Retired United Methodist Pastor, Carl N. Rutherford, 84, of Selinsgrove, passed away Monday, December 1, 2014 at Emeritus at Grayson View Nursing Home, where he had been a resident for the past two years. He was born October 4, 1930 in Bratton Twp., Mifflin County, a son to the late Nelson and Alma (Moist) Rutherford. Carl was a graduate of...
Richard Cledith Miller, devoted husband and beloved father, of Berwick and late of York, Pennsylvania, passed away at the age of 82 in the York Hospital on November 24, 2014. Richard was born on February 26, 1932 to Sarah (Roberts) Miller and Harlan Miller. Richard was raised in the Berwick area and graduated from Berwick High School in 1950. Shortly...
Sally A Zimmerman, 71 of Nescopeck, died peacefully Saturday, November 8, 2014 at Berwick Retirement Village after courageously battling cancer for the past two years. She was born January 23, 1943 in Berwick, the daughter of the late William X. and Esther Mae (Summers) Ash. Sally was a homemaker for most of her life, however; she did work at Elan...
Roy W. Karchner, 59 of South Centre Township, passed away November 5, 2014 at his residence. He was born March 31, 1955 in Berwick, a son to the late John E. and Betty N. (Miller) Karchner. Roy was a kind and giving man who enjoyed country music, 70's music, going to carnivals and the fair, playing pinochle, shooting pool, and...
Frances Rose John, 90 of Berwick, passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at her residence. She was born June 29, 1924 in Mocanaqua, a daughter to the late Joseph and Maria (Giambroni) Gerace. She attended Berwick High School and worked for years at the former Grant's store, and then K-Mart, in Berwick before retiring in 1989. Frances was a...
Dallas R. Fenstemaker, 81 formerly of Berwick, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Orangeville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where was a resident. She was born February 1, 1933 in Berwick, a daughter to the late Fred and Miriam (Snyder) McAfee Dallas graduated from Berwick High School and worked for nineteen years at the Berwick Hospital Center as...
Frederick W. McAfee, 77, formerly of Berwick, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He was born November 16, 1936 in Berwick, a son of the late Frederick and Marian (Snyder) McAfee, Sr. A Navy veteran, Fred worked many years for Penndot before retiring. An avid fan of the New England Patriots, he also enjoyed bowling...
Our beloved mother and grandmother, Helen Berninger, passed away peacefully in her home in Mifflinville, PA on the evening of October 16, 2014, five days after celebrating her 91st birthday. Born Helen Marie Roberts on October 11, 1923 in Hop Bottom, PA to Claude and Bernice (nee Sweet) Roberts, she was the only girl of eight children. She loved her...
Larue Allen Slusser, 85 of Berwick, passed away peacefully Sunday, October 12, 2014 at Berwick Retirement Village I, where he was a resident. He was born July 16, 1929 in Berwick, the son of the late Elmer and Edna Slusser. A Berwick High School Class of 1947 graduate, Larue served in the Army during the Korean War. Afterwards, he worked...
Neil R. Kepner, 80, lifelong resident of Berwick, passed away at his home Sunday, October 12, 2014. Born February 19, 1934, he was the son of the late George and Helen (Riegel) Kepner. Neil graduated from Berwick High School in 1951 and served in the United States Navy from 1953-1957 as an Interior Communications Electrician Second Class on board the...
Mae L. Milo, 93, formerly of Berwick, passed away Friday, October 9, 2014 at the Orangeville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, where she was a resident. She was born May 14, 1921 in Berwick, a daughter to the late Howard and Beulah Baker. Mae lived most of her life on South Mercer Street. She was a full time wife and mother...
Gary N. Moore, 69 of Mifflinville, passed away Monday, October 6, 2014 at Berwick Retirement Village II, where he had recently become a resident. He was born November 25, 1944 in Berwick, a son to the late Lawrence T. and Mary E. (Hyde) Moore. A graduate of Berwick High School, Gary served in the Army from 1963 to 1966. He...
Ellen M. "Jean" Shelhamer, 88 of Mifflinville, passed away peacefully Friday, October 10, 2014 at her residence. She was born Friday, May 14, 1926 in Montoursville, PA., a daughter to the late Reverend Norman J. and Marguerite (Watson) Simmons. Jean was married August 10, 1947 and spent sixty-seven years as the wife of her beloved husband, the late Milford Shelhamer....
Lloyd Eugene DeWalt, 66 of Berwick, passed away at his residence in October, 2014. He was born August 30, 1948 in Williamsport. After graduating from high school, he joined the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam, where he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal. Travel, dining out, fishing, amusement parks, going to shows, and spending time with his friends: Sharon...
Pauline M. Remley, 84 of Berwick, died Monday, September 29, 2014 at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. She was born January 10, 1930 in Berwick, a daughter to the late Nicholas and Julia (Klym) Miknich. Pauline played the glockenspiel in the Berwick High School Band. She retired as an electronics technician from A T & T in Allentown, PA. and was...
Martin J. Ezzyk, 57 of Berwick, passed away unexpectedly Friday, September 26, 2014 at the Berwick Hospital Center Emergency Room. He was born August 20, 1957 in Berwick, a son to Mary (Sabanos) Ezzyk and her husband, the late Joseph Ezzyk. A graduate of Central Columbia High School, Marty worked for years as a groundskeeper at the Rosemont Cemeteries in...
John Michael Gryshuk, Sr., 94, of Ferris Avenue, Berwick, passed away Thursday evening September 25, 2014 at the Berwick Retirement Village II where he had been a resident for one month. John was born on February 26, 1920 in Berwick. He was the son of the late Michael Gryshchuk and Elizabeth (Pataki) Gryshchuk. He was preceded in death by brothers,...
Dr. C. James Ferrigno, Jr., 71, of Sugarloaf, was stricken ill and died suddenly on Monday evening, September 15, 2014 in Allentown. Born, November 7, 1942 in Gainesville, Florida, he was a son of the late Carmen James Ferrigno, Sr. and Merva (Browning) Ferrigno. Dr. Ferrigno was a graduate of Brown University and the New Jersey College of Medicine. He...
Margaret L. "Marie" Michael, 88 of Berwick, passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Berwick Retirement Village II, where she recently had been admitted. She was born January 13, 1926 in Berwick, a daughter to the late Luther and Alverna (Miller) Erdman. A graduate of Berwick High School in 1943, Marie worked in administration at numerous companies including the former...
Joseph A. Carter, 75, of Sherwood Village, Bloomsburg, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2014 peacefully at home in his sleep. He was born in Berwick November 4, 1938, the son of Helen Mary (Lucas) Carter of Kent, Ohio and the late Albert W. Carter. He resided in Bloomsburg since 1992, previously living on Bentley Drive and the Meadowbrook Development in...