OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries for Beardsley Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.
Alta Zipf
Jun 6, 2015
Alta N. Zipf, 97, of Clearfield died on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. She was born on March 21, 1918 in Lawrence Township, a daughter of the late William L. and Mertie J. (McCracken) Nelson. Mrs. Zipf was a homemaker and a member of the former Order of the Eastern Star Chapter...
Robert Kester
Jun 5, 2015
Robert L. ''Bob'' Kester, 90, of Curwensville died on Friday, June 5, 2015 at the Penn Highlands Clearfield. He was born on September 7, 1924 in Curwensville, a son of the late J. Ernest and J. Pearl (Middleton) Kester. Mr. Kester served with the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a navigator in the South Pacific....
Josephine Galio
May 31, 2015
Josephine A. Galio, 91, of Clearfield passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on November 27, 1923 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late James and Sarafina (Unch) Valenza. Mrs. Galio retired from McGregors Sportswear after being employed there for nearly 40 years. She was a member of St. Francis...
Gerald Valimont
May 20, 2015
Gerald P. Valimont, 72 of Clearfield died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at his residence. He was born on June 18, 1942 in Clearfield, a son of the late Clyde P. and Agnes M. (Folmar) Valimont. He was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church, Clearfield. He is survived by four sisters, Kathryn Norris and husband Reuben of Clearfield, Mildred...
Charles Peters
May 12, 2015
Charles E. 'Chuck' Peters, 92, of Clearfield died on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at the Penn Highlands Clearfield. He was born on February 23, 1923 in Clover Hill, a son of the late Charles Edgar and Alma (Johns) Peters. Mr. Peters had been employed many places including various area coal mines, being an instrument repairman at Westinghouse in Sharon, PA,...
Hope Wisor
May 6, 2015
Hope C. Wisor, 90, of Hyde, died on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. She was born on January 3, 1925 in Bigler, a daughter of the late Clark and Elva (Kephart) Swisher. Mrs. Wisor had worked for many years as a private personal caregiver for countless people and businesses around the Clearfield...
Frank Hubler
May 2, 2015
Frank W. Hubler, 90, of Clearfield died on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. He was born on August 2, 1924 in Clearfield, a son of the late Jesse and Emma (Shaffer) Hubler. Mr. Hubler retired from the former Clearfield Clay Products after 40 years of employment. In his free time, he was...
Charlene Thompson
Apr 30, 2015
Charlene J. Thompson, 83, of Clearfield, died Thursday, April 30 at home. Born April 4, 1932 in Clearfield, she was the daughter of the late Orin and Edna Baughman Henchbarger, who preceded her in death along with an infant brother, Wilbur. A 1953 graduate of the former Clearfield Hospital School of Nursing, Mrs. Thompson retired in 1999 from the former...
Betty Lou Weber Keiser
Apr 27, 2015
Betty Lou Weber Keiser, 91, of Grampian died on Monday, April 27, 2015 at the UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh. She was born on December 21, 1923 in Bloom Township, a daughter of the late Merle Leon and Dessie Viola (Leach) Weber. Mrs. Keiser graduated with honors from the Curwensville High School in 1941, later attending the Bryn Mawr School of...
Sister Dush
Apr 27, 2015
Sister Therese Dush, CA was born on September 18, 1931 and died on Monday, April 27th, 2015. She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Anna Dush and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Margaret (Collins) Dush, and her brothers, Lee Roy Dush and William Dush. She grew up in...
Alyssa Marie And Preston Richard Mcgraw
Apr 17, 2015
Alyssa Marie McGraw and Preston Richard McGraw, infant twins, died on Friday, April 17, 2015 at the McGee-Women's Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh. They were born on April 15, 2015 in at Penn Highland DuBois, children of Preston R. McGraw and Stacie Graham of Clearfield. They are survived by their paternal grandparents, Preston E. and Kathy McGraw of West Moshannon; maternal...
Anthony Mikolajczyk
Apr 6, 2015
Anthony M. Mikolajczyk , 70 of Clearfield died on Monday, April 6, 2015 at the Penn Highlands DuBois. He was born on July 12, 1944 in Olean, a son of the late Anthony Francis and Rose (Nickola) Mikolajczyk. Anthony was a graduate of Arch Bishop Walsh High School, Olean, NY. In 1963 he enlisted with the US Air Force and...
Vila Wisor
Apr 2, 2015
Vila M. Wisor, 84 of Mineral Springs died on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at her residence. She was born on July 21, 1930 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late Clark and Annabel (Amon) Condon. Mrs. Wisor was a homemaker and previously owned and operated a kennel. She had a true love for all domestic animals. She also enjoyed traveling...
Joan Anthony
Mar 29, 2015
Joan I. Anthony, 55, of Clearfield died on Sunday, March 29, 2015 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. She was born on March 4, 1960 in Philadelphia, a daughter of the late Elmer H. and Jacquelin M. (Hall) Flood. Joan was a homemaker and a member of the of St. Francis Catholic Church, Clearfield. She is survived...
John Barber
Mar 27, 2015
John C. Barber , 90, of Clearfield died on Friday, March 27, 2015 at the Penn Highlands DuBois. He was born on April 8, 1924 in Clearfield, a son of the late Carmen and Rose (Castagnola) Barba. Mr. Barber was employed for 42 years at Harbison Walker Refractories, Clearfield until it closed in 1983. He was catholic by faith and...
Melinda Patterson
Mar 14, 2015
Melinda C. Patterson , 37 of Philipsburg died on Saturday, March 14, 2015. She was born on August 26, 1977 in Clearfield, a daughter of Edmund F. and Carol (Rothrock) Billotte of Woodland. Melinda graduated from Clearfield High School in 1995 where she enjoyed playing clarinet in the band. Melinda was most recently employed as the supervisor at Goodwill in...
Michael Gavlock
Mar 13, 2015
The world lost another beautiful soul, while Heaven gained a perfect angel when Michael Andrew Gavlock III, 22, of Frenchville passed away on Friday, March 13, 2015. He was born on February 16, 1993 in Altoona, a son of Michael Jr. and Tina Gavlock of Clearfield and Jamie Graham and husband Tim of Frenchville. He was so loved and went...
Sara Rowles
Mar 9, 2015
Sara A. 'Sally' Rowles , 80, of Clearfield died on Monday, March 9, 2015 at the Mountain Laurel Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. She was born on December 23, 1934 in Clearfield, a daughter of the late Amos and Ruth (Johnston) Hess. Mrs. Rowles was a homemaker and enjoyed raising her children. She also had worked for McGregor's for a...
Jeffrey Buck
Mar 9, 2015
Jeffrey Scott Buck Jr., 18, of Clearfield passed on Monday, March 9, 2015 at the UPMC Altoona. He was born on February 18, 1997 in Clearfield, a son of Jeffrey and Pam Buck, both of Clearfield. Jeff always enjoyed hunting, fishing and race cars; but above all else, he will be remember for helping others and enjoying life to the...
Stephen Keiser
Mar 8, 2015
Stephen Merle Keiser, 67, of Curwensville died on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at UPMC Altoona. He was born on July 7, 1947 in Bryn Mawr, a son Betty Lou (Weber) Keiser of Curwensville and the late Clarence Keiser Jr. Stephen graduated from Curwensville High School in 1965 and proceeded to graduate from college in California where he earned his teaching...
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