Mansfield PA and Richmond Township in Tioga County PA

Mansfield High School Graduates 1962

1960 view of Mansfield High School. Front section , formerly the gym - converted to auditorium, was built about 1927 attached to the old Brick School. In 1939, the Brick School was torn down and the new school built surrounding the central gym. The 1939 section  on left became the Junior High School in the fall of 1959, and the High School is the new part on the right.,

From the 1962 Manscript - Yearbook of Mansfield High School.

Surname	First Name	Year	Spouse
Allen	Sandra	1962	Vincent Cronkey
Bailey	Mary	1962	Gerald Farrer
Baum	Peter	1962
Baynes	John	1962	Connie Trask			1944-2016
Beardslee	Martha	1962	Richard Gee
Benson	Barbara	1962	Edwin Elder
Bentley	Donna	1962	Richard Davey
Bixby	James	1962				1944-1980	Tioga CMG
Bluhm	George	1962				1944-2021
Bovier	James	1962
Brace	J. Michael	1962				1944-1986
Bradley	Sharon	1962				1944-2009
Brown	Beverly	1962	Enderle
Brown	Patricia	1962	Dan Harman
Burnham	Donald	1962
Chamberlain	William	1962
Clark	Peggy	1962	Nick LaVarnway
Cleveland	Gary	1962
Costley	Leonard	1962	Jane Kornacki			1944-1987
Courtney	Eilene	1962	Jack Rieppel
Cunningham	Steve	1962				1944-1967
Curran	Michele	1962	Sam Bitner
Davey	Richard	1962	Donna Bentley
Decker	Kathy	1962	Louis Hart
Dickinson	Cheryl	1962
Ennis	Joann	1962	Bill Leipold
Farrer	Gerald	1962	Mary Bailey
Furman	Edward	1962	Sharon Gillespie
Gillespie	Sharon	1962	Ed Furman
Hall	Gerald	1962
Hicks	James	1962
Hill	Ruthellen	1962
Hitchcock	Wendell	1962
Husted	Scott	1962
Husted	Thomas	1962
Inscho	Donald	1962
Isaacson	Carol	1962	Bill Chamberlain, Larry Harvey
Johnston	Robert	1962				deceased
Jones	Robert	1962	Keim
Kenyon	Sandra	1962	Chamberlain			died 13 AUG 2013
Leipold	William	1962	JoAnne Ennis			1944-2003
McNaney	John	1962	Sandra Maurer			1944-2018
Marple	Marie	1962	Robert Henninger
Maurer	Sandra	1962	John McNaney and Waraksa
Moore	Joseph Dr.	1962
Morgan	Yvonne	1962	Larry Smith
Nelson	Margaret	1962	William Auwater
Ohlsen	Bert	1962				1944- 2009
Ohlsen	Vivian	1962	Jim Hall
Reynolds	Sally	1962	David Forrest
Rice	Mary	1962	David Tice
Robbins	Donald	1962	Peggy Summerson
Ross	Shirley	1962	Chilson
Roupp	Connie	1962	David Rawson
Schanbacker	Allen	1962	Pat Cleveland			1944-2017	Tioga County Memorial Gardens
Seymour	Marcia	1962	Gilbert Romaine
Sherman	Lynn	1962	Faith Munson
Smith	David	1962
Smith	Harlo	1962	Kathy McCollum
Smith	Ted	1962
Sparling	Alfred	1962
Sterling	Carol	1962	Jerry Rice			deceased
Stickler	Donald	1962
Steele	Sharon Kay	1962
Storms	James	1962
Sturdevant	Susan	1962
Tears	Sue	1962	Kenneth Kinkead			1944-2015
Terry	Mason	1962	Laura Wilcox			1944-1990	Tioga County Memorial Gardens
Tice	David	1962	Mary Joan Rice
Tice	Jim	1962	Dora Chilson
Tice	Joyce M.	1962	Stanley Schafranek
Tomlinson	Ivan	1962				1944-1969	Oakwood Cemetery
Townsend	Art	1962
Trask	Connie	1962	John G. Baynes
Van Ness	Carl	1962
West	Tom	1962
Wilcox	Laura	1962	Mason Terry			1943-2020
Wilkins	Gloria	1962	Kenneth Marple
Wilson	Sally	1962	Smith
Wise	Audrey	1962	Bob Mocarski
Wood	Anna May	1962	Joe Rasmussen, Hammond
Youmans	Ethel	1962	Raymond House			1943-2021
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BAYNES, John Griffiths [SRGP 23074] - John G. "Jack" Baynes, age 71, of Mansfield, MA passed away peacefully in the presence of his loving family on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at the Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, MA. He was the beloved husband of Connie Trask Baynes, to whom he wed on April 9, 1966. Born in Blossburg, PA on December 2, 1944, he was the loving son of the late John H. and Audrey (Griffiths) Baynes. Jack grew up in Mansfield, PA and received his undergraduate degree in Health and Physical Education from East Stroudsburg State College in 1966. After serving two years in the Peace Corp in El Salvador, with his wife Connie, he returned to teach physical education in his hometown of Mansfield, PA where he also volunteered as an Athletic Trainer. Jack then earned his Master's Degree in Athletic Training from the University of Arizona in 1970 and accepted an assistant Athletic Training position at Northeastern University in Boston, MA where he assumed the Head Athletic Trainer position in 1972 and served the students and faculty for 24 years before returning to Tucson, Arizona. In 1995, Jack became the first full time athletic trainer at Santa Rita High School working for the next 15 years before retiring in 2006. Jack was heavily involved in all aspects of his profession and his years of service to athletes and students of athletic training were recognized by many honors, most notably being inducted into the Northeastern University Hall of Fame in 1995, the National Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Athletic Trainers of Massachusetts Hall of Fame in 2005. Jack had made his home in Mansfield, MA for the past four years having previously resided in Tucson, AZ. He was a member of the American Baptist Church and will always be remembered for his incredibly strong work ethic, his humility and love of laughter, his dedication to friends and family and for doling out his unique divine ministry of athletic training and life! He is survived by his beloved wife Connie, his devoted daughter Sharon Baynes Murphy and son-in-law Joseph Murphy of Mansfield, MA and his son Alan P Baynes. He was the dear brother of Margaret "Bonnie" Sekella and her husband Gary of CA, and Kathryn Machinski and her husband Robert of Florida. He was the cherished grandfather of Audrey E. Murphy and Sean W. Murphy both of Mansfield, MA, and is also survived by several nieces and nephews. - [no source given]

BIXBY, JAMES DEAN
 Age 36 of Bethel Park, PA, formerly of Mansfield, Sunday, August 24, 1980 as a result of an automobile accident.  Friends are invited to call at the Kuhl Funeral Home in Mansfield on Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.  Funeral there Wednesday at 1 pm.  Rev. Deborah Casey officiating.  Burial in Tioga County Memorial Gardens, Wellsboro.  Survived by parents, Clifford and Mary Cleveland Bixby; two daughters, Jennifer and Julie, both of Fredonia, NY.  He was born July 24, 1944 in Wellsboro and was the district manager for the Pennsylvania Glass Sand Floridan Co. headquartered in Monroeville, PA.

COSTLEY - Leonard A. Costley, age 42, of Harrisburg, formerly of Mansfield, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1987, following an extended illness. Mr. Costley was born Oct. 6, 1944, in Corning, NY, the son of Arthur and Margaret Goodrich Costley. He is a graduate of Mansfield High School and the former Mansfield State College. He attended the College of the Finger lakes in Corning and the Elmira College. He was formerly affiliated with CIDS in Bath, NY. He was a psychiatric counselor in a Harrisburg area group home. He was a member of St. James Episcopal Church and an army veteran. Surviving, besides his parents of Mansfield, is one brother, Jan of Allentown. Friends are invited to call at the Wilston Funeral Home, 18 N. Main St., Mansfield, today, Aug. 5, from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church at Mansfield with the Rev. Peter Harer officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. - Wellsboro Gazette, August 5, 1987, p.12

CUNNINGHAM, Stephen J. – Steve Cunningham Killed in Crash – U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Stephen J. Cunningham, 23, of 56 Seventh St., was killed Tuesday morning in a one-car accident on the Jones Falls Expressway near Baltimore, MD. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cunningham of the Mansfield address, received word of the fatality Tuesday afternoon from Chief Petty Officer Frank B. Carlson of Wilkes-Barre. Carlson said Seaman Cunningham was killed when the car he was driving flipped over after striking the median strip on the expressway. Complete details of the mishap were not immediately available, Carlson said. Seaman Cunningham was a 1962 graduate of Mansfield Senior High School. He enlisted in the Coast Guard in November 1962. He re-enlisted and was serving aboard the Coast Guard vessel, Sebago, which was in dry-dock at Baltimore. The ship just returned from patrol near Newfoundland, his parents said. Seaman Cunningham had served as honor guard at the White House for one year and was honor guard during the funeral of the late President John F. Kennedy. Besides his parents he is survived by five brothers and two sisters. – Mansfield Advertiser, October 11, 1967  

KENYON Sandra J. "Sandy" Chamberlain Wood age 69, of Columbia Cross Roads, Pa., died on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Pa., surrounded by her loving family. Born on March 4, 1944 in Wellsboro, Pa., she was the daughter of William E. and Gertrude (Clark) Kenyon. Sandy was a homemaker who enjoyed knitting, mowing grass and caring for her four dogs. Sandy is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Beth Chamberlain of Columbia Crossroads, Pa.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Julie and Kevin Comfort of Millerton, Pa., Lori and John DeWitt of Elizabethtown, Ky.; two stepsons, Mike and Joe Chamberlain; one stepdaughter and son-in-law, Judy and Dave Johnston; one brother, William Kenyon of Wellsboro, Pa.; one sister, Phyllis Price of Millerton, Pa.; 10 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; her companion, Jim Wood; several nieces and nephews, and her four dogs. She was predeceased by her husband, Gale Chamberlain and her dog, Cricket. Private services will be held by the family. Buckheit Funeral Chapel and Crematory, Inc., 637 S. Main St., Mansfield, Pa., is assisting the family. Towanda Daily Review – August 16, 2013

Margaret Nelson has her own billboard in 2008. How many of us can say that?

 

OHLSEN - Henry Bertram Ohlsen, 65, of Nicholson, died Friday at Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock. His wife is the former Helen Flynn. They were married Aug. 14, 1982. Born Feb. 9, 1944, in East Orange, N.J., son of the late Henry and Vivian May Ohlsen, he was a retired farmer and a member of the National Rifle Association. Also surviving are a son, Kevin, Nicholson; a sister, Vivian Hall, Troy; and two grandsons, Connor and Owen. Funeral services will be Monday at 10 a.m. in the Charles H. Litwin Funeral Home, 91 State St., Nicholson. Interment, Valley View Cemetery, Montdale. Friends may call Sunday, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. - Scranton Times, July 11, 2009  

 

SCHANBACHER, Allen L. - Allen L. Schanbacher, 73, of Covington, passed away Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, at home surrounded by his loved ones, following a long battle with cancer. He was born March 31, 1944, in Blossburg, the son of Chester and Theodosia TenEyck Schanbacher. Allen served in the Army National Guard and was a retired truck driver. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Mansfield, and the Hillside Rod and Gun Club. Allen is survived by his wife of 55 years, the former, Patricia Cleveland; two daughters, Jacqueline (Scott) Laubach of Bloomsburg, Kimberly Kurzejewski of Terrell, N.C.; two sisters, JoAnne Davis of Mansfield, Jean (Michael) Grimme of Ft. Wayne, Ind.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandsons. Private funeral services will be held with his pastor, Denise Haskins officiating. Burial will be in Tioga County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Allen's memory may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Mansfield, 67 E. Wellsboro St., Mansfield, Pa. 16933 or the American Cancer Society, Tioga Unit 1948, E. Third St. Williamsport, Pa. 17701 - Mansfield Gazette, 31 August 2017

Tears, Susan Marie - Kinkead, Sue M.    Hollidaysburg, Pa.: Sue M. Kinkead, 70, passed away Feb. 1, 2015. She was predeceased by her parents, Louis and Nellie (Wlliams) Tears; and son, Dennis who died in 1971.  She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Kenneth L. Kinkead; daughter, Helen S. (Daryl) Maden of Jersey Shore, Pa; granddaughter, Christine  M. (Robert) Woods of Lock Haven; 2 great grandchildren, Garett and Arwen; sister, Sally Ann VanNoy of Granville Summit, Pa.; and brother Carol L. of Mansfield, Pa.  Sue was a graduate of Mansfield High School, class of 1962, and Williamsport School of Commerce. She retired in 1988 from Bon Secours  Hospital, Altoona, after 16 years of service as Medical Records Administrator. Sue was a member of First United Methodist  Church, Jersey Shore, Pa.  She enjoyed quilting, sewing and camping.  Friends will be received from 1-3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5 at Sorge Funeral Home, Inc., Hollidaysburg, Pa., immediately followed by a 3 pm funeral service by Rev. Jaime G. Olson.  Interment will be at Jersey Shore Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society

 

MASON F. TERRY, 45, (SRGP 77634) Mansfield died January 21, 1990 the result of an auto accident.  He was born April 19, 1944 in Elmira, NY a son of Francis and Rose Stone Terry, Mansfield RD 1.  He was employed as a case worker for the Tioga County Human Services and had previously run a farm in partnership with his father for more than 17 years.  Mr. Terry was a member of and Sunday school teacher and substitute pianist at the Blossburg Christian and Missionary Alliance Church.  Surviving besides his parents are his wife, the former Laura Wilcox; two daughters, Louann Terry with the US Navy at Great Lakes, IL an Helen Terry at home; four sisters, Mrs. Sharon Pierce, Canton, Mrs. Reba Sanner, Picture Rocks, Mrs. Joan Dickerson, Canton and Mrs. Ruth Brought, Wellsboro and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Harold Wilcox, Mansfield.  Funeral services were held at the Wilston Funeral home, January 24 with Rev. Walter Keyser officiating.  Burial was at the Tioga County Memorial Gardens.  –Canton Independent Sentinel

The funeral was held on Monday for Ivan William Tomlinson, 25, of 56 First Street, Mansfield, who was killed in Blossburg while working on a sewer line project. Dr. Harry Williams, Elkland, Tioga County coroner, ruled death accidental from a fractured skull. The victim died instantly when he attempted to release a load of earth from a dump truck he was driving and the truck bed dropped on his head. Mr. Tomlinson, a 1962 graduate of Mansfield High School, was employed by the Mele Construction Co. of Dunmore. He was born June 15, 1944, in Mansfield, the son of Clifford and Reva McCaslin Tomlinson. Surviving, besides his parents, are five brothers, George, Donald, Gordon, and Jack, all of Mansfield, and Eugene, of Blossburg; and two sisters, Mrs. Delores Vaughn, Wellsboro, and Mrs. Barbara Chamberlain, Elmira, N.Y. The funeral was held at Shaw and Robena’s, 18 North Main Street. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery. Wellsboro Agitator 24 JUL 1969

WILCOX, Laura M. - Laura M. (Wilcox) Terry, 76, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 5, 2020, in Elmira, N.Y. She married the late Mason F. Terry on July 22, 1967, who preceded her in death in 1990. She was born on June 19, 1943, in Elmira, the daughter of the late Harold and Viola (Wood) Wilcox. Laura was faithfully devoted to, not only her family, but also the Lord and her church family at the Covington Baptist Church, where she was active for many years. She graduated from Mansfield High School in 1962 and would frequently get together with a group of friends from that class. She also graduated from Mansfield State College, where she obtained her bachelor's degree in English. She held multiple positions of employment throughout her career including an English teacher, bookkeeper, and most important to her, an incredible homemaker for her family. Laura was a strong-willed, independent woman, who genuinely enjoyed the simple things in life, such as country car rides with her family, friends and lifelong friend, Yvonne. Her hobbies and interests included writing poetry, playing the drums in high school and college and preparing for her two favorite holidays, Independence Day and Halloween. Her family would like to extend a special thank you to all her neighbors at the Mansfield Court, she truly enjoyed their monthly get-togethers. Laura's kindhearted and gentle nature will be dearly missed by family and friends. Left to cherish her memory are her two daughters and sons-in-law, Lou Ann and Travis Burgess, of Columbia, S.C., and Helen J. and Edward A. Owens, of Williamsburg, Va.;11 grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Sharon Pierce, Reba Strickland, Joan Terry and Ruth Burrows; and many dear friends. In addition to her parents and husband, Mason, Laura was preceded in death by her siblings, Richard and Vaudine Wilcox. Memorial donations can be made in Laura's name to the Covington Baptist Church, 2121 N. Williamson Road, Covington, PA 16917. Family and friends are invited to pay their respects on Friday, June 12, from 10 – 11 a.m., at Wilston Funeral Home, 130 S. Main Street, Mansfield. Laura's funeral service will immediately follow at 11 a.m., with Pastor Adam Pereira officiating. She will be laid to rest with her husband in Tioga County Memorial Gardens, Mansfield. – Mansfield Gazette, PA, 11 June 2020

 

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