Obituaries

Apr 12, 2020

Walter L. Bohn (Doc), 94, of Bedford, went home to be with the Lord and join his lovely wife, Patty, on Easter Sunday, at Pennknoll Village Nursing Home. He was born on November 7, 1925, in Bedford, a son of the late Harvey and Mary (Hurley) Bohn. On October 27, 1958, he married his better half, Elizabeth C. (Wareham)...

Apr 11, 2020

Thomas M. Mortimore 77, of Bedford died Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Donahoe Manor Nursing Home.  He was born on October 19, 1942 in Wolfsburg a son of the late James R. “Bob” and Helen R. (Clites) Mortimore.  On October 29, 1976 he married Linda (Holler) Mortimore who survives along with a daughter, Amy Wartluft and husband Keith, of...

Apr 8, 2020

Velma L. Dawson, 90, of Schellsburg, died on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at UPMC Western Maryland. She was born on September 27, 1929, in Somerset, a daughter of the late William and Viola (Hook) Emerick. In 1952 in Bedford, she married Earl James Dawson who preceded her in death on August 5, 2008. She is survived by the following...

Apr 4, 2020

Marjorie M. Horner, 90, of Bedford, died on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Pennknoll Village Nursing Home. She was born on October 3, 1929, in Hopewell, a daughter of the late Lawrence   and Mary (Helsel) McGee. On October 23, 1955 in Cumberland, MD she married John C. "Bud" Horner who preceded her in death on February 6, 2004. She...

Apr 4, 2020

Larry A. Hann, 87, of Bedford, died on Saturday April 4, 2020 at his residence. He was born on December 4, 1932, in Bedford a son of the late William and Pearl (Bartholow) Hann. He is survived by a daughter, Pamela Hann of Port Orange, FL. He was preceded in death by a brother, Dempsey Weimer, and a sister,...

Mar 27, 2020

Arden Errol Moser 79, of Alexandria, VA died Friday, March 27, 2020 at Capital Caring Health Halquist Center.  He was born February 23, 1941 in Salisbury, a son of the late Gordon William and Helen Viola (Bodes) Moser.  He is survived by two sisters: Rebecca Toth and husband Timothy, of Schellsburg, and Elizabeth Speicher and husband Joseph, of Manns...

Mar 26, 2020

Maynard D. Diehl, 79, of Buffalo Mills, died on Friday March 26, 2020 at UPMC Western Maryland. He was born on October 4, 1940, in Fossilville, a son of the late Dwight and Mary Emma (Shaffer) Diehl. On August 22, 1960, in Corrigansville, MD, he married Merdieth (Lease) Diehl who survives along with the following family: two sons: Rodney...

Mar 24, 2020

John E. Snyder 87, of Bedford, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at Donahoe Manor Nursing Home.  He was born on July 29, 1932 in Chambersburg a son of the late Edward B. and Mary S. (Sites) Snyder.  On August 15, 1955 in Hagerstown he married Marilyn (Warren) Snyder who survives along with a daughter, Deborah Elmy widow of Jack,...

Mar 23, 2020

Phoebe V. (Adams Davis) Day 83, of Bedford, died Monday March 23, 2020 at her residence.  She was born on September 2, 1936 in Chaneysville a daughter of the late Howard E. and Mary M. (Miller) Adams.  She is survived by a son Thomas E. Davis Jr. married to the former Theresa Kasper, of Las Vegas, NV, and a...

Mar 23, 2020

Rodney W. Beegle ,86 of Bedford, died Monday, March 23, 2020.  He was born on June 2, 1933 in Bedford, a son of the late Russell and LaVerne (Wonders) Beegle.  On January 13, 1959, in Winchester, VA, he married Donna (Simons) Beegle, who survives along with two children: Mike Beegle, of Bedford, and Michelle Fitzkee and husband Scott of...

Mar 19, 2020

Dolsie M. Diehl 104, of Bedford died on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at Bedford Colonial Courtyard.  She was born on January 31, 1916 in Rainsburg, a daughter of the late Americus Enfield and Elsie Marie (Howsare) Potts.  She was preceded in death by her husband Austin Sherman Wilberforce Diehl.  She is survived by a daughter, Kathryn Cady and husband...

Mar 19, 2020

Ida F. Leptic, 96, of Bedford, died on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at Pennknoll Village Nursing Home. She was born on October 30, 1923, in Breezewood, a daughter of the late Earl R. and Mary A. (Drenning) Foor. She is survived by a daughter, Penelope Gibbs of Laurel, MD; a granddaughter Courtney DeVane and husband Michael also of Laurel,...

Mar 15, 2020

Jordene L. Gates 76, of Bedford, died Sunday, March 15, 2020 at her residence. She was born on March 12, 1944 in Bedford a daughter of the late Frank Jordan and Mabel (Waltman) Gates. She is survived by her cousins in the Walter family and many friends.

Jordene was an instructor at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh,...

Mar 8, 2020

The Rev. Robert “Bob” E. Custer, 82, of Bedford, died on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at UPMC Western Maryland. He was born on January 27, 1938, in Portage, the youngest son of the late Howard S. and Berthe (Nelson) Custer. On October 5, 1963, in Bedford, he married Judy (Houseworth) Custer who survives along with the following family: two...

Mar 7, 2020

Martha Jane McGuire, 65, of Bedford, died on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at UPMC Altoona Hospital. She was born on July 28, 1954, in Bedford, a daughter of the late Chalmer Foor Jr. and Alice (Fleegle) Short widower Max of New Paris. On September 28, 2019, in Schellsburg at the old log church, she married David E. McGuire who...

Mar 4, 2020

Beverly Ann Landis, 62 of Manns Choice, passed away on Wednesday March 5, 2020, at her home.  She was born on August 3, 1957 in Cumberland, MD. A daughter of the late Fay and Marjorie (Joy) Mummert.  On September 3, 2005 in Bedford She married Judd R. Landis Jr. and he survives along with the following children:  a son...

Mar 2, 2020

Joyce M. Clark, 78, of Monroeville died on Monday, March 2, 2020 at her residence. She was born on September 26, 1941, in Bedford, a daughter of the late John L. and Nellie M. (Smith) Dishong. On May 27, 1961 in Bedford, She married Ronald W. Clark who survives along with the following children: a daughter Melanie J. Duke...

Feb 26, 2020

Barbara K. Lafferty, 73, of Manns Choice died on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. She was born on October 29, 1946, in Everett, a daughter of the late Donald and Mary Ruth (Hillegass) Holler. On October 11, 1969, in New Buena Vista, she married Reuben R. Lafferty who survives along with the following family, a...

Feb 22, 2020

Kendall R. Corle, 63, of New Paris, died on Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. He was born on December 11, 1956, in Roaring Spring, a son of the late Russell and Ada “Marie” (Claycomb) Corle.  On December 11, 2018 he married Dee Hepner who survives along with a son, Kenneth Corle and wife Katie of...

Feb 21, 2020

Janet M. Berggren, 70, of Everett, entered into eternal rest on Friday, February 21, 2020 at UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh. She was born on March 2, 1949, in McKeesport, a daughter of the late John E. and Eleanor R. (Felicetty) Berggren. She is survived by a daughter Carmen Loniewski and husband Christopher of Elizabeth, NJ; four sisters: Eleanor...