Obituaries by LocationEdith E. Cole, age 86, formerly of Wyalusing, Pa., passed away on Thursday, April 22, 1999 at the Bradford County Manor in Burlington, Pa., following a lingering illness.
Born on August 25, 1912 in Terry Township, Bradford County, she was a daughter of the late Oliver S. and Polly Mann Cole.
Edith was a housekeeper for the Harry Smith family of Terrytown for many years.
She is survived by great nieces and nephews, JoAnn Beers, Karl Stanton, Jay Stanton, Bonnie Gibbs, Dick Brown, Scott Edwards, Bob Edwards, Patty Brown, Bill Smith and Sharon Weingartner.
A graveside memorial service will be held in New Era Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
Mr. Harold W. Warner, age 72, of RR2, Box 2415, Laceyville, Pa., (Edinger Hill), passed away at his home on Edinger Hill early Monday morning, April 26, 1999.
Born in Sayre on April 17, 1927, he was the son of the late George W. and Irene Gaul Warner. Mr. Warner was the husband of the former Eleanor Brennan, who passed away on July 13, 1991. Harold and Eleanor were married on October 11, 1952.
Harold was a graduate of the Laceyville High School, Class of 1945. After high school, he started working on the McCloe Pond Farm on Edinger Hill, the family farm. He worked along with his father and later years with his sons.
He was the caretaker of the Lacey St. Cemetery in Laceyville for over 30 years. Mr. Warner was a past Laceyville Agway committeeman for eight years, member of the Franklin Lodge #263 F&AM of Laceyville, past member of the Spring Hill Grange, past member of Edinger Hill 4-H Club and a past member of the Dairymen's League to which he sold milk for over 60 years. He also enjoyed his weekly bingo games at the Black Walnut American Legion Post #510 and his daily trips to Laceyville and all of the surrounding diners.
He is survived by three sons and daughter-in-law, Leonard Warner of Laceyville, Jay and Bonnie Warner of Wyalusing and Donnie Warner of Laceyville; five daughters and sons-in-law, Dorothy and Andy Ward of Harrisburg, Mary and Tim Knowles of Laceyville, Betty and Mark Prokop of Durham, N.C., Cathy Warner of Tunkhannock and Ann and Philip Cole of Ulster; a brother, Ruby L. Warner of Laceyville; seven grandchildren, Andrew and Carly Ward, Brian Knowles, Eric and Jared Warner, Matthew Prokop, Abigayle Cole; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Mrs. Anna Smith, December, 1998.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 28 at 2 p.m. from the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main St., Laceyville with Rev. Mark King of the Lake Winola Baptist Church officiating.
Interment was in the Lacey St. Cemetery .
Friends and family called at the funeral home on Tuesday evening from 6 to 9 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, those wishing, may make memorial do-nations to the Lacey St. Cemetery , c/o Mr. Gary Sharer, RR2, Laceyville, Pa. 18623, to the Good Will Fire Company or the Laceyville-Meshoppen Ambulance Association, c/o Mrs. Mable Clark, RR2, Laceyville, Pa. 18623.
Lewis D. Willson, 63, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 1999 at the Bath VA Hospital, Bath, N.Y. following a courageous battle with cancer. He formerly resided in Granville Center, moving to Savona, N.Y. in 1991.
Lew was born June 17, 1935 in New Milford, the son of the late Lewis H. and Ruth Decker Willson. He attended Towanda High School and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict.
He was an over the road truck driver for over 40 years, recently retiring from C.R. Clarke Trucking, Horseheads, N.Y. for health reasons.
Lewis is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Lynn and Jeffrey O'Dell of Jermyn and Judy and Bruce Kisner, South Hill, Orwell Township; four grandchildren, Jeffrey O'Dell, Daytona Beach, FL, Patrick R. O'Dell, Jermyn and Kelly Lou and Andrew Kisner, South Hill; a special friend, Charlotte Mastrantonio, Savona, N.Y. He is also survived by a sister and brother-in-law, Barbara and Thomas King of Wysox and a step-sister and her husband, Cinda and Daniel Steinburg, Fulton, N.Y.
Funeral and committal services were held on April 22 at the Seager Funeral Home, Savona, N.Y. Interment
was in the Seamens Cemetery , Savona, with the Rev. Annemarie Meyerhoffer, Rome, presiding.
All memorials may be sent directly to the Southern Tier Hospice, Elmira, N.Y.
Frances Howe Woznicki, age 75, of Athens, TN went to be with her Lord on Saturday afternoon, April 24, 1999 at the Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville, TN. A former resident of Trenton, Michigan, she had resided in McMinn County, TN for the past 15 years.
A native of Buffalo, NY., she was the daughter of the late Clarence E. and Mary Bessie Rimer Howes and was preceded in death by a sister, Ruth H. Seychew Lapp.
She was a member of Trenton First Baptist Church in Trenton, MI and attended Lakeside Baptist Church and the First Baptist Church in Athens. In her younger years, she was an active member and was married in Prospect Ave. Baptist Church in Buffalo.
She was a volunteer in the reading program at City Park School.
Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Carl Thomas Woznicki, Athens, TN; four daughters and sons-in-law, Joan Louise Cashin, Wyalusing, Pa.; Kathleen Ann and Thomas Lawson, Owatonna, Minn., Patricia Jean Beaty, Englewood, TN, Carol Jane and Jay Hill, Georgetown, TX; a brother and sister-in-law, Harold E. and Doro-thy Howes, Oakley, CA; a sister and brother-in-law, Helen Howes and Carl Place, Westfield, N.Y.; seven grandchildren, Alanna S. Beaty, Thomas N. Lawson, Andrew Beaty, Jennifer L. Lawson, Amy J. Lawson, Tyler J. Beaty and Whitney P. Hill; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 27 in the Chapel of Laycock-Hobbs Funeral Home with Rev. Ray Brown and Dr. Carlos Peterson officiating.
Interment followed in Cedar Grove Cemetery . The family received friends in Laycock-Hobbs Funeral Home in Athens, TN from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday evening.
Helen Sharpe Baird, 89, of 301 Woodward Ave., Lock Haven, Pa., who at one time worked as home economics teacher for Lock Haven Junior High School, died Friday, January 21, 2000 at Manor Care Health Services in Jersey Shore.
Born August 24, 1910 in Sharpetown, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Martha Story Sharpe.
She was married to Edmund C. Baird, who predeceased her in 1972.
Mrs. Baird received her bachelor's degree from Mansfield State College in 1936 and her master's degree from Pennsylvania State University.
She began teaching in Mehoopany Elementary School in Mehoopany in 1927 while earning her certification in home economics. Helen accepted a post with the Clinton County Home Extension in 1940 and met and married her husband in Lock Haven.
After helping her husband in a poultry and hatching operation for a number of years, she accepted a position with the Lock Haven Junior High School as a home economics teacher, retiring from the position in the early 1970s.
She held life memberships in the Clinton County Historical Society, the Lock Haven Hospital Auxiliary, the Clinton County Chapter of the Pennsylvania School Retirees Association, the Penn State and Mansfield alumni associations, Delta Kappa Gamma Omicron Chapter and the Lock Haven Garden Club Forget-Me-Nots.
She was a member of the Dunnstown United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a nephew, Alfred Baird Munro and his wife, Wanda of Jersey Shore; two nieces, Dr. Betty Baird Schantz and Mrs. Katherine Merrell Stern, both of Lock Haven.
Mrs. Elizabeth Detweiler, age 88, of the Omni One Personal Care Home in Montrose, Pa., formerly of 118 East Main St., Laceyville and of Plumsteadville, PA area, passed away at the Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock on Friday morning, Feb. 18, 2000.
Born in Philadelphia on May 26, 1911, she was the wife of the late Willard M. Detweiler, who passed away in 1988.
Mrs. Detweiler was an employee of the Botany 500 Clothing Factory in Dublin for over 25 years.
She attended the Braintrim Baptist Church of Laceyville while she was a resident there.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dean and Eleanor Detweiler of Enola; two grandsons, Jeffrey Detweiler of New York City, N.Y. and Andrew Detweiler, attending James Madison University in Virginia; also, one great-granddaughter.
At Mrs. Detweiler's request there will be no calling hours or funeral service. A graveside service will be held at a later date in the Calvary Church Cemetery of Souderton.
Local arrangements were made through the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main St., Laceyville.
Gordon L. Gavitt, age 87, of Dushore, PA, formerly or Towanda, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2000 at the Williamsport Hospital, Williamsport.
Gordon was born in Laporte Township on March 10, 1912, son of the late Morgan and Alda Buck Gavitt. He graduated from the Sonestown High School, a member of the Class of 1928 and graduated from Mansfield University in 1931.
Gordon married the former Florence Emory of New Albany in 1933. She predeceased him on April 10, 1974. Gordon taught school in East Towanda for nine years and then began working at the U. S. Post Office in Towanda. He retired as the Superintendent of Mails in 1971 after 30 years of service.
He was a member of the Towanda Rod and Gun Club and B.P.O.E. #2192, Towanda. He enjoyed bird watching and was an avid reader.
Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Lucille and Paul Muller of Dushore and Laura and Bill Bohensky of Dushore; four grandchildren, Benjamin Muller, Brighton, UT, Elizabeth Shaffer, Columbia Cross Roads, Christina Bohensky, Dushore, Sheena Bohensky, Dushore; two great-grandchildren, Jeremy Shaffer, Dushore and Melissa Shaffer, Columbia Cross Roads; a brother-in-law and his spouse, Frank and Cora Emory, Monroeton; two sisters-in-law, Nina Martin, Hawthorne, FL and Emma Emory, East Towanda; numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a grandson, Mark Muller on September 28, 1981 and by five brothers, Gilbert Gavitt, Harmon Gavitt, Blake Gavitt, Lee Gavitt and Jarius Gavitt and two sisters, Millicent Stackhouse and Freeda Armes.
A private memorial service will be held at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore at the convenience of the family.
Memorials may be directed to the Dushore Fire and Ambulance Association, PO Box 1, Dushore, PA 18614.
Robert W. Miller, 75, of RR2, Dushore, PA, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2000 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia following major surgery on Feb. 3.
Bob was born Feb. 2, 1925 in Wilmot Township, the son of Charles and Anna Miller. He was happily married to Marian Miller on September 18, 1948. They celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary in September of 1999.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving in the Pacific Theater during WWII and again during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Loyalsock Post #996 of Dushore and the Wyalusing VFW Post #7593. He was also a member of St. Anthony's Church in Stowell.
Robert is survived by his loving wife, Marian; their four children, daughters, Susan and Paul Kostic of Muncy, Nancy and Len Traver of Jackson, Missouri, Marleah and Skip Henning of Mehoopany and son, Scott and Marilyn Miller of Wyalusing; sixteen adored grandchildren in whom he took great interest: Bob, Andrew, Jon and Colleen Kostic, Richard, Rachel, Robert and Ryan Miller, Naomi, Melissa, Peter and Claire Henning, Stephanie, Michael, Sarah and Caitlyn Traver. He is also survived by a great-grandson, Adam.
He was the last survivor of 12 children and has many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by sisters, Ruth Olbert, Catherine Mikeska and Marge Neuber; brothers, Burton, Charles, George, Paul, LeRoy, Donald, Joseph and David.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Feb. 22 in the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary's of the Assumption Church at 10 a.m. with Father Thomas McDermott and family friend, Father Joseph Conboy, as celebrants.
Pallbearers were grandsons, Rich Miller, Ryan Miller, Bob Kostic, Andrew Kostic, Jon Kostic, Michael Traver and Pete Henning.
Full graveside military honors were accorded by Loyalsock American Legion Post No. 996 of Dushore, assisted by Wyalusing American Legion Post #534 at St. Anthony's Cemetery , Stowell.
Family and friends called on Monday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the McHenry Funeral Home, Wyalusing.
Bob was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and friend and will be greatly missed by his family.
Arrangements were entrusted to McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing.
Kathryn H. Raub, age 67, of Dushore, RR2, PA, passed away early Monday morning, February 21, 2000 at Memorial Hospital in Towanda, following a lingering illness.
She was born on October 31, 1932 in Cherry Township, Dushore, a daughter of the late Nathan and Mary Horutz Adams and has been a lifetime resident of Sullivan County.
Katie was not a member of any organizations. Her life encompassed taking care of her home and raising her family.
Mrs. Raub and her husband, Glen Merlin Raub, Sr., had celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary.
She left surviving, her husband, Glen Merlin Raub, Sr., at home; four children, Randy Raub of Athens, Bonnie Richart of Dushore, Angela Raub of Dushore, Glen M. Raub, Jr., of Dushore; four sisters, Melinda Fitzgerald of Dushore, Edna Slater of Mansfield, Carol Barber of Sayre, Rose Miller of East Towanda; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 12 noon at the Russell P. McHenry Funeral Home, 119 Carpenter St., Dushore, with the Rev. Robert Brown, pastor of St. Paul's United Methodist Church of Dushore, officiating.
Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery , Cherry Township, Dushore.
Friends and family are invited to call on Thursday at McHenry Funeral Home from 11 a.m. until the time of the memorial service.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Dushore Ambulance Association, Julia Street, Dushore, Pa. 18614 in Mrs. Raub's memory.
James Richard Saxe, infant son of Joseph E. and Janet Phillippe Saxe of RR1, New Albany, PA, born on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2000 at the Arnot-Ogden Hospital in Elmira, N.Y.
In addition to his parents, James Richard is survived by his two sisters, Leah and Lisa Saxe, at home; paternal grandmother, Helen McGee of New Albany; maternal grandmother, Gayle Teel and spouse, David of LaVernia, TX; maternal grandfather, Joseph Phillippe and spouse, Anita of Casterville, TX; maternal great-grandmothers, Ethel Phillippe and Gaynell Meyer of Texas; maternal great-grandfather, Vernon Gaylardt of Texas; maternal great-great-grandmother, Ollie K. Hogue of Texas; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by his grandfather, Richard Saxe, and a step-grandfather, James B. McGee.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Monday, Feb. 21 at 10 a.m. in St. Basil's Church in Du-shore with the Rev. Michael B. Harris, his pastor, presiding. Interment
was in St. Basil's Cemetery , Dushore.
Friends called at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Memorials may be directed to St. Basil's Restoration Fund, PO Box 307, Dushore, PA 18614.
