George and Mary (Sheposh) Walushka. Mr. Walushka was a self-employed painter. He enjoyed watching baseball, football and NASCAR and loved Penn State sports. He was a member of...
Catherine Hess
Feb 22, 2021
Catherine M. Hess, 94, of Clearfield passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021 at her home. She was born on December 13, 1926 in Curwensville, a daughter of the late Stephen John and Teresa Helen (Cyprich) Padisak. Mrs. Hess was a graduate of Curwensville High School, class of 1945. She had been employed at Eastern Molded and Piper Aircraft, Quehanna....
Ruth Jordan
Feb 19, 2021
Ruth J. Jordan, 84, of Woodland passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, February 19, 2021 at her home. She was born on June 2, 1936 in Dale, a daughter of the late Dean and Frances (Houser) English. Mrs. Jordan started out working at Kurtz Brothers Factory, and later became an owner at Jordan's Gas and Grocery and...
Judith Schell
Feb 16, 2021
Judith S. Schell, 80, of Clearfield died on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at UPMC-Mercy, Pittsburgh. She was born on August 13, 1940 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late Claude and M. Inez (Livergood) Schickling. Judy received her RN certification in 1961 from the Jameson Memorial Hospital School of Nursing and later obtained her Bachelor's degree in Nursing from Regent's...
Joseph Sposito
Feb 15, 2021
Joseph James 'Joespo' Sposito Jr., 70, of Curwensville died on Monday, February 15, 2021 at his home. He was born on August 4, 1950 in Spangler Pa, a son of the late Joseph and Janet (DiBratto) Sposito. Joe graduated from Curwensville in 1968. He started out working as a surveyor with his father. One of his greatest accomplishments was making...
Trina Shirey
Feb 12, 2021
Trina Mae Shirey, 62, of Woodland let go of the hands of her loving family surrounding her and took the hands of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Born Feb. 28, 1958 in Tacoma, Wash., she was the daughter of the late James Blair and Edna Doreen (Rodgers) Wisor. She was a graduate of the...
Chauncey Harmic
Feb 10, 2021
Chauncey D. 'David' Harmic, 96, of Grampian, died on Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at Penn Highlands Clearfield. He was born on July 26, 1924 in Grampian, a son of the late Chauncey and Lena (Spencer) Harmic. Mr. Harmic was employed by PennDOT for twenty years before retiring in 1984. Prior to that, he was employed by the former Matthews Coal...
Kenneth Duckett
Feb 6, 2021
Kenneth D. Duckett Jr., 35, of Clearfield passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Penn Highlands DuBois. He was born on December 31, 1985 in Clearfield, a son of Kenneth D. Sr. and Sibbie (Smeal) Duckett of Clearfield. Kenny graduated from Clearfield Area High School where he participated in varsity wrestling. After graduation, he had been employed at the...
Ramus Derbeque
Feb 6, 2021
Ramus E. Derbeque, 71, of Olanta died on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He was born on January 7, 1950 in Clearfield, a son of the late Raymond and Theona (Welch) Derbeque. Ramus was a truck driver and heavy equipment operator, most recently for Russell Paving of Curwensville. He was also a mechanic and race...
Lloyd Dahlem
Feb 4, 2021
Lloyd L. Dahlem, 73, of Clearfield, passed peacefully on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, with his two sons, sister and lifelong partner by his side. He was born on December 27, 1947 in Pittsburgh, a son of the late Leonard and Anna Marie (Brown) Dahlem. Lloyd was a lifelong entrepreneur and the founder of Equipment Locators in...
Elias Mencer
Feb 2, 2021
Elias Christopher Mencer was born directly into the hands of God on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at Penn Highlands Clearfield. He was the son of the Daniel Lee and Alesia Nicole (Bressler) Mencer of Clearfield. A memorial service will be held at the Beardsley Funeral Home and Crematory, Clearfield on Wednesday at 6 PM with Pastor Clint Goss officiating. Beardsley...
Frances Clark
Feb 2, 2021
Frances A. Clark (nee Medzie), age 81, of Hyde, PA passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 in her home surrounded by family. She was born July 1, 1939 in Morrisdale, PA to the late Michael and Anna Medzie. She graduated from Morris Township High School in 1957. Frances married the love of her life, George D. Clark, on June...
Robert Vokes
Jan 28, 2021
A private service will be held at the convenience of the family of Robert D. Vokes Sr. who passed away January 28th, 2021 peacefully at home. Born August 6th, 1935 in Clearfield, he was the son of George and Sara (Schrot) Vokes. Bob was a teacher, having first taught 6th grade at Leonard Grade Elementary School for 5 years. He...
Grace Gabel
Jan 26, 2021
Grace C. Gabel, 93, of Clearfield died on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at her son's home in Woodland. She was born on September 17, 1927 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late Hiram and Esther (Tobias) Cole. Mrs. Gabel retired from Berg Electronics. Previously, she had been employed as an operator for Bell Telephone Company. She loved to work in...
Janet Haines
Jan 25, 2021
Janet L. Haines, 74, of Woodland died on Monday, January 25, 2021 at her home. She was born on October 28, 1946 in Huntingdon, a daughter of Marjorie (Graffius) Miller of Clearfield and the late Robert W. Miller. Mrs. Haines retired from WalMart after 17 years of employment. She had previously been employed at Clearfield Hospital and Mountain Laurel Nursing...
Kyle Dixon
Jan 20, 2021
Kyle C. Dixon, 27, of Lanse and formerly of DuBois, died on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville after a lengthy, hard-fought, battle with COVID-19. He was born on September 24, 1993 in Clearfield, a son of Al Dixon of Lanse and Cindy (Rimel) Catalano of Pittsburgh. Kyle graduated from DuBois Area High School in 2012 where...
Ronald Bodle
Jan 19, 2021
Ronald R. Bodle, 85, and the current 2020 Flamingo Open Champion, of Clearfield, died on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at UPMC Altoona of COVID. He was born on October 26, 1935 in Philipsburg, a son of the late Norman Ralph and Grace S. (Wisor) Bodle. Ron graduated from Philipsburg High School and had many jobs and careers over the years....
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