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ALLEN –DOROTHY ‘MARGUERITE’ ALLEN HEEMAN, age 52, of Laceyville (formerly of Powell) died on Friday, June 6, 2003; at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre.  She was born on April 6, 1951 in Sayre, a daughter of the late Richard and Dorothy Lee Allen.  On July 14, 2001, Dorothy married Allie “Sonny” Heeman on Spring Hill.  She had been employed by Ayers Supply Co. in Clarks Summit, Pa.  Dorothy enjoyed time spent crocheting and playing cards.  Surviving are her husband, Allie (Sonny) Heeman, at home; a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald (Rocky) Jr. and Cheryl Bates of West Salem, Ohio; grandchildren, Michael Brandon and Amber of Ohio; brothers and sisters-in-law; Richard and Marie Allen of California, Paul Allen of Powell, and rex and Beth Allen of Towanda; sisters and brothers-in-law, Dawn and Lloyd Fox of Laceyville, and Sharon Turner of Wyalusing; a sister-in-law, Bonnie Allen of Powell; a special aunt, Gladys Derr of Durell; her step-children Mark Heeman of Montrose, Pa., Brian Heeman of Hop Bottom, Pa., Theresa Profit of North Carolina; sisters-in-law and brothers in-law, Louise and Phil Norton of Laceyville, Robert and Judy Heeman of Maine, N.Y., Melvin and Jeanne Heeman of Wyalusing, Ed and Marge Heeman of Binghamton, N.Y., Barbara and Robert Osterhout of Susquehanna, Pa.., and Sharon and Charles Slater of Laceyville; and her many nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her father, Richard Allen (1993); mother, Dorothy Lee Allen (1971); brothers, David Allen (1996), Bobby Allen (1993) and Dale Allen (1950); sister, Jean Marie Allen (1958); and a brother-in-law, Jack Turner (1995).  Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 12, at 2 p.m. in the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing.  Interment will follow in Camptown Cemetery, Camptown.  Friends and family are invited to call on Wednesday, June 11, at McHenry funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Thursday, June 12, from 1 to 2 p.m.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society, Bradford-Sullivan County Unit, 1948 E. Third St., Williamsport, Pa. in Mrs. Heeman’s memory.

FREDERICK VERNON ALLIS, 82, age 82, of Wyalusing RR 1, died on Friday, Nov. 20, 1998, at Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa.  Born on Nov. 15, 1916, in Rome, Pa., he was a son of the late Bert and Florence Mitten Allis.  After retiring from farming on his Merryall Farm, he and his wife moved to Wyalusing.  Vernon was preceded in death his wife, the former Ruth Sterling Allis on March 28, 1994.  He was a member of the Camptown United Methodist Church, the Camptown IOOF and the Camptown Cemetery Association.  Vernon has been a lifetime resident of this area.  In addition to farming, he enjoyed woodworking.  He left surviving a daughter and son-in-law, Roberta and Paul Lutz of Camptown; son, Larry Allis of New Albany; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Rachel and Elmer Callear of Athens, Ruth and George Roger of LeRaysville, Wilma Allis of Wyalusing; sister-in-law, Madaline Allis of LeRaysville; grandchildren; Clayton and May Allis of New York City, N.Y., Richard (Rob) and Rebecca Lutz Smith of Laceyville, Deborah Allis of Wyalusing, Diane Allis of Wyalusing, Timothy Lutz of Camptown, Julie Allis of New Albany and Sarah Allis of New Albany.  In Addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Robert, in 1988; brother, Paul Allis; sisters, Kate McPherson and Marion Allis.  A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998 at 11 a.m. in the Camptown Community Church, with the Rev. Helen Learn and the Rev. Joyce Warner, officiating.  Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery at the convenience of the family.  In lieu of flowers, donations or contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice in Mr. Allis’ memory.  In lieu of flowers, donations on contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice in Mr. Allis’ memory.  Arrangements were made under the direction of the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church Street, Wyalusing, Pa.  –Towanda Daily Review.

LARRY MARTIN ALLIS, age 71, of Wyalusing, Pa., passed away on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 at the Skilled Nursing Unit of the Guthrie Memorial Hospital, in Towanda, Pa. Larry was born April 12, 1944 in Camptown, Pa., a son of the late F. Vernon and Ruth Sterling Allis. He graduated from the Wyalusing Valley High School a member of the class of 1962. He graduated from New York University with a degree in English in 1966. He then served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, where he was involved with surveying and engineering of the air strips and was honorably discharged in 1970. After honorably serving in the Air Force he attended Penn State Mont Alto campus and received a two-year degree in land surveying. In 1972 he moved to the Virgin Islands and worked as a land surveyor for five years and then returned to Bradford County. In 1978 he began working as a laborer for GTE Osram Sylvania, now known as GTP in Towanda and became a self-taught chemist. He held a number of patents for Sylvania. In 2009 he retired as a supervisor.Larry was a life member of the N.R.A. He was an accomplished musician, playing many instruments including the piano, and he could also play by ear. He also composed many tunes for his family. Surviving is his son Clayton P. (Magdalene) Allis, New York, N.Y.; two daughters Julia P. Allis and Sarah S. Allis, both of Liverpool, N.Y.; sister, Roberta (Paul) Lutz, Camptown, Pa.; sister-in-law, Vera C. Allis, Camptown, Pa.; grandson Zeke W. Allis, New York, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Robert Allis of Camptown, in 1988. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, Pa., with the Rev. Terry Van Horn, pastor of the New Albany Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa. The family will provide the flowers and ask that memorial contributions be made in loving memory of Larry Allis to the Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble, for his love of music and theater at 226 Center St., Bloomsburg, PA. In their playbill for their next show, they will include " In Memory of Larry Allis" and the names of those who contributed in his memory. –Towanda Daily Review 8/9/2015

ROBERT L. ALLIS, 41 of Wyalusing RD 1 died early Friday morning Feb. 26, 1988 at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre following a lingering illness. Robert was born in the Old Mills Hospital, Towanda on Oct. 1946, son of Vernon Allis and the former Rita Sterling. He was a lifetime resident of the Wyalusing area and was a self-employed farmer, owning and operating the Merryall Farm in Wyalusing RD. On Aug. 16, 1969 he was wed to the former Vera Culver. Among Mr. Allis’ hobbies, which he enjoyed, were gardening, working with wood and a love for animals. He was a member of the Camptown Community Church, Pennsylvania Farmers Assoc. and the National Rifleman’s Association (NRA). His survivors include his wife of 18 years, Vera at home in Wyalusing RD; two daughters: Deborah Faye and Diane Elaine, both at home; his parents, Vernon and Ruth Allis of Wyalusing RD; a brother, Larry Allis of New Albany; a sister, Mrs. Paul (Roberta) Lutz of Camptown; his father and mother-in-law, John and Reva Culver of Laceyville; 10 nieces and nephews, several aunts, uncles and cousins. Relatives and friends are invited to call on Sunday from 2-4, 7-9 p.m. at the Kerr Funeral Home, Church St., Wyalusing and to attend his service on Monday Feb. 29 at 1 p.m. from the Camptown Community Church with Rev. Kenneth Bitler and Rev. Bruce Smith, co-officiating. Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery. The flowers will be provided by the family. Those who wish may send memorials to the American Cancer Society, 515 S. Main St., Athens, PA. –Towanda Daily Review

DONALD MILTON ANDERSON, 72, of Tunkhannock, Pa., formerly of Towanda, Pa., passed away early Saturday morning, Nov. 5, 2016 at the Timber Ridge Nursing Facility in Plains Township, Pa. Donald was born on Dec. 2, 1943 in Terrytown, Pa., the son of Clinton L. Anderson and Jennie Croft Anderson. He was a graduate of Towanda High School Class of 1962 and later served with the U.S. Marine Corps. In early years, Donald was employed by Snell's Auto Sales in Wysox, Pa., and by Masonite Corporation in Wysox for 28 years. He subsequently served as a corrections officer with the Wyoming County Correctional Facility for 10 years until retirement. Donald enjoyed playing the accordion, softball, woodworking and cars. He is survived by his companion, Sylvia Repsher of Tunkhannock; children, Vicky Hogan of Hornbrook, Candi Parsons and husband Kevin of New Albany, Clinton Anderson and wife Tonya of Monroeton, and Randy Vanderpool of Spring Lake; grandchildren, Ashley Lynn Hogan, Adam John Hogan, Derek Clayton Vanderpool, Matthew Ryan McKernan, Tylor John Newhart, Anna Vanderpool, Logan Anderson and Trevor Walker; several great-grandchildren; sisters, Helen Mader of Myersburg, Virginia Neiley of Myersburg; several nieces, nephews and cousins; and his extended family, Tammy Jenkins, Sandra Ritz, Holly Banta and Kenneth Repsher Jr., all of Tunkhannock. He was predeceased by his wife, Sandra Teetsel Anderson on April 18, 1988; father, Clinton L. Anderson in 1959; mother, Jennie Croft Anderson Ward in 2003; and stepfather, Carl W. "Curly" Ward in 1984. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m.Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa., with the Rev. Robert Martin officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa. The family suggests that contributions may be directed to a charity or organization of one's choice in Donald Milton Anderson's memory. –Towanda Daily Review 11/6/2016

 

AREY - Alice Arey Armitage, age 88, of RR 4 (Lime Hill) Wyalusing, died peacefully Saturday, March 14, 2009, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law John and Ellen Armitage of Laceyville.  Born on Aug. 30, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Rachel (Manahan) Arey.  Alice lived in the Wyalusing area her entire life. She graduated from Camptown High School Valedictorian of her class, and member of the basketball team.  She married James Armitage, December 3, 1945, and they celebrated 52 years of marriage prior to his death in May of 1998.  Alice worked in several sewing factories prior to being employed 33 years at the Bendix/Allied Corporation in South Montrose.  Alice loved her houseplants, gardening, plastic canvas crafts, and attending local craft shows and fairs.  Most of all she loved her grandchildren and great grandchildren, hoping they all could know school is the best time of their life.  Surviving are her four sons: Melton (Gail) Armitage of Laceyville, Pa., John (Ellen) Armitage, of Laceyville, Pa., Joe (Elaine) Armitage, of New Albany, Jean (Penny) Armitage of Sugar Run, Pa.; foster son: Floyd Douglas of Hornbrook, Pa.; nine grandchildren; five step grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; her siblings: Louise Ross, of Meshoppen, James (Mimi) Arey, of Herrickville, Paul (Dorcas) Arey, of Tupper Lake, N.Y., Ann (Paul) Meas of New Albany, Pa., Ken (Barb) Arey, of Lime Hill; a brother-in-law: George Matlack, of Broomall, Pa.; and numerous nieces and nephews.  In addition to her parents and husband, she was also preceded in death by brothers: Henry and Ed Arey; and by a sister: Evelyn Matlack.  Friends and family are invited to call from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, at McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church Street, Wyalusing, and from 10-11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, at the funeral home.  Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at McHenry Funeral Home, with the Rev. Joseph R. Hornick, as officiant.  Pallbearers will be: Kevin Armitage, Joe Armitage, Jim Armitage, Steve Hoover, Michael Armitage, Dillon Armitage, and honorary bearer: Shawn Johnson. Interment will immediately follow in Camptown Cemetery.  The family will provide flowers, and requests donations be made to the Hospice at Memorial Hospital, One Hospital Drive, Towanda, PA 18848, or a charity of one's choice, in memory of Alice Armitage.   RHW.  Towanda Daily Review 16 March, 2009.

 

ARTHUR R. ARMITAGE, 56 of Laceyville RD 2 died Saturday Sept. 24, 1988 at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Wilkes-Barre following a lingering illness. He was born Sept. 28, 1931 in Sayre, son of the late James W. and Adelade Decker Armitage. For 17 years he had been employed by the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company in Groton, NY and returned to the Laceyville area four years ago due to illness. He was a veteran of the Korean conflict and a member of American Legion Post #800 of Groton, NY and also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of LeRaysville. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Nellie Russick of Sugar Run; three brothers, James M. of Wyalusing RD, Walter L. of Wysox RD 2 and Howard Armitage of Laceyville RD 2 and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the Kenneth D. Kerr Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing with the Rev. Philip Wanck, pastor of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery. Friends may call at Kerr’s in Wyalusing from 7-9 p.m. Monday. –Towanda Daily Reviw

ARMITAGE - Howard "Pappy" Armitage, age 80, died on Friday evening, October 20, 2006, at Memorial Hospital in Towanda, Pa. He was born on May 15, 1926 in Scranton, Pa., a son of the late James and Adelaide Decker Armitage. He has lived most of his lifetime in the Wyalusing area. In 1958, he was preceded in death by his wife the Virginia Armitage. Prior to his retirement in 1987, he had been employed by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation giving 33 years of service. Howard enjoyed his time spent hunting, watching TV, and doing word puzzles.  He leaves surviving his children: Thomas Armitage, Sr., of Stevensville, Pa., Patti Armitage, of Stevensville, Pa., Howard "PeeWee" and Dee Armitage of Standing Stone, Pa.; by a sister: Nellie Russick, of Towanda, Pa.; by six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and by many nieces and nephews.  In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by his mother-in-law: Gladys Keeney, who had helped him raise his children; a granddaughter: Virginia, in 1978; and by a sister and brothers: Elizabeth, Art, James, and Walter. Friends and family are invited to call on Monday, October 23, 2006, at the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church Street, Wyalusing, Pa., from 6 to 8 p.m.  Graveside funeral and committal services will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006, at 11 a.m. in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa.  In lieu of flowers, the donations may be made to the Bradford County Humane Society, box 179, Ulster, Pa. 18850, in Howard Armitage's memory.  Contributed by Carol Brotzman - Towanda Daily Review

ARMITAGE Martin (Jean) Armitage
age 60, of Sugar Run, Pa., died
late Friday evening, Nov. 26, 2010.  Jean was born on Feb. 9, 1950, a son of the late James and Alice Arey Armitage. Jean graduated from the Wyalusing Valley High School, a member of the class of 1968. He worked at Sylvania and also on Felter's farm for a number of years. He married the former Penelope Cobb; they were married for 34 years and were always together. She predeceased him in May of 2010. Jean also liked spending time with family and friends, he loved children. He enjoyed the outdoors, and he loved animals. He also enjoyed spending time in his garden.  Surviving are: brothers and sisters-in-law, John and Ellen Armitage, Laceyville, Pa., Melton and Gail Armitage, Laceyville, Pa., Joe Armitage, Spring Lake, Pa.; step-children, Shawn and Jill Johnson Monroeton, Pa., Kim Connor, Wyalusing, Pa., Betty Ann Hochingavong, Charlotte, N.C.; special friend, like a daughter, Julie Richter, Lovelton, Pa.; numerous nieces and nephews.  Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, Pa., with the Rev. Joseph R. Hornick presiding. Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa.  Friends may call from 9 a.m. until the time of the service on Thursday morning at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Wilmot Fire Company, c/o Tony Turner, 9 Tony's Lane, Sugar Run, PA 18846. Daily Review - November 29, 2010

ARMITAGE NELLIE
Daily Review on 10/15/2007
Nellie Armitage Walter Russick of Wyalusing died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, at Towanda Skilled Nursing Unit. She was preceded in death by her two husbands, the late Peter Walter of 23 years, and the late Joe Russick of four years.  She was born in Scranton on Sept. 7, 1917, a daughter of the late James and Addie Decker Armitage. She was preceded in death by her brothers, James, Walter, Arthur and Howard Armitage, and sister Elizabeth Rought. She is survived by her sons, George Walter of Silvara, Peter Walter of Wyalusing, William "Bill" Walter of Hollenback, Jim Walter of Lawton, Pa., and Howard Walter and Frank Walter of Wyalusing; sisters Mary Fassett and Elise Fassett of Lawton, Pa.; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Laceyville. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery.  Friends and family may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until the time of the service on Tuesday.  Submitted by Carol Hoose Brotzman

Walter L. (Whitey) ARMITAGE
March 19, 2002
Walter L. (Whitey) Armitage, age 79, of Wysox, PA, died in the early morning hours on Tuesday, March 19, 2002 at Memorial Hospital in Towanda.  He was born on Oct. 30, 1922 in Scranton, a son of the late James William and Addie Decker Armitage.  Mr. Armitage was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during World War II.  On Oct. 9, 1943, Walter married the former Hope Merritt. They had celebrated over 58 years of marriage.  Prior to his retirement, he was employed by State Aggregates in Wysox as a truck driver.  He resided for over thirty years in this area.  A member of Towanda American Legion Post No. 42, he enjoyed time spent gardening, golfing and watching wrestling on television.  He left surviving, his loving wife, Hope Merritt Armitage, at home; four children, LeRoy Armitage and Amy Blowers of Wyalusing, Richard and Debbie Armitage of Florida, Dale and Laura Armitage of Wyalusing, Gary Armitage and Barbara Pierce of Wysox; a sister, Nellie Russick of Camptown; a brother, Howard Armitage of Stevensville; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Walter B. Armitage; a daughter, Rose Marie Armitage; a sister, Elizabeth and two brothers, Arthur and James Armitage.  Funeral services will be held (today), Thursday, March 21 at 2 p.m. in the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing, with the Rev. Beverly Davenport, pastor of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, officiating.  Interment will follow in Camptown Cemetery.  Friends and family called on Wednesday, March 20 at McHenry Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m.

 

ALFRED J. BALL, 82 of 104 Ward Ave., Towanda died Sunday morning Oct. 2, 1988 at Memorial Hospital, Towanda. Born July 30, 1906 in Wyalusing, he was a son of Livingston and Margaret Baldwin Ball. He attended the Wyalusing schools. Mr. Ball lived in Rome for many years and later moved to Towanda where he has made his home for the past 26 years. On Feb. 10, 1926 he married the former Ruth Decker. Mr. Ball was employed by the Jake Trowbridge Lumber Company in Camptown and later after moving to Towanda was employed by the SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery and St. Agnes School for 19 years. Mr. Ball also served as caretaker of the Bradford County Courthouse for six years. Alfred made many friends throughout the county area. His main interests in life were in his family and home. He possessed a great fondness for horses which began in his early life. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Decker Ball of Towanda; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth and Denise Ball of Rome RD a, John and Shirley Ball of Monroeton RD 1; two daughters: Mrs. Alberta Steele and Bertina Chilson, both of Wysox RD 2; a daughter and son-in-law, Elsie and Albert Chilson of Durell; 43 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by two daughters: Mrs. Doirs Cudo in 1971 and Mrs. Lena Vanderpool in 1987; also by two sisters: Mrs. Mary Dorsey and Mrs. Lena Frazer and a brother, Clifford Ball. The family will receive friends this evening from 7-9 o’clock at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Steve Crabtree, pastor of LeRaysville United Church of Christ officiating. Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery. –Towanda Daily Review

 

BALL E. Bertina Ball Chilson

83, of Asylum Township, Pa., died early Saturday morning, Dec. 15, 2012 at her home following declining health.  Bertina was born in Wyalusing Township, Pa., on Dec. 2, 1929 a daughter of Alfred J. and Ruth Decker Ball. She was a graduate of Wyalusing High School and in early years was employed by the Berlinger Silk Mill in Towanda. She was later employed by Pat's Palace Restaurant and the Bradford County Courthouse in Towanda and by the Wysox General Store for a number of years. Bertina enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, canning and working among her flowers. She enjoyed collecting John Wayne memorabilia and was a NASCAR and Mark Martin fan.  She is survived by her children Robin (Terry) Mosier of New Albany, Burton Chilson of North Towanda, Charles (Sandi) Chilson of French Asylum, Ella Robinson of Franklindale, Brian (Jennifer) Chilson of Franklindale, Brenda (Jack) Frye of Towanda, Christine Brown of Towanda and Duke Chilson of Asylum Township; 20 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; sister Elsie Chilson of French Asylum; sister-in-law Shirley Ball of Towanda; the father of her children Max C. Chilson of French Asylum; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by great-grandchildren Isaac Lee Mosier and Abagail Nicole Tinna; brothers John and Kenneth Ball and sisters Doris Cudo, Lena Vanderpool and Alberta Steele.  The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the funeral home with Rev. Richard Davis officiating. Interment will follow in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa. The family suggests that contributions may be directed to the American Cancer Society, Bradford Unit, 1948 East Third St., Williamsport, PA 17701-3945 in Bertina's memory.  Towanda Daily Review – December 16, 2012

 

BARNES –GRACE L. (BURLINGTON) PRATT, 99 of 129 Pennsylvania Ave., Binghamton, NY died Tuesday morning Aug. 15, 1989 at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre where she had been a patient since Sunday. She was born on Dec. 8, 1889 in South Hill, Orwell Township, a daughter of Ernest and Mertie Robinson Barnes. She was the widow of Arthur Burlington and Ray Pratt. With her first husband Arthur she operated the Merryall Farm for many years. She was a graduate of Mansfield Normal School and in her earlier years had taught school. Grace had resided in Binghamton, NY for 35 years. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Blanche Knapp of Binghamton, NY; a nephew, Leonard Barnes of Warren Center; four nieces, Mrs. George (Mavis) White of Lima, NY, Mrs. Clayton (Eleanor) Canfield and Mrs. Carl (Ontalee) Wilson, both of West Warren, Mrs. David (Eileen) Patch of Endwell, NY. She was predeceased by a son, Paul Burlington. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday Aug. 18, 1989 from the Sutfin Funeral Chapel in Nichols, NY with Rev. George Jatko, Pastor of the South Warren Community Church officiating. Burial will follow in the Camptown Cemetery. Friends are invited to call at the funeral chapel from noon until the time of the service on Friday. –Towanda Daily Review

BARNES –MARJORIE B. COBB, 81 of Dryden, NY died Saturday June 6, 1981 at Lakeside Nursing Home in Ithaca where she was a resident since April 1977. She was born in Camptown, PA, daughter of the late Leslie and Cala Camp Barnes and was a direct descendant of Job Camp, founder of Camptown. She was the widow of Ernest Cobb. Surviving are three sons: Donald C. Cobb of Dryden, Harold B. Cobb of Mulbury, FL and Emerson L. Cobb of Smithfield Flats, NY. A son, Ernest D. Cobb died in 1972. Services will be held Tuesday in Dryden, NY Burial will be in Camptown Cemetery at 2 p.m. Tuesday. –Newspaper obit 6/8/1981

 

ARTHUR M. ‘JEFF’ BARTO, 77 of Camptown, died Friday afternoon, Feb. 19, 1988 at his home.  He was born Aug. 23, 1910 in Penn Township, Lycoming County, the son of the late Calvin Barto and the former Olive Seid.  Mr. Barto was employed as a farmer for several years, an occupation which he enjoyed.  He did most of his farming on the Browning, Kennedy and Taylor farms in the Wyalusing area.  He was also employed more recently as a Wyalusing Township supervisor, an occupation which he held for 23 years.  In May of 1950, he married the former Elva Whitmiller.  Mr. Barto was a member of the Camptown Odd Fellows, a former member of the Wyalusing Valley Volunteer Fire Dept. which he helped to get started, an active member of the Camptown Men’s’ Club and the Camptown Methodist Church.  He considered his hobbies to be working and his garden.  He was preceded in death by a son, Laverne on March 25, 1968.  His survivors include his wife of 58 years, Elva at home in Camptown; two sons and daughters-in-law: George and Dolores Barto of Spring Lake, and Harry and Jean Barto of Monroeton; three daughters and sons-in-law:  Mrs. Richard (Betty) Bates of Stevensville, Mrs. Earl (Shirley) Rockwell of West Burlington and Mrs. Carl (Bonnie) Mader of Camptown; three brothers: Patrick Barto, Carl Barto, Calvin Barto, Jr., all of Montgomery: three sisters:  Mrs. Mazie Miller, Mrs. Carson (Helen) Kreptnecht and Mrs. Richard (Kathryn) LaForme, also of Montgomery; 24 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins.  Relatives and friends are invited to call this afternoon from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Kerr Funeral Home, Church St., Wyalusing; and to attend his service on Monday, Feb. 22, at 11 a.m. from the Camptown Community Church with his former pastor, the Rev. Kenneth Bitler officiating.  Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery.  Those wishing may send donations in Mr. Barto’s memory to the Towanda Memorial Hospital Memorial fund or to the Wyalusing Ambulance Association. –Towanda Daily Review.

BARTO –BETTY J. BATES, 64, of Stevensville, Pa., died Tuesday, May 18, 1999, at her home.  Born in Camptown, Pa., on June 26, 1934, she was a daughter of Elva Whitmiller Barto and the late Arthur Barto.  On March 25, 1967, she married Richard Bates of Stevensville.  They recently celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary.  Mrs. Bates worked for many years for the Camptown Dress Factory, the Black Walnut Dress Factory and the Meshoppen dress Factory.  She retired from the Ritz-Tec Manufacturing Co. of Montrose in 1997.  Betty was a loving mother and grandmother and really loved and enjoyed the outdoors.  She especially took great pride in caring for her flowers and yard, and enjoyed time spent camping whenever possible.  She was a member of the Camptown United Methodist Church.  She is survived by her loving spouse, Richard Bates, at home; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Patricia Hartshaw Jr. of Clearwater, S.C., and Gary and Michele Hartshaw of Silvara, Pa.; six daughters and sons-in-law; Kathleen (Kathy) and Sidney Llemle, of Merryall, Pa., Deborah Learn of Tunkhannock, Pa., Paula and Frank Kent of Quakertown, Pa., Donna and David Higley of Camptown, Pa., Wanda and Mitchell winters of Lakeland, Fla., and Penny and Pat Sullivan of Towanda, Pa.; her mother, Elva Barto of Camptown, Pa.; two brothers and sisters-in-law, George and Harry and Jean Barto of Monroeton, Pa.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Shirley Rockwell of Troy, Pa., and Bonnie and Carl Mader of Camptown, Pa.; 23 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by an infant daughter, Barbara Jean Hartshaw, in 1954 and a brother, LaVerne Barto of Spring Hill in 1968.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 22, 1999, at 11 a.m. in the Camptown United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joyce K. Warner officiating.  Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery.  Friends and family are invited to call on Friday, May 21, 1999, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the McHenry funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing, Pa.  Memorials may be directed to Memorial Hospice, Towanda, Pa. in Mrs. Bates’ memory.  –Towanda Daily Review.

BARTO Betty J. BATES, 64, of Stevensville, PA died Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at her home.  Born in Camptown, PA on June 26, 1934 she was a daughter of Elva Whitmiller Barto and the late Arthur Barto.  Mrs. Bates was a member of the Camptown United Methodist Church and was employed as a dressmaker.  She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Richard Bates, at home; two sons and six daughters; her mother, Elva Barto of Camptown; brothers and sisters-ini-law, George and Delores Barto of Spring Lake and Harry and Jean Barto of Monroeton; sisters, Shirley Rockwell of Troy and Bonnie and Carl Mader of Camptown, PA; 23 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.  Funeral services were held May 22 at the Camptown United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joyce K. Warner officiating and interment to be in Camptown Cemetery.  Arrangements were by the McHenry Funeral Home in Wyalusing.  Memorials may be directed to Memorial Hospice, One Hospital Drive, Towanda, PA 18848 in Mrs. Bates’ memory.  Troy Gazette Register

CHAD HAROLD BELCHER, age 22 of Wyalusing, Pa., passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly on Friday evening Jan. 29, 2016.Chad was born in Kingston, Pa. on April 30, 1993, the son of Jack S. Belcher Jr., of Wyalusing with whom he lived with, and Iris May-Spencer of Bentley Creek, Pa. He was a graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School with the Class of 2011 and was also enrolled at the Northern Tier Career Center in Towanda, Pa. where he took auto body courses. On May 31, 2013 he married the former Samantha Ferguson. Chad worked for the former Whipple Bros. Lumber of Laceyville as a truck driver. He also worked for Mountain Lake Construction, Pork Allen & Josh Nickeson Logging and Excel Warehousing.Chad was a member of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church. While in high school Chad was a member of the Wyalusing wrestling team. He was a man of many interests, mostly he was interested with anything with a motor. He enjoyed go-cart racing, working on cars and his dirt bike. Chad also liked to ride his dirt bike, go off-roading with his Jeep, and in his spare time he liked to watch NASCAR while rooting for his favorite driver the No. 88 car, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Most of all Chad was family oriented who enjoyed family camping, family cookouts, and just spending time with his family and many friends. Besides his parents Chad is survived by his wife Samantha Ferguson Belcher of Lawton, Pa.; brother Caleb Belcher and his wife Cassie of Wyalusing; sister, Caitlinn Belcher of Wyalusing; maternal grandparents Iris E. May of Lancaster, Texas and William R. May Sr. of Bentley Creek, Pa.; and parents-in-law Joe and Cindy Ferguson of Lawton. Chad is also survived by his nephew Elijah Hadsall; niece Caroline Belcher; nephews Jackson and Jerimiah Belcher as well as many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Chad was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Jack and Joyce Belcher Sr. and step-father Roger B. Spencer. Funeral services for Chad will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 at the Sheldon Funeral Home, 155 Church Street, Wyalusing with Reverend David Dewing of the Stevensville Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will follow at Camptown Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday evening Feb. 3, 2016. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to the American Lung Association, PO Box 4029, Easton, PA. –Towanda Daily Review 2/1/2016

 

JACK SINCLAIR BELCHER SR., 74, of Durell, Pa., passed away Monday, Aug. 3, 2015 at Guthrie Towanda Memorial Hospital, Towanda, Pa. Jack was born on July 10, 1941 in Sayre, Pa., to the late Dennis and Omenta Brennan Belcher. On July 29, 1961, Jack married Joyce A. Casselbury in Herrickville, Pa. and they celebrated 25 years of marriage until Joyce's passing on July 26, 1986. Jack worked as a farmer in his early years and was later employed by Daily Express and GTE Sylvania in Towanda until his early retirement due to health reasons. Jack loved to work with plants and helped out at the Plantasia Nursery in Spencer-Van Etten, N.Y. and the Endless Mountains Nursery in Rome, Pa. Jack operated his own nursery in Barton, N.Y. for a time and always had his truck and wagon loaded to sell his plants at local flea markets throughout the summer months. He loved carpentry work and built many beautiful items for his family and friends. Surviving are his children, Patricia (Donald) Cole of Canton, Jack Belcher Jr. of Stevensville, Randy (Donna) Belcher of Monroeton, Nancy (Allan) Tuttle of Sugar Run; his companion, Florence Casselbury and family who he resided with; brothers, Ronald (Evelyn) Belcher, Robert Belcher; sister, Judy (Steve) Rafferzedar; sisters-in-law, Rose Marie Belcher and Shirley Belcher; 14 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to his wife and parents he was preceded in death by his daughter, Tina M. Cole in 2014; great-grandson, Eric Landon; sister, Eva Garland; brother, William and twin brother, James Belcher Sr. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa., with Pastor David Dewing officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa. The family suggests that contributions may be directed to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA in Jack's memory. –Towanda Daily Review 8/5/2015

BELL -BONNIE BELL HILFIGER, age 68 passed away unexpectedly in her home in Troy, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. She was born in Sherburne, NY on Aug. 23, 1951, the daughter of Dr. Robert Stevens Bell and Grace MacBride Larrabee Bell. Her family moved from Sherburne to Camptown in 1963. She attended Wyalusing Valley High School and graduated with the Class of 1969. She received a B.S. in art education from Mansfield University. Bonnie taught art and substituted for several years in the Wyalusing School District before becoming a self-employed artist. While living in New Albany and raising her children, she enjoyed teaching exercise classes and leading the local girl scout troop. Bonnie has always been very involved with church and community and was part of the United Methodist Women. She had a strong faith in God that was exemplified in all aspects of her life. Bonnie was a well-known artist in the region and shared her love of art with many children and adults through art lessons and camps. Bonnie’s art spanned many different types and mediums. She especially loved face paintings, ornaments, portraits and murals. Many people will recognize the murals done on the Towanda Iron & Metal Inc. Wall along South Main Street, Towanda, PA that she first created in the late 1980s. She was a member of many art organizations in the area. Besides art, her favorite hobbies were reading, gardening and baking. Bonnie loved her friends, family, children and grandchildren in such an endless, giving way. She made the world more beautiful, not only with the things she created but with the kind, pure person she was. She is survived by her husband Gary Hilfiger of Troy, PA; her three children from a previous marriage with Samuel Baker of Dubois, PA: Dr. Wallace Baker (Heather) of Ventura, CA, Micah Baker (Melissa) of New Albany, PA, Kate Lowry (Brian) of Southbury, Connecticut; her brothers, Daniel Bell and Peter Bell (Nancy); nieces and nephews, Tory White (John), Emily Brennan (Robert), Tom Rossiter (Kim), Larissa Bacorn (Mitch), Ryan Bell (Chrissy), Melissa Payne (Jeremy) and Glenn Bell. She has many surviving close cousins, family and friends all around the country. Lastly, she is survived by her grandchildren: Alivia, Broden, Ashley, Jonathan, Chase, Joshua and Evan. She was preceded in death by her parents and 9-year-old brother, Timmy Bell. A funeral service for Bonnie will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 from the Camptown Community Church with Pastor Joshua Yorks officiating. Interment will follow at the Camptown Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019 at the Sheldon Funeral Home, 155 Church Street, Wyalusing, PA. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the following: www.gofundme.com (search for “Bonnie Bell Art Memorial”) or to C&N Bank, 428 Main St., Towanda, PA with checks made out for “Bonnie Bell Art Memorial” for the establishment of an art memoriam created in her honor. -Towanda Daily Review 11/25/2010

BENJAMIN –DEBBIE A. VINSON, 92 of Wyalusing RD 2 died on Monday March 2, 1987 at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre. She was born in Asylum Township on Oct. 7, 1894, the daughter of Leroy and Mary Benjamin, she was a resident of the Wyalusing area for most of her life. She is survived by three daughters: Ellien Sinn, Ithaca, NY, Hazel Blake, Slaterville, NY, Genevive Spence, Groton, NY; one son, Ralph Vinson, Niagara Falls, NY; two sisters, Bess Brace of Towanda and Mary Benjamin of Towanda; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. She was proceeded in death by a son, William P. Vinson in 1985. Friends may call at the Jenkins Funeral Home, 111 S. Main St., Athens on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral will be on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Joseph Gasper, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Athens officiating. Burial will be in the Camptown Cemetery. –Towanda Daily Review

BENNETT - Richard (Dick) Calvin Bennett, 70, husband of Nancy Jayne Bennett of Crow Hill Road, Camptown, PA, died and Savior Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at his home surrounded by his loving family, following a courageous battle with cancer.  Dick was born April 6, 1938 “at a very young age” at the family farmhouse on Clapper Hill. He was the son of Alverta Irene Bennett Carter and the late Richard Curtis Bennett.  He was a member of the 1956 graduating class of the newly-consolidated Wyalusing Valley Jr. and Sr. High School. Prior to consolidation, he attended the Laceyville High School. During high school, he worked on the Paul and Margaret Gray dairy farm on Edinger Hill.  On June 8, 1957 he married his high school sweetheart, Nancy M. Jayne. Dick and Nancy celebrated 51 years of marriage in 2008.  He was a member of the Braintrim Baptist Church in Laceyville and a former Sunday School Superintendent, Trustee and Junior High Boys Sunday School teacher.  In 1957, he bought the Dairylea milk delivery business in Camptown from his brother-in-law, Clarence Jayne. He delivered milk throughout Bradford County and was the first to utilize refrigerated trucks and uniformed drivers.  In 1964, he sold the business and moved his family to Reno, NV to attend flight school where he became a certified instrument instructor for twin engine aircraft and gliders. He was also a certified spray pilot with mountain flying courses and aerobatics completed.  During the mid to late 1960s, he was a sales representative and pilot for Cessna Aircraft Company Twin Engine Division in New York and Pennsylvania and the Aircraft Sales Manager for the Dupont family in Delaware. He was involved in the original sale of 240 Forward Air Recon Aircraft 02A and 02B for the military in Vietnam. He also flew the two IBM computers for the Gemini 7 and 9 space program to the launch pad in Florida. He had many wonderful adventures in the sky and aviation was his life-long passion.  In 1971, the Bennetts moved their family to the Hawley farm on Crow Hill Road, Camptown. He then started a new career in farm equipment sales with Patz Farm Equipment. He was their Regional Manager for all of New York and Pennsylvania for many years. Following his career with Patz, he was a salesman with Berg Bennett Equipment in Rummerfield. Over the past 20 years, he enjoyed building many beautiful ponds in this local area.  Mr. Bennett had a love for his farmland and worked passionately over 36 years to improve the beauty of the land and wildlife habitat. He loved the outdoors and walked many miles around the property enjoying its beauty. He enjoyed sharing the property with his many friends and neighbors. He received great support and encouragement from his many friends over the course of his illness.  Surviving are his wife, Nancy, at home; daughters and sons-in-law, Charlotte Rene Brigham and her husband, Randy of Laceyville, Constance Patterson and her husband, Charles of Glen Rock, Carol Mallory of Uvalde, TX; a son and daughter-in-law, Adam Calvin Bennett and his wife, Christian of Sayre; 10 grandchildren, Preston Brigham and wife, Rochelle of Overland Park, KS, Jay Brigham of Laceyville; Angelina Mallory of Norfolk, VA, Monica Mallory and John Mallory of Uvalde, TX, Alexander and Benjamin Patterson of Glen Rock, Samuel, Noah and Elijah Bennett of Sayre. Dick was looking forward to the birth of his first great-grandchild to be born in March 2009. Also surviving are his mother, Alverta Bennett Carter, his sister and brother-in-law, Richard and Charlotte Place, all of Transue, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.  He was preceded in death by his father, Richard C. Bennett in 1967; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Fred and Susie Jayne and son-in-law, Michael Mallory in 2007.  A time of gathering for family and friends will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18 at the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Laceyville. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, at the Braintrim Baptist Church, Laceyville, with Pastor Thomas Davis officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown.  In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be directed to Braintrim Baptist Church or WPEL Radio Station in Montrose, PA.  Wyalusing Rocket Courier.

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Wyalusing Rocket July 5, 2007
Howard E. Berner, 91, died at Delmar Gardens Nursing Home in Town and Country, Missouri on May 18, 2007, with his wife of 60 years, Betty, by his side, as well as his son, Howard, Jr. and his wife, Barbara. Mr. Berner maintained a beloved farm in Wyalusing since 1960, which remains in his family. Before moving to St. Louis in November of 2005, Mr. and Mrs. Berner lived for several years at Wyalusing Personal Care and Retirement Home. Since then, he was lovingly cared for by the staff at Garden Villas Assisted Living, by his caregiver Eddie and most especially, his son, Howard, Jr. and daughter-in-law, Barbara, who spent precious time with Howard and Betty almost daily. Born in East St. Louis, IL on Nov. 1, 1915, he was the son of Theresa Nell and William Benner. His parents and an older brother, William, predeceased him. As a child, he was known as the Boy Soprano, singing on local St. Louis radio as early as 1924, inspiring his daughter, Patty’s radio career.   He graduated from what is now St. Louis University Law School in 1937 and was a lifelong member of the Missouri Bar Association, which in turn inspired his son, Tom’s law career. Howard served as an Army officer in World War II and the Korean War, as a medical supply buyer for the United States Army. He was honorably discharged as a captain in 1953. His son, Howard, went on to serve in the Army, as well, after training at West Point. In the decades that followed, Mr. Berner worked for a number of pharmaceutical companies before retiring from Pharmacaps, Inc. in Elizabeth, NJ. He was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, MA and was very proud to be a 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner.Howard loved good jazz, good people and most of all, his farm, the people he met there and the beautiful countryside. He lived his life with great integrity and tender love for his family. He was an inspiration to us all, and his lessons and love live on. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife, Betty and by his loving sons and their wives, Howard, Jr. and Barbara Berner, Thomas and Ariel Berner; his daughter and her husband, Patricia and Steven Kushner; grandchildren, Leslie and Andrew Berner and Jacob, Kaitlyn and William Kushner. A memorial service will be held at Howard’s Lime Hill farm on Sunday, July 8 at 10 a.m. in the morning. All who knew this wonderful, much-loved husband, father and grandfather are invited to attend in celebration of his life. His ashes will be scattered at his farm and at the Camptown Cemetery. Submitted by Carol Hoose Brotzman

BLEMLE - Paul P. Blemle, 68, of Burlington Township, Towanda RR 1, Pa., died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, at the Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa.
Paul was born Sept. 11, 1941, in Wilmot Township, Pa., the son of the late Douglas and Marian NORCONK Blemle. He attended Wyalusing Valley High School and later worked construction projects with his father. Paul was employed as a technical supervisor by Osram Sylvania in Towanda for 33 years until his retirement in 1997. He also worked on roofing construction in the area for a number of years. Paul enjoyed spending time at the family homestead in Wilmot Twp., caring for his property, hunting, cutting wood and gardening.  He was a member of Wyalusing Lodge No. 618 F.&A.M., Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Towanda, Williamsport Consistory 32nd degree and the Towanda Gun Club.  He is survived by: his wife, Shirley DECKER Blemle, at home; four children, Philip Blemle of Wilmot Township, Pa., Alicia Ivey and her husband Mark of Tunkhannock, Pa., Brenda Jacobs and her husband Tony of Warren Center, Pa., and Doug CARMAN and his wife Carrie of Rome, Pa.; 11 grandchildren, Adrielle, Colin, Courtney, Rayleigh, Kraigyn, Hayden, Marissa, Jenna, Hunter, Ashlyne and Brynlee; two brothers, Carl Blemle and his wife Carol of Gillette, Pa., and Sidney Blemle and his wife Kathy of Camptown, Pa.; a sister, Kay Edsell and her husband Walter "Jr." of Camptown, Pa.; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.  He was preceded in death by his father, Douglas Blemle, in 1984 and by his mother, Marian Norconk Blemle, in 2006.  The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Friday evening at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa. Wyalusing Lodge No. 618 F.&A.M. will hold Masonic services at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.  The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at the funeral home with the Rev. Robert Brown officiating. Interment will follow in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa.  The family suggests that memorial contributions may be directed to the charity or organization of one's choice in Paul P. Blemle's memory.  January 12, 2010, Towanda Daily Review.

BOLTON –MRS. BETTY IRENE YANAVITCH, a lifelong resident of Stevensville, PA resident passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, PA, with her loving family at her side. Betty was born in Potterville, Pike Township, Bradford County, PA, on February 1, 1927, one of ten children of the late Elmer A. & Lena Cragle Bolton. She graduated from the LeRaysville High School a member of the class of 1947. She married Anthony “Tony” Yanavitch of Stevensville, PA on November 25, 1948. He predeceased her on September 21, 1988 after 39 years of marriage. Betty and Tony were life-long farmers, first milking and later raising beef cattle. She enjoyed family dinners and was an accomplished quilter, sewing more than 100 quilts. She loved gardening, and raising vegetables and flowers in her garden. Surviving: Three Brothers: Edward Bolton of Warren Center, PA, Ray Bolton of LeRaysville, PA Darius (Joyce) Bolton of Ulster, PA, a sister-in-law: Martha Yanavitch of Stevensville, PA. Besides her parents she was predeceased by sisters: Dora Landers and Reda Jane; brothers, Ralph Bolton, Earl Bolton, Cleatis Bolton and Roy Bolton. Interment: Camptown Cemetery.

 

BOYANOWSKI –PATRICIA ANN ‘PATTY’ HAVERLY, age 60, tragically passed away near her home in Camptown, PA, on May 31, 2018.  Patty was born on April 8, 1958 in Towanda, PA, the daughter of the late John S. Boyanowski and Ruby L. Anderson Boyanowski of Camptown, PA. She grew up and lived in Camptown her entire life. She was a graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School with the Class of 1976. Patty retired from DuPont in Towanda, PA, where she worked as a lab technician for over 30 years.
She enjoyed reading, knitting, and crocheting. Patty took great pride in keeping her home looking beautiful inside and especially outside, where she loved to tend to her garden of gorgeous plants and flowers. Most of all Patty loved to spend time with her granddaughter, Isabella and the rest of her family. She will be deeply missed by her family and loved ones. Patty is survived by her daughter Stephanie Haverly of Tunkhannock, PA; son Zach “Nate” Young of Canton, PA; granddaughter Isabella Rose Bedford of Tunkhannock, PA; mother Ruby Boyanowski of Camptown, PA; brothers Gary Dunn and his with Francis of Camptown, PA: Michael Boyanowski and his wife Bonnie of Camptown, PA; sisters Cathy Gorham and her husband Chris of Reno, NV; and Karen Howard and her husband Fred of Carson City, NV. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her father John Boyanowski (d. June 5, 2003). Funeral services for Patty will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 12:00 Noon from the Camptown Community Church with Reverend David Dewing of the church officiating. Interment will follow at the Camptown Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the church from 10:00 AM until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to Isabella Bedford Education Fund, P&G Credit Union, 15 Lane Hill Road, Tunkhannock, PA . Arrangements were entrusted with Sheldon Funeral Home, 155 Church Street, Wyalusing, PA. –Fueran home obit

 

BOYD –ELIZABETH PATTON, 88 of Wyalusing died Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Hospital, Towanda. She was born Nov. 5, 1899 on Lime Hill, Bradford County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Boyd. She graduated from the Camptown High School and later attended Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield College. She lived in the Wyalusing area most of her life and was an accomplished seamstress. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard E. Patton on March 29, 1960. She was a member of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church. Surviving are one son, Edward W. Patton of Wyalusing and a daughter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Marsillio of Lutherville, MD; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing with the Rev. Dr. Stephen W. Starzer officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday morning from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. Memorials are directed to the heart fund. –Towanda Daily Review

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Daily Review on 6/11/2007
Elizabeth C. Bramhall, 89, of Wyalusing, died on Saturday, June 9, 2007, at Skilled Nursing Unit in Towanda, Pa. She was born on October 11, 1917, on Lime Hill, in Wyalusing, Pa, a daughter of the late Clair and Alice O'Conner Bramhall. Miss Bramhall has been a lifetime resident of Lime Hill. She enjoyed her time spent in the outdoors, gardening on her small farm.  Elizabeth was an only child. She is survived by several cousins, and by many friends. Family and friends are invited to call on Wednesday, June 13, 2007, at 12 noon at McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church Street, Wyalusing, Pa.  Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Jason Laudermilch, pastor of the Herrickville Wesleyan Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Camptown Cemetery.  Submitted by Carol Hoose Brotzman

BRETZ - Daily Review, 31 Jan 1923 Mrs. May E.. Bretz, 50 years old, died Friday morning at her home, 155 Baldwin Street, Johnson City. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark of Rummerfield, a son, Clark Bretz of Johnson City, two daughters, Mrs. Harold Chaffee of LeRaysville and Mrs. Lillian Thetga of Johnson City and three brothers, Frank, Elmer, and Harry Clark; all of Rummerfield. A prayer service was held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the funeral parlors of Beilby and Rice, 34 Broad Street, Johnson City, and the body was placed in the Floral Park receiving vault until spring when burial will be in the Camptown cemetery. Mrs. Bretz was well known in Bradford County. For years she had the LeRaysville Exchange when last spring her health became so poor she had to leave. She moved to Johnson City the first of November. Submitted by Beth A. Williams, bawill@sprynet.com

BRINK –IONA BRINK SLATER RUPERT, 61 of the Blue Spring Home Park, Washingtonville, Danville RD 2 PA died Tuesday morning Feb. 27, 1990 at her home. Born Oct. 25, 1928 in Pittston, PA, she was a daughter of Merle and Edith McMillan Brink. Iona attended the LeRaysville School and was later employed by the Klingerman Nursing Home in Orangeville for 15 years. She was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose, Hughesville No. 866 and was a social member of Muncy VFW Post. She was also a member of the Glenn Sharrow American Legion Post No. 85, Hughesville. She is survived by two daughters, Glenda Slater of Troy and Carol Allen of Towanda; a daughter and son-in-law, Delores and Larry Brownsburger of Abilene, Texas; two sons and daughters-in-law, Paul and Luann Slater of Canton; Glenn and Sheila Slater of Cayuta, NY; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Edward (Evelyn) Bump of Herrickville and Mrs. Carl (Alice) Hollenbech of Sunbury, PA; several nieces, nephews and cousins. The family will receive friends this evening from 7 to 9 o’clock at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda. The funeral service will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Harry L. Ferguson, pastor of the Wysox Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery. The family suggests that memorials be directed to the charity or organization of one’s choice in Mrs. Rupert’s memory. –Towanda Daily Review

 

BRINK Laura Lee
Our angel, Laura Lee Brink Allen, 45, of Monroeton, Pa., went to be with her Savior early Friday morning, Oct. 15, 2010 from her home surrounded by her loving family after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Laura was born in Towanda, Pa. on Aug. 6, 1965, the daughter of Glenn and JoAnn Brotzman Brink. She graduated from Wyalusing High School in the Class of 1983. Laura was formerly employed by the Pink Apple Restaurant in Tunkhannock and the B&D Diner in Wysox. She also drove a bus for the Towanda School District and C&C Transport for 18 years. She was the owner and operator of D&L Disposal, Inc. of Monroeton until her illness.  On June 14, 1986, she married Dennis (Smokey) Allen of Monroeton. Laura was a very loving and caring person who always had a smile for everyone and was a great inspiration to many. She was very close to her family and friends and loved them all very much. Laura enjoyed camping, NASCAR racing, four-wheeling, scrapbooking, stamping up, gardening, hosting card parties and spending time with her family and many friends. Laura always said she was so blessed to have had so many loving and caring friends during her life. She was a member of the Tops No. 836 group, Monroeton Rod & Gun Club and the Powell United Methodist Church. Surviving are her husband, Dennis "Smokey" Allen; beloved son, Derrick Allen of Monroeton; step-children, Chris and Ann Allen of Saco and Nicole Allen of Philadelphia, step-grandchildren, Seth, Madisyn and Abygale Allen; her parents, Glenn and JoAnn Brink of Wyalusing; mother-in-law, Emma Allen of Monroeton; sister-in-law, Paula Bahr (Frank Heath) of Monroeton; nephew, Anthony Bahr; niece, Natasha Allen; a great- niece, Dillon Bahr; a very special great-niece whom she so dearly loved, Presley Fee; and numerous uncles, aunts, and cousins. Laura was predeceased by her grandparents, Leland and Ethel Brink and Bryce and Betty Brotzman. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa., with Pastor Sherry Good officiating. Interment will follow in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 10 to 11 a.m. on Monday at the funeral home. The family suggests that memorial contributions may be directed to Memorial Hospice, 1 Hospital Drive, Towanda, PA 18848 or to the Bradford County Humane Society, PO Box 179, Ulster, PA 18850 in Laura's memory. - Towanda Daily Review, October 16, 2010

 

BRINK Lyall W. Brink, Sr.

77, of 1704 Brink Billings Creek Rd, Wyalusing, PA died at his home in Camptown, Herrick Twp. on Tuesday evening, June 19, 2012. Born on Oct. 13, 1934 in Towanda, he was the son of the late Leland and Ethel Furman Brink. He was a graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School Class of 1953. After high school he joined the U.S. Army. While serving his country, he was stationed in Germany for 18 months. Lyall was a selfemployed logger with his company Lyall Brink Logging for over 40 years. He worked all over northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New York. He last worked together with AC Crosley and Sons Logging, with their main office being in Binghamton, NY.   A member of the Monroeton Rod and Gun Club, he was also a member of the Bradford County Township Supervisor Association. For 18 years he served Herrick Township, as a Supervisor and also as their Roadmaster. He thoroughly enjoyed attending the Horse and Tractor Pulls, over the years, and also hunting, in his younger years.  Lyall was always on time for a joke or a good laugh. Most of all he loved to be around his family, especially the many family outings and picnics.  He is survived by his children, Charles (Julie) Ingham of Camptown, John (Vicki Schley) Ingham of South Williamsport, Jeanne (Tony) DeRemer of Laceyville, Lyall, Jr. “Jake” (Cindy) Brink of Towanda and Lynn (Larry) Westbrook of New Albany; his brothers, Raymond (Sally) Brink of Wyalusing and Glenn (JoAnn) Brink of Wyalusing; sisters Joyce (A.B.) Stephens of Wyalusing and Mary Ann Karpovich of Dushore; as well as many nieces and nephews.  Besides his parents, Lyall is preceded in death by his wife, Jeannine “Ann” Brown Ingham Brink, who died on March 29, 2005, whom he missed every day since her passing.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 23 at 10 a.m. at the Sheldon Funeral Homes, Main St., Laceyville with Pastor William Westbrook of the Camptown Charge of the United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow at the Camptown Cemetery with Graveside Military Services to be provided by the Wyalusing Post #534 American Legion. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, June 22 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m.  In lieu of flowers, those wishing to make memorial donations may do so in Lyall’s name to the Herrickville Fire Co., 6149 Herrickville Rd., Wyalusing, PA 18853 or the H.O.P.S. Ambulance, c/o James Seipler, RR#1 Box 280 Rome, PA 18837.  Wyalusing Rocket Courier – June 21, 2012 

 

BROWN Calvin Roger Brown

(paper and publication unknown, died in 1949, buried in Camptown Cemetery)

Calvin Roger Brown, three and one half year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown, Sr., of Lime Hill, died very suddenly Thursday morning after a short illness.  He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown, Sr., of Lime Hill; four sisters, Mrs. Gerald Potter of Binghamton, Mrs. Andrew J. Pickney of Johnson City, Martha and Ruth at home; seven brothers, Thomas Brown, Jr. of Homets Ferry, Robert of Binghamton, William, James, Keith, Gerald and Alfred at home; two aunts, Mrs. Gus Shellenberger of Johnson City, Mrs. Paul Strong of Rummerfieldl and uncle, William R. Hines of Johnson City; his maternal grandfather, James Hines of Rummerfield; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Emma Brown of Lime Hill.  Funeral services will be held Sunday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. at the Tiffany Funeral Home in Wyalusing, Rev. John A. Sensenig, Jr., officiating. Burial will be at Camptown.

 

BROWN Dawn R. Brown Liddick

age 52, of LeRaysville, Pa., died on June 11, 2013 unexpectedly at her home. Dawn was born in Towanda, Pa., on July 5, 1960, a daughter of the late Leon B. and Beatrice Tillotson Brown. She attended the Towanda High School. After school she married her high school sweetheart Kevin Liddick of Warren Center, PA on Aug. 4, 1978.  She loved spending time with her family and friends and also enjoyed crocheting, and playing cards. Dawn liked going shopping with her daughter, spending time outdoors, and talking on the phone with her friends.  Surviving is her husband Kevin Liddick at home; sons and daughter-in-law Richard Liddick of LeRaysville, Pa., Benjamin (Carrie) Liddick of Windber, Pa.; daughter and son-in-law Nickie (Arnoldo) Ramirez of LeRaysville, Pa.;  brothers and sisters-in-law Paul (Sue) Brown of Laceyville, Pa., Milo (Barb) Putnam of Wyalusing, Pa., Dale (Kathy) Putnam of Wyalusing, Pa.; sisters and brothers-in-law Fran (John) Flanagan of Towanda, Pa., Marlene (James) Lamphere of Towanda, Pa., Carol (Bill) Carr of Wilmot, Pa., Darlene (Terry) Vaow of South Branch, Pa.; brothers-in-law Bob Goodenough of Terrytown, Pa., Jeff (Cathy) Liddick of Montrose, Pa.; numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by two sisters Diane McManus and Patricia McKernan; two brothers Michael and Walt Putnam; sister-in-law Felicia Goodenough; and mother and father-in-law Richard and Elsie Liddick.  A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2013, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, Pa., with Rev William L. Westbrook Sr., presiding. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa.   Friends may call on at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, Pa. from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, and from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Saturday.  In lieu of flowers donations in Dawn's memory can be made to the H.O.P.S. Ambulance Assn., c/o James W. Seipler, 606 Ridge Rd, Rome, PA 18837.   Towanda Daily Review – June 13, 2013

 

Daily Review, March 30 2005, Mrs. Jeannine "Ann” BROWN Brink, 75, of RR 1, Box 81, Wyalusing, Pa. died on Tuesday morning, March 29, 2005, at the Endless Mountains Health Care, in Montrose, Pa., after an illness.  She was born on Aug. 26, 1929, in Wyalusing; the daughter of the late Clyde and Maude Douglas Brown Sr. Ann was a graduate of the Wyalusing High School Class of 1947.  She was a member of the Camptown Methodist Church, and also its United Methodist Women. For 32 years, she was Judge of Elections for Herrick Township. She was a member of the Herrick Fire Company, and for many years Ann solicited for American Red Cross fund drives for Herrick Township. In her spare time, she enjoyed crocheting afghans for her family and friends as well as lap blankets for veterans. She enjoyed watching and feeding squirrels and birds, as well as caring for her flowerbeds and her houseplants. She spent much time researching her family history. And she loved her time spent with her family at reunions at Brink’s Pond.  She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Lyall W. Brink Sr., of Herrick Twp., three sons, Charles (Julie) Ingham of Camptown, Pa., John Ingham of Williamsport, Pa., and Lyall (Cindy) Brink Jr. of Wyalusing, Pa. and two daughters, Jeanne (Tony) DeRemer of Laceyville, Pa., and Lynn (Larry) Westbrook of New Albany, Pa.; a brother, Robert (Ruth) Brown Sr. of Wyalusing; and three sisters, Audrey (Leon) Woodruff of Dushore, Pa., Sally (Raymond) Brink of Camptown, and Sandra Felter of Camptown; also a special brother-in-law, Ralph Tewksbury of Spring Hill, Pa.; and 12 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by five sisters, Marie Brown, Jenny Lind Brush, Alice Miller, Martha Decker, and Betty Jane Tewksbury; and two brothers, Douglas Brown and Clyde Brown Jr.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 2, at 11 a.m. at the Sheldon Funeral Home, Main Street, Laceyville, Pa., with Rev. Helen Learn of the Camptown Methodist Church officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, April 1, from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Herrickville Fire Company, H.O.P.S. Ambulance Association, or to the Camptown Methodist Church, P.O. Box 163, Camptown, Pa., 18815

OMAR A. BURGESS, 82 of Englewood, NJ, formerly of Wyalusing died Saturday morning Aug. 15, 1987 at the Englewood Hospital, Englewood, NJ. He was born in Waterbury, CT, son of the late Allen and Olive (Able) Burgess. He was raised in the Wyalusing area and graduated from the Wyalusing High School. He graduated from Penn State in 1927 with a degree in electrical engineering and also took advanced courses at MIT and Harvard. Mr. Burgess married the former Ruth Homet of Camptown on Dec. 10, 1932. He enlisted in the US Navy during World War II and taught radar communication at MIT. He. Was employed as a rate engineer for Consolidated Edison, retiring in 1970. He was also retired from the US Naval Reserve with a rank of Lieutenant Commander. He was a member and past deacon and elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Englewood. Surviving are his spouse, Ruth at home; a son, William A. of Westport, CT; a daughter, Mrs. Carol Ann Schindler of Bangor; a brother, Theodore Burgess of Wyalusing; a sister, Miss Bessie Burgess of Gillette; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing with the Rev. Dr. Stephen W. Starzer officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery. –Towanda Daily Review

William J. BURLEIGH, age 91, of Wyalusing RD (Lime Hill), PA, died at his home on Friday, Dec. 28, 2001 following a lingering illness.  He was born in Scranton, the son of the late Charles W. and Mary Jane Emery Burleigh.  He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy Layman Burleigh in 1996; a grandson, Kevin Potter in 1985; sisters, Gladys Moredock, Adeline Beemer, Beatrice Keller, Florence Banks and infant brothers, Glenn and Walter.  Mr. Burleigh was a member of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church and enjoyed attending there when he was able. He had served as an elder in the church, sung in the choir and had been the Sunday School superintendent for many years.  He was a man of many talents. He worked at a telephone company, a bank, a burial company, was a farmer and custodian. For several years, he was a clerk for the Wyalusing Farm and Home and drove a school bus for 34 years for the Wyalusing Area School District.  He enjoyed hunting, watching baseball games and as of late, became a Jeff Gordon fan. Survivors include his daughters, Barbara (Mrs. Alfred) Singley, Broadway, NJ; Doris (Mrs. John) Howard, Wyalusing; Nancy (Mrs. Walter) Potter, Wyalusing and Janet Morrow of Waverly, NY; a sister, Mrs. Bernice Kessinger, Dallas, TX; 21 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.  Friends and family called at the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing, from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002.  Funeral services were held at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church, Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 11 a.m., with the Rev. John Dabback, officiating. Interment was in the Camptown Cemetery.  Memorials may be directed to the Wyalusing Ambulance Association or to the charity of one’s choice in his memory. Wyalusing Rocket CourierFrank E. EastabrookAugust 19, 1943"F. E. Eastabrook, 83, Lifelong Resident of E. Bradford Passes" (Wyalusing Rocket?, Wyalusing, PA, Thursday, August 19, 1943)

William J. BURLEIGH
Dec. 28, 2001
Wyalusing Rocket Courier
William J. Burleigh, age 91, of Wyalusing RD (Lime Hill), PA, died at his home on Friday, Dec. 28, 2001 following a lingering illness.  He was born in Scranton, the son of the late Charles W. and Mary Jane Emery Burleigh.  He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy Layman Burleigh in 1996; a grandson, Kevin Potter in 1985; sisters, Gladys Moredock, Adeline Beemer, Beatrice Keller, Florence Banks and infant brothers, Glenn and Walter.  Mr. Burleigh was a member of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church and enjoyed attending there when he was able. He had served as an elder in the church, sung in the choir and had been the Sunday School superintendent for many years.  He was a man of many talents. He worked at a telephone company, a bank, a burial company, was a farmer and custodian. For several years, he was a clerk for the Wyalusing Farm and Home and drove a school bus for 34 years for the Wyalusing Area School District.  He enjoyed hunting, watching baseball games and as of late, became a Jeff Gordon fan.
Survivors include his daughters, Barbara (Mrs. Alfred) Singley, Broadway, NJ; Doris (Mrs. John) Howard, Wyalusing; Nancy (Mrs. Walter) Potter, Wyalusing and Janet Morrow of Waverly, NY; a sister, Mrs. Bernice Kessinger, Dallas, TX; 21 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.  Friends and family called at the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing, from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002.  Funeral services were held at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church, Wednesday, Jan. 2 at 11 a.m., with the Rev. John Dabback, officiating. Interment was in the Camptown Cemetery.  Memorials may be directed to the Wyalusing Ambulance Association or to the charity of one’s choice in his memory.

CAMP -Mrs. BETTY J. SHAFFER, 75, of Sugar Run, Pennsylvania, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2019, at home with her loving family at her side. Betty was born on Aug. 28, 1943, the eldest daughter of the late Harry Sr. and Ethel Casselbury Camp. She attended the Herrickville and Stevensville elementary schools and graduated from the Wyalusing Valley High School a member of the class of 1961. On April 10, 1970, she married her high school sweetheart and love of her life, Robert Shaffer Sr. They resided on Stoney Point, where they spent 34 years together, raising their four children, until his passing on March 15, 2004. Betty was a loving daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt, and will be missed by all that knew her. She devoted her younger years to taking care of her own family, then did in home care for the elderly. She later was a devoted grandmother and helped care for her grandchildren. In June 2010, she moved to Park Place in Wyalusing, where she lived until June of 2018. She met new people and had many great friends, especially Betty Haught. In June 2018, she moved to Sugar Run, with her daughter and grandchildren, where she was cared for until the time of her death. She enjoyed playing bingo, cards, and Yahtzee. She loved flowers and watching birds. She especially loved spending time with her family and friends. She was known as “Mammy” by many children and loved them all. Surviving are her children, Tammy (Michael) Darling of Montrose, Pennsylvania, Terry Moore (Leo Hutchinson) of Cadis, Pennsylvania, Robert Jr. (Tammi) Shaffer of Lawton, Pennsylvania, Lori Barr (Roland Golden) of Sugar Run, Pennsylvania; grandchildren, Brian and Kelly Darling, Rachel Moore, Haili Densmore, Spencer Saxon, Cordell Shaffer, Snyder and Sheyann Barr and Gage Golden; great-grandchildren, Layla Sauerstein and Declan Densmore-Pitcher; sister, Rosemary (Wally) Stewart of Montrose, Pennsylvania; brothers, Harry Jr. (Maxine) Camp of Camptown, Pennsylvania, Jerry (Judy) Camp of Camptown, Pennsylvania; brother-in-law, Gary Bacorn of New Albany, Pennsylvania; sisters-in-law, Ruth Philbrook of Vinalhaven, Maine, Marilyn (Doug) Walton of Silvera, Pennsylvania, Brenda Stafford of Rochester, New York; and special friend and sister-in-law, Helen Bastian Wyalusing, Pennsylvania; several nieces and nephews, and great nieces and nephews; very special nieces, Patti Camp, Carrie Wilson, and Christine Jayne, “other” daughter, Shanna Anderson (Keith) and children, Tori, Lance, Lyndi and Kaleb. For the past year, Betty has had caregivers; Betty knew them as her “girls” and loved them dearly: Brooke Merritt, Paige Robinson, Kimberly Carr, Lisa Wilcox, Heidi Knolles, Erin Armitage, and niece Amanda Weaver. Besides her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her mother and father-in-law, Robert C. and Norman Shaffer; sister, Diana Bacorn; brothers, Glenn and Roy Camp; son-in-law, Roger Moore; brothers-in-law, Arnold Shaffer, James Philbrooke and Nick Bastian; and sister-in-law, Beverly Jayne. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, PA 18853. Doug Walton will be officiating. Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pennsylvania. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Wednesday morning. Memorial contributions can be sent to a charity of one’s choice. -Towanda Daily Review 7/9/2019

CAMP - Former Herrick Twp. Citizen Dies at Sayre - Asa W. Camp, formerly of Herrick, who for the past six years has resided in Sayre, died Thursday evening at the age of 80 years. He had been confined to his bed for the past nineteen months. He was well known in this vicinity being Charter member of the IOOF of Camptown. Prayer service was held Sunday afternoon at one o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mr. W. Buckley Vaughn on Pleasant Street, Sayre. Further services were held in the Presbyterian church at Camptown at 2:30 o'clock. Burial in the Camptown cemetery. - Wyalusing Rocket Courier, April 20, 1932

EDWARD E. CAMP, Aged 59 Years Died Suddenly Yesterday Morning Of Heart Disease.  Deceased was for almost twenty years associated with his brothers, Cyrus D. and L. S. in the advertising agency now located in the Welles building.  Before originating his advertising agency in Wilkes-Barre he was connected with some of the Tunkhannock newspapers.  Mr. Camp was born in Camptown, Bradford County, and came to this city in 1890, and has since resided here.  He is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss May Marshall of Northumberland, an aged mother, a brother, L. S. Camp, of this city, and a sister, Mrs. E. F. Fuller of Seattle, Wash.  The funeral services will be held today and the funeral party will leave on the Lehigh Valley train at 1 o’clock for Camptown, where interment will be made. –Buried Camptown Cemetery.

HARRY E. CAMP SR., 80, of Herrick Township, Bradford County, died Thursday morning, Sept. 14, 1995, at the Tyler Memorial Hospital Tunkhannock.  Harry was born July 18, 1915, in Neath, Pa., son of the late William e. and Jennie Clink Camp.  His dad, William, died when Harry was 9 and his mother married the late Levi Boardman and together they raised Harry and his two sisters.  Harry married the former Ethel Casselbury of Herrick Township on Sept. 11, 1936.  Ethel predeceased him on March 26, 1994.  Harry and Ethel purchased a dairy farm on Stoney Point, Herrick Township, and farmed together until retiring.  Surviving are four sons and daughters-in-law; Harry E. and Maxine Camp Jr., of Herrickville, Glen R. Camp of Stoney Point, Pa., Roy W. and Connie Camp of Fairdale, Pa.; and Jerry G. and Judy Camp of Stoney Point, Pa.; three daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and Robert Shaffer of Stoney Point, Pa. Rosemary and Wallace Stewart of Birchardville, Pa., and Diana and Gary Bacorn of New Albany; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Ethel Kitchen of Sayre and Ruth and Dean Olsen of Salt Lake City, Utah; 27 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; a special nephew, Ralph Casselbury and a special friend, Dorothy Eberlin; several nieces and nephews.  Harry was predeceased by a granddaughter, Deanna Camp.  The funeral services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 16, 1995, at 2 p.m. at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing with the Rev. James R. Wentz, pastor of the Terrytown Baptist Church, officiating.  Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery.  Friends may call at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, Wyalusing, on Friday, Sept. 15, from 7 to 9 p.m.  The family will provide the flowers and request that memorials be directed to the H.O.P.S. Ambulance Association, Rome, Pa. –Towanda Daily Review.

HOMER CAMP.  The Passing of the Camps.  For the third time within the year the grim reaper has entered the home of Homer Camp, in Camptown, removing husband and father and the two eldest sons of Homer and Harriet Ingham Camp.  -Homer Camp, August 28, 1907  -Cyrus D. Camp, September 3, 1907 -Edward E. Camp, July 22, 1908.  Homer Camp, the last surviving son of William and Jediha Lacey Camp was born March 17, 1823 and was therefore 84 years, 5 months and 11 days old at the time when he laid down the mantel of this earthly life and passed to his reward.  On September 9, 1847, he was married to Harriet Ingham, and had he lived just two weeks longer he would have rounded out his 60th year of married life, for the wife of his youth survives.  It seems fitting that more than a mere mention should be made of the passing of the last male member of the family for whom our neighboring village was named.  While Homer Camp may have had his faults, and who has not, it be truthfully said that no man had fewer enemies, nor was held in higher esteem in the entire neighborhood than he.  Quiet, unassuming, kind and generous to a fault, he scattered the seed of good fellowship and good citizenship all along the roadway of life.  A Universalist in religion, a conscientious believer in the pure principles and ideals of Free Masonry and Odd Fellowship, with which organizations he retained his membership from the time he reached his majority until he “wrapped the mantel of his couch about him and laid down to pleasant dreams.”  He practiced what he preached in such unostentatious manner that few realized the depth of his love humanity.  He suffered long and patiently, and when the final stroke came with the suddenness of lighting’s flash he was ready.  We miss him now but we shall miss him more as the years go by.  His was a character in the main, to live and pattern by and the community has been bettered by his presence. (rest of article missing)  -Buried Camptown Cemetery.

CAMPBELL
Henry L. Campbell, 96, formerly of Homets Ferry, Wyalusing, Pa., died early Wednesday morning, May 16, 2007, at the Bradford County Manor, where he was a resident for the past eight years. He was born on June 15, 1910, in Homets Ferry, a son of the late Charles and Isabella (Kinne) Campbell.
In his earlier years Henry, with his brother Wayne, operated the family farm in Homets Ferry.  Prior to his retirement, he was a courier for the First National Bank of Towanda, Pa.  Henry enjoyed dairy farming, and being in the outdoors. He is survived by his nephews, Charles Campbell of Georgia, James Campbell of Virginia, Arden Campbell of Pennsylvania and Ronald Campbell of Pennsylvania; nieces, Denise Campbell of Pennsylvania and Barbara Cook of New York; and several cousins.  Besides his parents, Henry was preceded in death by his brothers, Charles  Campbell and Wayne Campbell; twin brother, Fred Campbell; and two nieces, Janice Franklin and Karen Campbell.  Graveside services will be held at a later date in the Camptown Cemetery at the convenience of the family.  Arrangements were entrusted to the McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing.  Submitted by Carol Hoose Brotzman

CARTER - Peg L. Wilson, 93, widow of Vernon Wilson, formerly of East Towanda, Pa., died Monday evening, Jan. 11, 2010, at the Skilled Nursing Unit of Memorial Hospital in North Towanda Township, where she had been a resident since February of 2000.  Born June 1, 1916 in Fairdale, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Rev. Clarence W. Carter and Viola RAY Carter. Peg was a graduate of Camptown High School, class of 1934. On March 18, 1935, she married Vernon Wilson of Lime Hill, who later preceded her in death on Oct. 8, 1979.  For many years, Peg and her husband Vernon were Wyalusing business people as the owners-operators of the Fairlawn Food Market there.  In 1948, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson came to Towanda after Vernon established the Willy's Jeep dealership. Later, Peg took over operation of a tourist court in East Towanda which became Wilson's Tourist Home and Cabins, operating the business for several years in the mid 1950s. Peg was employed by several community restaurants before joining the staff of The Daily Review in Towanda as a proofreader and remaining there for a number of years until her retirement in 1979.  She was a member of the Monroeton United Methodist Church, AARP, the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and was a volunteer at Rainbows End in Towanda.  Surviving are: her children, Richard G. "Dick" Wilson and his wife Deborah of Frankfort, Ky., Gerald F. "Jerry" Wilson of York, Pa., and Geraldine F. "Polly" Wilson of Canton, Pa.; grandsons Peter Carter Wilson and his wife Mia of New Orleans, La., and Geoffrey David Wilson and his wife Laura of Lexington, Ky.; great-granddaughters Ainsley Page Wilson and Ava Grace Wilson, both of Lexington,, Ky.; and a special friend, Shirley Lent of Towanda, Pa.  The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa., with Pastor Richard Vieldhouse officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service Wednesday afternoon at the funeral home.  The family suggests that memorial contributions may be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Central Pennsylvania Chapter, 2040 Linglestown Road, Suite 104, Harrisburg, PA 17011, or to the American Heart Association American Heart Association American Heart Association American Heart Association , 1704 Warren Avenue, Williamsport, PA 17701, in Peg L. Wilson's memory.  January 12, 2010, Towanda Daily Review.

MONTAGUE ‘MONT’ O’DELL CASS, 74, Port Republic, VA.  died June 26, 2003 at his home.  Born August 10, 1928, in Rome, he was a son of the late Guy and Julia Browning Cass.  “Mont” was a Veteran of the Korean War, having served in the U.S. Army.  On October 12, 1952, he married the former Vivian “Ruth” Decker.  He was an independent truck driver for 36 years and later was employed as an installer of ceramic tile.  Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Vivian “Ruth” Cass, at home; sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Kim Cass, Canton; randy and Wendy Cass, Grottoes, VA; Timothy and Debbie Cass, Port Republic, VA; eight-grandchildren and a great-granddaughter; three sisters, Mary “May” Cook, Rome, Carol Vought and her husband, Eben Vought, Waverly, NY and Shirley Aikens, Athens.  He was preceded in death by a son, Robert O’Dell, July 26, 1975 and a sister, Sibyl Nicholas, July 6, 1999.  The funeral service was held June 30 at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home with Pastor Richard Vieldhouse of the Orwell Bible Church officiating.  Interment was in Camptown Cemetery, Camptown.  –Canton Independent Sentinel.

 

CASSLEBURY Agnes Ruth Sayman

90, of Herrick Township, Wyalusing, Pa., died on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at Memorial Hospital in Towanda, Pa. She was born on April 17, 1920, in Herrick Township, Wyalusing, Pa., a daughter of the late John and Lydia (Garris) Casselbury. In 1977, she was preceded in death by her husband the late Roy Sayman. Agnes relocated back to this area in 1979, having moved from Kirkwood, N.Y.  She was a member of the Beaver Meadows United Methodist Church.  Agnes enjoyed crocheting and knitting, and loved to garden and enjoyed flowers. She also enjoyed playing cards and board games, and had a fondness for children and babysitting. She especially enjoyed singing at family gatherings, and at the holiday time with family.  She leaves surviving her daughters: Ruth Beavers, of Winsor, N.Y., Linda (Robert) Davis, of Kirkwood, N.Y., Cindy (George) Ryan, of Laceyville, Pa.; a sister, Doris Johnson; 16 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and a grand dog.  In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by two sons, Edward Roy Sayman and Lynn Edward Sayman; by a daughter, Donna Griswold; and by four brothers and sisters. Friends and family are invited to call from 1 to 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, at McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church Street, Wyalusing, Pa. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at McHenry Funeral Home, with Mrs. Sondra Hollister, officiating.  Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery.   Towanda Daily Review – February 4, 2011

 

CASSELBURY -DORIS J. JOHNSON - It is with great sadness that the family of Doris J. Johnson announces her passing at home in Milan on Dec. 20, 2019 at the age of 85. She was born on July 14, 1934 in Sayre to the late John J. and Lydia (nee Garris) Casselbury. Doris was a 1954 graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School, where she proudly performed as a drum majorette for six years. After high school, she worked as a seamstress for Sayre Lingerie for many years. Doris married Donald R. Johnson on Dec. 1, 1956. Doris especially enjoyed gardening, attending auctions, and making arts and crafts, with her creations winning many awards at local fairs. But most of all, she loved her family. In addition to her husband of 63 years, Doris leaves behind her sons, Rodney D. (Alicia Downey) of Needham, MA and Brian K. (Lisa) of Monroe, North Carolina; granddaughter, Ashley L. Johnson and great-grandson, Kaiden Johnson of Jacksonville, North Carolina; granddaughter, Fionnuala D. Johnson of Chelmsford, MA; special granddaughter, Jennifer Diaz (nee Franco) (Richard) of Leesville, LA and her daughters, Gabrielle and Sophia; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Doris will be sadly missed. The family will receive friends Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. followed by a funeral service at 1 p.m. at the Alteri-Bowen Funeral Home, 314 Desmond St., Sayre. Officiating the service will be Rev. Robert W. Martin. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown. The family suggests that contributions may be directed to the Bradford County Humane Society, P.O. Box 179, Ulster, PA in memory of Doris J. Johnson. -Towanda Daily Review 12/22/2019

 

CASSELBURY –ETHEL G. CAMP, 78, wife of Harry E. Camp of Stoney Point, Herrick Township, Bradford County, died Saturday morning, March 26, 1994, at the Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre.  Ethel was born on June 30, 1915, in Herrick Township, daughter of the late John and Lydia Garris Casselbury.  She attended local schools and married Harry Edward Camp of Stoney Point in Montrose on Sept. 11, 1936.  Ethel and Harry purchased their diary farm in Herrick Township and together farmed until retirement.  Ethel’s main interest was her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  Mrs. Camp also was an avid gardener, fisherman and hunter.  She very much enjoyed playing bingo.  She is survived by her spouse, Harry E. Camp Sr., at home; four sons and daughters-in-law; Harry E. and Maxine Camp Jr. of Herrickville, Glenn R. and Donna Camp of Stoney Point, Roy W. and Connie Camp of Fairdale, and Jerry G. and Judy Camp of Stoney Point; three daughters and sons-in-law; Betty, and Robert Shaffer of Stoney Point, Rosemary and Wallace Stewart of Birchardsville, Pa., and Diana and Gary Bacorn of New Albany; a brother and sister-in-law, Harold and Sarah Casselbury of Monroeton; sisters and brothers-in-laws; Mrs. Agnes Sayman of Stoney Point, Miss Alice Caselbury of Stoney Point and Doris and Donald Johnson of Milan; a sister-in-law, Mrs. Beverly Casselbury of Stevensville; 27 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren a special nephew, Ralph Casselbury and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.  Ethel was predeceased by a brother, Ralph Casselbury Sr.; a sister, Eva Forker; and a great-granddaughter, Deanna Camp.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 29, 1994, at 11 a.m. at the P. Dean Homer funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing, with the Rev. James R. Wentz, pastor of the Terrytown Baptist Church officiating.  Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery.  Friends may call at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home from 7-9 p.m. Monday and from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Tuesday.  The family will provide the flowers and request that memorials be directed to the H.O.P.SA. Ambulance Association, Rome, Pa. –Towanda Daily Review.

 

HAROLD E. CASSELBURY JR., 61, of Durell, Towanda RR 2, died Sunday afternoon, March 26, 2000, at his home after an extended illness.  Born Jan. 2, 1939, in Sayre, Pa., he was a son of Sarah Crawn Casselbury and the late Harold E. Casselbury Sr.  Harold was a graduate of Wyalusing High School, class of 1959, and after graduation entered the U.S. Army, where he served during the Vietnam Conflict.  Upon returning home from the military, hew was employed by Osram Sylvania in Towanda for more than 33 years until his retirement in May 1999.  Harold enjoyed his family, especially his grandchildren, and the outdoors, fishing, hunting and camping.  On April 22, 1964, he married the former Florence Maines in Alabama.  Surviving are his wife, Florence, at home; his mother Sarah Crawn Casselbury of Towanda; his children, Michael L. and Hope Casselbury of Durell, Tammy M. and Robert Harkness of Durell, Brian L. and Tania Casselbury of Hornbrook, Ovilee Bingham Forbes of Buffalo, N.Y., Annamarie Casselbury of Durell; eight grandchildren, Ashley Marie, Natasha, Miranda and Matthew Harkness and Darren, Kelsey, Melinda and Ryan Casselbury; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert L. and Linda Casselbury of LeRaysville, John W. and Lillian Casselbury of West Franklin, Richard J. and Ruthie Casselbury of Towanda; a sister and brother-in-law, Renay J. and Harry Barber of Nicholson, Pa.; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.  He was preceded in death by an infant daughter in 1966, his father, Harold Sr., on Aug. 21, 1997; and by a sister, Joyce C. Belcher, on July 26, 1986.  The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa.  The funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 29, 2000; at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Lowell R. Patton, pastor of the Towanda Universalist Unitarian Church officiating.  Interment will follow in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa. with Towanda American Legion Post No. 42 according full military honors.  –Towanda Daily Review.

CASSELBURY - John J. Casselbury of Herrickville died early Friday morning February 14th 1964, at his home. Mr. Casselbury was 79 years of age, having been born Dec 22,1884 at Homets Ferry. Surviving are: his wife, Lydia Garris Casselbury; two sons, Harold Casselbury of Wyalusing RD and Ralph Casselbury of Laceyville; five daughters, Mrs. Harry Camp of Wyalusing, Mrs. Lee Forker of Stevensville, Mrs. Roy Saymen of Kirkwood NY., Mrs. Donald Johnson of Athens and Miss Alice at home; a brother Chester Casselbury of Wyalusing,R.D.; 26 grandchildren,several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at the Herrickville Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Rev.Norman Kase of Camptown Officiating. - Wyalusing Rocket Courier

CASSELBURY - BELCHER Joyce, Funeral Service Held For Joyce C. Belcher, 1961 WVHS Graduate
Joyce Casselbury Belcher, 43, of Wyalusing RD 3 (Herrickville) died Saturday morning, July 26,1986 at the skilled Nursing Unit, Towanda Memorial Hospital. Born July 17,1943 in Sayre, she was the daughter of Harold and Sarah Louise Crawn Casselbury, Sr. Joyce was a graduate of Wyalusing High School, class of 1961, and on July 29th,1961, she married Jack S. Belcher in Herrickville. Mrs. Belcher was formerly employed by several sewing factories in the Bradford County area. Surviving are her husband, Jack Belcher Sr; three daughters, Mrs.Donald (Patricia Ann) Cole of Granville Summit RD1, Mrs. David (Tina Marie) Cole of Troy RD1, Mrs.Brian (Nancy) Fenton of Standing Stone; two sons, Jack S. Belcher,Jr and Randy W. Belcher, both at home; her Father and Mother, Harold and Sarah Louise Casselbury of Wyalusing RD 3; three grandchildren , Kelly Ann, Christina Marie, and David Mead Cole; a sister and brother-in-law, Renay and Harry Barber of Nicholson; five brothers and sister-in-law, Harold and Florence Casselbury of Durell, John & Lillian Casselbury of Laceyville, Robert and Linda Casselbury of LeRaysville, Richard and Ruth Casselbury of Standing Stone, Lloyd and Teresa Casselbury of Laceyville; and her mother-in-law, Mrs.Omenta Belcher of Wyalusing RD 3; several nieces, nephews and cousins. The Funeral service was held Tuesday at 11:00am at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, with the Rev.Linda Kissel of Stevensville officiating. Interment was in the Camptown Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the HOPS Ambulance Association in care of Mrs. William Lutz, RD3 Wyalusing, 18853
~Wyalusing Rocket-Courier.

CASSELBURY - Lawrence Casselbury, 63 of Laceyville, RD., died
Saturday morning, May 27,1967 at Tyler Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Born in Towanda, he was a son of Chester Casselbury and the late Ida Welch Casselbury. He lived in the Camptown area before moving to his present address four years ago. He was a veteran of two world wars, serving in the US Navy during World War I and the US Army in World War II. Besides his father he is survived by five daughters; Mrs. Kenneth Weisensale, Sr of Ozark, Alabama, Mrs. Betty Williams of Binghamton, NY, Mrs. Roland Osborn of Montrose, Mrs.William Campbell of Ithaca, NY., Mrs. John Forker of Candor NY.; a son Dale of LeRaysville, Pa., 29 Grandchildren and several Great-Grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Ripple of Honesdale, Pa. and Mrs. James Hawley of Homer, NY. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Sheldon Funeral Home, Laceyville, Rev Harry Rosengrant officiating. Burial was in Camptown Cemetery. Military funeral services were conducted at the graveside by the Wyalusing American Legion. - Wyalusing Rocket~   submitted by Bonny Sutton

CASSELBURY - Shannon Marie. Casselbury Infant Dies At Birth
Shannon Marie Casselbury, infant daughter of Richard and Ruth Startzel Casselbury, of Laceyville, R.D.1, died shortly after birth Sunday morning, November 26,1978 at the Towanda Memorial Hospital in Towanda. Surviving, besides her parents, are her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ruth Startzel of Wyalusing; and paternal Grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Casselbury, of Herrickville. The Rev.J.Daniel Herron, pastor of the Wyalusing United Methodist Church, held private graveside services Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Camptown Cemetery.
~Wyalusing Rocket Courier
 

He is survived by his wife, Wanda R. Chadwick, at home; his children and their spouses; J. Scott and Michele Chadwick of Athens, Thomas K. and Regina Chadwick of Wadsworth, Ohio, Marcia and Victor Fontenot of Murrayville, Ga.; Jan M. Chadwick of Springfield, Pa.; brothers and sisters-in-law; Everell V. and Jean Chadwick of Shavertown, Pa., James W. and Mary Chadwick of Camptown, Pa.; a sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy C. and Wray Brabson of Titusville, Fla; seven grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.  A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 19, 1995, at 3 p.m. at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, with the Rev. Harry L. Ferguson officiating.  A private interment service will be held in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa.  The family will receive friends on Saturday from noon until 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be directed to the Valley Youth Hunter Education Program at the Sayre Sportsmen’s Club in care of David Hafer, RR 2, Sayre, Pa. in Dr. Chadwick’s memory. –Towanda Daily Review. .

Harold Homet CHADWICK, M.D., 67, of Wysox, PA, died Thursday, August 17, 1995 at his home in Mercur.  Born December 11, 1927 in Holden, MA he was a son of the late Everell B. Chadwick, M.D. and Mildred Homet Chadwick.  He was a 1945 graduate of Camptown High school and following graduation served in the US Navy from July 1945 to July 1946 when he received his honorable discharge.  He attended Mansfield State Teachers College from 1946 to 48 and graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor of science degree in 1950.  From 1952 to 1960 Harold operated, along with his cousin, Tyler Homet, the Troy Farm Supply Company as sales representatives for John Deere farm machinery.  He continued his education, graduating from New York Medical College in NYC in 1964, performed his medical internship at Polyclinic Hospital in 1965 and opened his medical practice in Wysox in July 1965.  He maintained an active family practice there until his retirement in 1991.  Dr. Chadwick was a member and past president of the medical staff of Memorial Hospital and Skilled Nursing Unit in Towanda where he also maintained an active obstetric practice.  He was active in community affairs serving for many years on the board of the Bradford County Citizens Health Foundation.  He was a member of the Wysox Presbyterian Church.  In addition to many alumni and medical associations, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge, American Legion Post #42 and the National Federation of Independent Business.  He was a charter member and involved in forming the Twin Tiers Antique Tractor and Machinery Association and was an active member of the Sayre Sportsman’s Club.  He is survived by his wife of forty-five years, the former Wanda Roods, at home; his children and their spouses:  J. Scot and Michele Chadwick of Athens, PA; Thomas K. and Regina Chadwick of Wadsworth, OH; Marcia C. and Victor Fontenot, Murrayville, GA; Jan Chadwick, Springfield, PA; brothers and sisters-in-law, and Mary Chadwick of Camptown, PA; a sister and brother-in-law, Dorothy C. and Wray Brabson of Titusville, FL; seven grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.  Memorial services were held August 19 at the Maryott-Bowen funeral Home in Towanda with the Rev. Harry L. Ferguson officiating and interment to be in Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, PA.  Memorials may be directed to the Valley Youth Hunter Education Program at the Sayre Sportsman Club in care of David Hafer, RR 2, Sayre, PA 18840 in Dr. Chadwick’s memory.  “Troy Gazette-Register,” Troy, PA  Thursday, August 24, 1995

DONALD CHAFFEE, 67, a well-known resident of East Towanda, died Sunday morning, March 22, 1992, at Memorial Hospital, Towanda.  Born May 12, 1924, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was a son of the late D. Dwight Sr. and Edith Snyder Chaffee.  Donald was a 1942 graduate of Camptown High School.  He attended Penn State University and in 1943 enlisted in the U.S. Army, in which he served during World War II in the 318th Infantry in the Rhineland and central Europe.  Upon his return home from the service in 1946 he owned and operated Chaffee Brothers Market in Camptown until 1962 when he entered the employ of Benson Oldsmobile-Buick, serving as office manager there until his retirement in 1985.  On May 18, 1952, he married the former Betty Jayne in Binghamton, N.Y.  Donald also owned and operated the Chaffee’s Mobile Home Park in East Towanda.  He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Towanda, and was a member and past commander of Towanda American Legion Post 42.  He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Betty Chaffee, at home; a daughter and son-in-law, Judith and James Isaac of Towanda; a son and daughter-in-law, David and Kathy Chaffee of Pittsboro, N.C.; and daughter, Barbara Ryan of Towanda.  Also surviving are five grandchildren, Katie, Jennifer and Ryan Isaac; Casey Ryan; and Ethan Chaffee, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins.  He was preceded in death by a brother, Daniel Dwight Chaffee Jr.  The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6-9 p.m. at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home 217 York Ave., Towanda.  The funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 25, at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. George Nesbitt, his pastor, officiating.  Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, with Towanda American Legion Post 42 according full military honors.  The family suggests memorials may be made to the Towanda Public Library, Towanda, Pa. in Donald Chaffee's memory.  –Towanda Daily Review.

 

CHAFFEE Robert H. Chaffee

age 88, of Wyalusing, Pa., died on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013.Robert was born on Sept. 24, 1925 in Kingston, Pa., a son of the late Maurice and Marion Homet Chaffee. He attended Highland Park High School, New Brunswick, N.J. After graduating he enlisted into the United States Army in 1943, where he served in France, was captured and later escaped. Robert returned home and attended Rutgers University and then Michigan University, where he received a degree in chemical engineering. Soon thereafter he met and married the former Helen Wargo of Manville, N.J.; she predeceased him on June 21, 1977. After graduation from college, Robert was hired by Procter and Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, where he resided for a number of years, before being transferred to Staten Island, N.Y., and finally transferred to P&G's newest plant in Mehoopany, Pa., in 1967. He resided in Camptown for years, He met and married Janet McCarty of Endicott, N.Y., on Jan. 21, 1978; they moved to Tunkhannock, Pa., where they lived until moving back to Totem Lake in 2000. He retired from P&G after 41 years in 1989.Robert was a member of the Tunkhannock United Methodist Church, Tunkhannock, Pa. He enjoyed playing tennis, listening to and playing music, woodworking, and working in the garden. Surviving is his spouse Janet at home; son and daughter-in-law Eric and Doris Chaffee, Totem Lake, Pa.; daughters Marcia Gary, Wyalusing, Pa., Karen Chaffee Hamilton Center, N.J.; grandchildren Lisa (Clay) Milne, Totem Lake, Pa., Derek R. Chaffee and fiancé Julia Dalton, Pocono Pines, Pa., Shana Gary, Costa Mesa, Calif., Hillary Gary, Sinking Springs, Pa., great-grandchildren Savannah, Lucas, Brooklyn Milne; step-children Kimberly (Thomas) Rhodes, Washington D.C., Gregg Thoma, Philadelphia, Pa., Kirk Thoma, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and two nieces. He was predeceased by a sister Doris Bevan.A memorial service will be held on at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013 at the Camptown United Methodist Church, Camptown, Pa., with the Rev. Peter Geschwindner presiding. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests that people make a donation to a charity of one's choice .The funeral is under the direction of P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Grovedale Lane, Wyalusing, PA.  Towanda Daily Review – October 26, 2013

 

ROYAL C. CHAMPLUVIER, 75 OF Lime Hill died Friday morning Aug. 4, 1989 at the Memorial Hospital in Towanda. He was born in Laceyville Sept. 21, 1913, son of the late Jackson and Carrie Carr Champluvier. He attended the Laceyville High School and married the former Gertrude Hendershot of Spring Hill on June 8, 1935. He worked on road construction at the Sampson Naval Base in Lodi, NY and served with the US Navy on an ammunition ship the USS Great Sitkin during World War II. After the war he engaged in farming until his retirement a few years ago. Mr. Champluier was a member of the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church where he was a former elder and trustee. He was a 50-year member of the Dairylea Cooperative where he served on its resolution committee. He was a member of the Wyalusing Area School Board and the Wyalusing American Legion Post #534. Mr. Champluvier was a member of the Sulbra Breeders Association and the Wyalusing Lions Club. He is survived his spouse, Gertrude at home; a son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Kay Champluvier of Lime Hill; a daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Richard Latimer of Towanda; a twin brother and sister-in-law, Raymond and Iva Champluvier of Laceyville; a brother and sister-in-law, DeWayne and Marie Champluvier of Dexter, Maine; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, William of Factoryville and a sister, Florence Wickless of Baltimore, MD. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Stephen W. Starzer officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the P. Dean Homer Funeral Home, 1 Groverdale Lane, Wyalusing. Graveside military services will be conducted by members of the Wyalusinhg Legion Post #534. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials be directed to the Wyalusing Presbyterian Church, Box 25, Wyalusing, PA. –Towanda Daily Review

ARTHUR RAYMOND “Art” CHILSON, age 57, of Wyalusing, PA passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, June 18, 2020. Art was born on January 12, 1963 in Sayre, PA the son of the late Francis Allen Chilson (d. July 28, 2003) and Ruth M. Rought Chilson (d. May 23, 2002). He was a graduate of Wyalusing Valley High School with the class of 1986. He had been employed as a logger with Donnie Baker Logging for many years, as well as Nickeson Logging. Art was most currently with Bob Van De Mark Logging. Art enjoyed watching NASCAR, especially his favorite driver, Dale Jarrett. He took great pleasure in hunting and fishing. He was well known as a jokester and liked to pull pranks on his friends and family. He loved spending time with his friends and family, especially his neighbor, Ray Peterson. Art is survived by his siblings, Marie Howe and her husband, Sam, of Forty Fort, PA, Deborah Fenton and her husband, Todd, of Monroeton, PA, Sophia Chilson of New York, Francis Chilson of New York, Betty Chilson of Sayre, PA, and Robert Chilson of Towanda, PA; his half-brother, Tracy Chilson of Monroeton, PA; his special nieces and nephews, Kristen Bell, Jamie Linski, Nicole Cassellbury, and Derek Fassett; as well as many other nieces, nephews, and cousins. Besides his parents, his special nephew, Mark Bell, preceded him in death. A visitation for Art will be held on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the Sheldon Funeral Home, 155 Church Street, Wyalusing, PA. Interment will take place at a later date at the Camptown Cemetery. -Sheldon Funeral home obit

 

CLARK –SYBIL CAROLINE CLARK PRESTON, 93, of Wyalusing died following a brief illness on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1995 at Memorial Hospital in Towanda.  She was born on April 13, 1902, the daughter of the late Edward and Maggie Smith Clark of Beaumont, Pa.  Mrs. Preston was married to Charles A. Preston on Sept. 8, 1920 in Eatonville, Pa.  Her main interest in life was her children and their families.  Mrs. Preston was loved for her thoughtfulness, kind words and her compassion toward everyone who knew her.  She also received great joy in flowers and bird watching.  She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law; Herbert and Doris of Wyalusing, Nile and Marie of Little Meadows, Pa. and Floyd and Barbara of Wyalusing; four daughters and sons-in-law; Ruth and Donald Fosiy of Towanda, Jean and Miles Burguess of Elmira Heights, N.Y., Grace and George Howland of Herrickville, Betty and William DeMann of Wyalusing, with whom she resided; and daughters, Janet Jagger of LeRaysville and Barbara Your Preston of Wysox; 28 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews of Beumont, Noxen and Centermoreland, Pa.  Mrs. Preston was predeceased by her husband, Charles A. Preston on Jan. 22, 19633 and by her children; Clyde, Paul, Elmer and twin sons, Mark and Clark; a sister, May Montross of Centermoreland and brothers, Gale, Charles and Glen of Beaumont.  Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Dec. 28, 1995 at 2 p.m. in the Kerr-McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing with Rev. George Jatko of the Neath Welsh Congregational Church officiating.  Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery.  Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Wednesday evening, Dec. 27 from 7-9 p.m.  The family request that in lieu of flowers, donations or contributions be made to the Wyalusing Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 787, Wyalusing, Pa. in her memory.  –Towanda Daily Review

COLE Anna Laura Cole O'Connor
96, widow of Paul A. O'Connor of Wyalusing RR 3, Herrick Twp., Pa., died
Monday morning, Oct. 4, 2010 at her home.  Anna was born Nov. 22, 1913 in Macedonia, Pa., the daughter of the late Rev. Frank Cole and Francelia Hall Cole. Anna's life encompassed her family, home and church. She was a devoted member of the Herrickville United Methodist Church where she served as pianist for many years. She was also a member of the Herrickville Sewing Club. Anna loved spending time with her family especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She will be remembered as a gifted seamstress and for her beautiful embroidery work. Surviving are: four sons, Jonathan L. "Louie" O'Connor and his wife, Joan of Wyalusing RR3, Clair M. O'Connor and his wife, Jung Ja of Wyalusing RR3, Dennis F. O'Connor and his wife, Ginger of Durell, Kenneth O'Connor and his wife, Beverly of Wyalusing; nine daughters, Diane M. Landmesser and her husband, Robert of Towanda, Pa., Sharon Force and her husband, Burton of Lawton, Pa., Alice Bensavage and her husband, George of Hyndman, Pa., Laura Hiduk and her husband, Tom of Wyalusing RR3, Sally Miller and her husband, George of Rome, Pa., Dorothy Boatman and her husband, Bruce of Herrickville, Pa., Marilyn Bailey of Factoryville, Pa., Bonnie O'Connor of LaVale, Md., Ruth DeLamarter of Stevensville, Pa.; three daughters-in-law: Janet Chilson, Allyson O'Connor and Barbara O'Connor; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; her sister, Sylvia Cole Creighton (Jan Ardsley) of Watertown, N.Y. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul A. O'Connor in July of 1981; and four sons, Paul, Nick, Terry and Howard O'Connor; and by sisters, Lyndel, Joy, Myrle, Eloise, Wilma, and Elaine; and brothers, Carlton, Milton, Ernest and Ralph. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 at the Herrickville United Methodist Church. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Pa.  The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, Pa. - Towanda Daily Review, October 6, 2010

COLEMAN Sybil - Mrs.Sybil Peet, wife of Leon Peet, died at her home at Cold Creek, at 1:30 P.M. on Sunday, December 9,1928, following an illness of about five weeks of suffering. She was 28 years of age. Death was due to an attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Peet, who was a highly respected citizen of Cold Creek is survived by her husband, Leon Peet, one daughter, Anna, at home, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Coleman of LeRaysville. Three sisters and seven brothers, besides a host of friends are left to mourn her untimely death. Funeral services were held at her home at Cold Creek, Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Interment was made in the Camptown Cemetery. ~Submitted by Bonny Sutton~ Wyalusing Rocket, December 1928

CONNER - Richard James Conner, 55, of Merryall, RR1, Wyalusing, PA died on Monday, June 29, 2009, at his home.  He was born on March 21, 1954 in Nanticoke, PA, a son of Betty KILLIAN Conner ACKLEY of Towanda and the late Russell Conner.  Rick graduated from Wyalusing Valley Junior-Senior High School in 1972.  He worked at OSRAM/Sylvania from 1972 to 2005 as a machinist until declining health from cancer.  Rick was an Emergency Medical Technician and a firefighter for the Wyalusing Valley Volunteer Fire Department. He was captain of the Emergency Medical Team at OSRAM/Sylvania, was a safety officer for the fire department and was a CPR instructor.  He married the former Nancy Repsher on April 2, 1977 at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Wyalusing.  Survivors include his wife, Nancy at home; three children, Amanda and her husband, Brad Newell of Wyalusing, Jason Richard Conner and Brandon Thomas Conner, both of Wyalusing; his three brothers, Kerry Conner of Towanda, David Conner of Camptown and Roland Conner of Camptown; his mother, Betty Conner Ackley of Towanda; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Rose and Carlton Repsher of Wyalusing; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, William and Donna Repsher of LeRaysville; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Michelle and Tim Salsman of Wyalusing; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.  Friends and family are invited to call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday evening, July 3, at McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing, and from 10 a.m. until the time of funeral service on Saturday, July 4.  A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, in the funeral home, with Rev. Joseph J. Manarchuck officiating.  Interment will be in Camptown Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Towanda Memorial Hospice, One Hospital Drive, Towanda, PA 18848 or the Wyalusing Valley Volunteer Fire Department, c/o Alice Matson, PO Box 86, Wyalusing, PA 18853 in memory of Richard J. Conner.  2 July 2009, Rocket Courier, Wyalusing, PA.

HOWARD ISAAC CORY, age 72, of Wyalusing, Pa., passed away at his home, Saturday morning, September 20, 2014. Howard was born on October 7, 1941 in the Camptown, Pa., area to the late Isaac D. and Lucy E. (Hancock) Cory. He was a life-long resident of the greater Wyalusing Area who worked for many different businesses over the years including the Laceyville Charcoal Plant, Benscoter Forest Products, and for several of the Local Garment Industries. He enjoyed volunteering at the local senior citizens centers, especially playing the piano for the residents of Park Place and the Skilled Nursing Unit at the Towanda Memorial Hospital. When the weather was good, he found pleasure in walking from his home on Riverside Drive around the town of Wyalusing to visit with several friends and neighbors. Surviving are his seven children Brian Cory of Wyalusing, Pa., Eric Cory of Towanda, Pa., Gary (Barb) Savoy of Reinholds, Pa., Timothy (Debra) Savoy of Mansfield, Pa., Linda (Robert) Dodge of Monroeton, Pa., Diane (Jake) Pysher of Williamsport, Pa., and Barb (William) Bennett of Friendsville, Pa. A sister-in-law Anna Cory of Wyalusing, Pa.; seven grandchildren, Melinda Austin, Julie Falsey, Ted Falsey, Gary Savoy Jr., William Savoy, Jennifer DeVore, Jeremy Tyler, Leah Tyson, and Robert Franko III; several great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins.He was preceded in death by: his loving wife of nearly 50 years, the former Gertrude M. (Beidleman) Cory, his parents, two brothers, Romaine, and Dewitt Cory, as well as several aunts, uncles, and cousins. A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, October 26, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the Wyalusing Borough Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Sheldon Funeral Home at 155 Church Street, Wyalusing, PA. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be directed to the Skilled Nursing Unit of Memorial Hospital, 91 Hospital Dr., Towanda, PA or the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX. –Towanda Daily Review 9/22/2014

CRAWN - Sarah Crawn Casselbury, 89, widow of Harold E. Casselbury Sr. of RR 1, Nicholson, Pa., died Sunday, July 20, 2008, at the home of her daughter and son-in law, Renay J. and Harry Barber in Nicholson Township, Pa. Sarah was born in Camptown, Pa., on May 8, 1919. In earlier years, Sarah was employed by the C.C. Allis Lumber Co. in Herrickville, Pa., and by the Wyalusing Valley High School. Her main interest in life surrounded her family and home. She is survived by: four children, John W. Casselbury and his wife, Lillian, of Granville Summit, Pa., Richard J. Casselbury and his wife, Ruth, of Standing Stone, Pa., Renay J. Barber and her husband, Harry, of Nicholson, and Lloyd L. Casselbury and Helen Kolesar of Towanda, Pa.; two daughters-in-law, Linda Casselbury of LeRaysville, Pa., and Florence Casselbury of Durell, Pa.; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by; her husband, Harold E. Casselbury Sr., on Aug. 21, 1997; two sons, Harold E. Casselbury Jr., on March 26, 2000, and Robert L. Casselbury, on April 22, 2007; and a daughter, Joyce C. Belcher, on July 26, 1986. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Maryott-Bowen Funeral Home, 217 York Ave., Towanda, with Pastor Lloyd Vaughn, assistant pastor of the Independent Baptist Church, Towanda, officiating. Interment will be in the Camptown Cemetery, Camptown. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service Saturday afternoon at the funeral home.  Submitted by Carol Brotzman
Daily Review on 7/25/2008

FREDERICK W. CRUZ, 41 of Herrickville died July 17, 1989 unexpectedly. He was born Aug. 19, 1947 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, the son of the late Theodore and Emma Scherle Cruz. Fred worked for Cruz’s Electric since moving to this area in 1985. Prior to that he was employed by Burrough’s and then Cannon International, Ltd. He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed skiing, hunting and fishing. He is survived by a brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Catherine Cruz with whom he resided; a brother, Theodore Cruz Jr. of Miami, FL; one uncle, one aunt, a niece, a nephew and five cousins. Funeral services will be Thursday, July 20, 1989 at 11 a.m. in the Kerr-McHenry Funeral Home, 106 Church St., Wyalusing with the Rev. Stephen W. Starzer, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church, Wyalusing officiating. Burial will be in the Camptown Cemetery. Friends may call at the Kerr-McHernry Funeral Home Wednesday evening from 7 until 9. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Wyalusing Ambulance Assn. –Towanda Daily Review