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R. Carl Pencil
Feb 10, 2013
R. Carl Pencil, 87, of Donahue Manor Road, Bedford, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 22, 1925, in Bedford, a son of the late C. Roscoe and Bessie L. (Holderbaum) Pencil. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Clare (Clapper) Pencil in...
Octave G. Baker
Feb 10, 2013
Octave George Baker, 91, of Evergreen Drive, Bedford, died Sunday, February 10, 2013, at his residence. He was born on June 17, 1921, in New Brighton, the son of the late Harry Leland and Marie Augustine Rousseau Baker. On June 18, 1950, in Glenville, WV, he married Ruth Ann Davidson, and she survives along with a daughter, Linda Sue...
Barry E. Shippey
Jan 24, 2013
Barry E. Shippey, 50 of Business Route 220, Bedford, died Thursday, January 24, 2013 at his residence. He was born January 10, 1963 in Cumberland, MD, son of Clyde W. and Doris V. (Arnold) Shippey. On May 24, 1986, in Ellerslie, MD he married Sandra K. Sager and she survives along with two sons; Brett A. Shippey of Martinsburg,...
Orville S. Ickes
Jan 20, 2013
Orville S. Ickes, 82, of North Imler Valley Road, Imler, died Sunday, January 20, 2013 as the result of a motor vehicle accident. He was born on July 18, 1930, in Pavia, the son of the late Layman and Florence (Knee) Ickes. On March 24, 1955, in Wheeling, WV, he married Irene Elizabeth Corle who preceded him in death...
Lawrence J. Burkett
Jan 20, 2013
Lawrence J. Burkett, 76, of Pensyl Hollow Road, Bedford, died Sunday, January 20, 2013 at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. He was born on August 9, 1936, in Manns Choice, the son of the late Norman and Marie (Fochtman) Burkett. On May 4, 1959, in Bedford, he married Gloria Miller who survives along with the following family: a daughter, Linda...
Jennie J. Brior
Jan 19, 2013
Jennie J. Brior, 94, of Park Lane, Bedford, formerly of Nazareth, died Saturday, January 19, 2013 at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. She was born on June 10, 1918, in Nazareth, the daughter of the late Albert and Emma (Creyer) Snyder. On July 11, 1942 in Easton, she married Franklin J. Brior and he preceded her in death on July...
Preston G. Weaver
Jan 13, 2013
Preston G. Weaver, 93, of Imlertown Road, Bedford, died on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Donahoe Manor Nursing Home. He was born on August 7, 1919, in Saxton, a son of the late William C. and Mary (Boose) Weaver. On July 19, 1954, in Cumberland, MD, he married Dorothy J. Dibert, which ended a marriage of 58 years. She...
Florence I. Fisher
Jan 8, 2013
Florence I. Fisher, 92, of Pensyl Hollow Road, Bedford, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at Donahoe Manor Nursing Home. She was born on December 2, 1920, in Millerstown a daughter of the late Charles E. and Isabella (Machamer) Bechtel. On July 2, 1949, in Gordon, she married Lawrence L. Fisher who preceded her in death on October 4, 2006. ...
William S. Humphrey
Jan 5, 2013
William Scott Humphrey, 68, of Hill Side Drive, New Paris, died Saturday, January 5, 2013 at his residence. He was born on October 9, 1944, the son of the late Kenneth Hengst and Bonnie Greer. He is survived by a son, Scott Humphrey of New Kensington, a daughter, Jamie Hoffman and husband Bryan of New Baltimore, two sisters, Doris...
Betty J. May
Jan 4, 2013
Betty J. May, 80, of Dibert Road, Everett, died Friday, January 4, 2013 at Donahoe Manor Nursing Home. She was born on March 18, 1932, in Hopewell, the daughter of the late Clair C. and Grace (Morgart) Heeter. On December 13, 1958 in Bedford she married Richard A. May that ended a marriage of 54 years. He survives along...
Priscilla L. Seager
Dec 31, 2012
Priscilla “Priss” L. Seager, 70, of Elwood Road, Bedford, died on Monday, December 31, 2012 at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. She was born on December 24, 1942, in Keyser, WV, a daughter of the late Maurice L. and Edith (Umstot) Amtower. On September 4, 1964, in Cumberland, MD, she married Edward E. Seager who survives along with the following...
Rev. Dr. M. Edgar Datesman
Dec 31, 2012
Rev. Dr. M. Edgar Datesman, 85, of Arandale St., Bedford, died Monday December 31, 2012 at Colonial Courtyard. He was born March 16, 1927 in Watsontown, son of the late Fred and Mary (Dunbar) Datesman. He is survived by his wife, the former Gail Kochendarfer and three children; Miles E. Datesman, married to the former Laura Cleveland of Mechanicsburg,...
Jack Z. Snyder
Dec 30, 2012
Jack Z. Snyder, 72, of Big Pine Road, Bedford, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. He was born on October 19, 1940, in Confluence, a son of the late Amos D. and Florence Mae (Zimmerman) Snyder. On August 30, 1985, he married Debra Strayer who survives along with the following family: two daughters, Christine wife...
Connie D. Eshelman
Dec 29, 2012
Connie D. Eshelman, 55, of Sunnyside Road, Bedford, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 at UPMC Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh. She was born in Everett, on January 5, 1957, a daughter of the late Russell Wertz, and Freda (Miller) Wertz and Glenn Sides of Manns Choice. On April 1, 1978, in Bedford, she married Bill Eshelman who survives along with...
Franklin W. Hershberger
Dec 28, 2012
Franklin W. Hershberger, 85 of Victoria Ave., Everett, formerly of Orchard Heights in Bedford, died Friday, December 28, 2012 at his residence. He was born on February 6, 1927 in Everett, a son of the late Frank and Lula (Williams) Hershberger. On February 26, 1950 in Bedford, he married Betty J. Boore, and she preceded him in death on...
Carrol J. Williams
Dec 26, 2012
Carrol Joyce Williams, 67, of Bedford was called home to be with the Lord on Wednesday December 26, 2012. She was born June 28, 1945 in Imler, a daughter of the late Carl E. and Grace (Nunamaker) Gibson. She is survived by her husband of 50 years Ralph E. Williams whom she married on September 19, 1962 in Cumberland,...
Richard F. Gernerd
Dec 23, 2012
Richard F. “Dick” Gernerd, 91, of Bedford, formerly of Foglesville and Hereford, died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. He was born on May 16, 1921, the son of the late J. Arthur and Esther (Ziegler) Gernerd. He is survived by two sisters, Grace Repp of Allentown, Joyce Sammel widow of Rev. John F. Sammel of...
Barry D. Clark
Dec 21, 2012
Barry D. Clark Sr., 53, of East Watson Street, Bedford, died, unexpectedly at home on Friday, December 21, 2012. He was born on July 21, 1959, the son of Frank D. and Nancy (Smeak) Clark of Bedford. On November 3, 2007, in Bedford, he married Darlene M. Hockenberry, who survives along with the following family: a son, Barry D....
Jackie L. Sciranko
Dec 15, 2012
Jackie Lynn Sciranko, 56, of West Pitt Street, Bedford, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. She was born on May 2, 1956, in Keyser, WV a daughter of the late John Edward Glass and Maybelle "Becky" (Haines) Holloway. She is survived by her former husband Roger Sciranko, of Bedford, a daughter, Renee Livingston and husband...
Mary B. Hicks
Dec 11, 2012
Mary Bailey Hicks, 83, of Concord Drive, Bedford, died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her residence. She was born on January 16, 1929, a daughter of the late Raymond and Viola (Davis) Bailey. On October 7, 1950, in New Castle, she married Ellis E. Hicks and he preceded her in death on October 10, 2010. She is survived...
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