Cameron County Echo

  (1928-2016) Maurice A. Pifer, 88, of 21087 CCC Memorial Highway, died unexpectedly at his residence on Friday evening (July 22, 2016).  

  (1955-2016) Roxana L. “Roxy” Setzer, 60, a lifelong resident of Austin, passed away unexpectedly with her loving family by her side on Tuesday (July 19, 2016) at Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.    

  Helen M. Erskine, 95, of 2235 Rich Valley Road, died Friday morning (July 22, 2016) at Penn Highlands Elk, St. Marys.    

  (1928-2016) Marcella Joan Johnson Keenan, devoted and beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died (July 12, 2016) at Huntingdon.  

  (1941-2016) Suellen R. (Hertlein) Coffield, 74, of Pinecrest Manor, St. Marys, formerly of 324 W. 4th St., died at Pinecrest Manor on Sunday morning (July 17, 2016).    

  (1921-2016) Walter (Bill) Bush, 94, of St. Petersburg, Florida, passed away on (April 4, 2016) at Bon Secour Assisted Living, from natural causes.

  (1936-2016) John J. Reber, Jr., 79, a resident of the Mountain Laurel Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield, and formerly of Driftwood, died Thursday (June 30, 2016) in Clearfield.

  (1982-2016) David O. Haggard, 33, of Parklane Drive, Port Allegany, passed away Monday (June 6, 2016) unexpectedly at his home.  

  (1971-2016) Tanya Lynn Abriatis-Flegal, age 44, of Mesa, Arizona, passed away on (May 15, 2016).  

  (1922-2016) Lowell H. Young, 93, of 630 N. Maple St.,  died Friday morning (May 20, 2016)at Penn Highlands Elk, St. Marys, following a shopping trip to Olivett’s Market.    

  (1921-2016)  Lyle O. Lyon, 94, formerly of Poplar Street, died Sunday (May 15, 2016) in Pinecrest Manor, St. Marys.  

  Virginia Rose Downey, 91, passed away (May 10, 2016).     

  (1956-2016) Kenneth S. Brouse II, 60, of Bedford, died Tuesday (May 10, 2016) at UPMC Altoona Hospital.       

  (1956-2016) Diana Lynn Gee, 60, of Poplar St., died Thursday (May 12, 2016) at her residence following a battle with cancer.    

  Lyle O. Lyon, 94, formerly of Emporium, died Sunday (May 15, 2016) in Pinecrest Manor, St. Marys.      

  (1923-2016) Hazel I. Taylor, 93, of Pinecrest Manor, St. Marys,  formerly of Gardeau Rd., Austin, died  Monday evening (May 9, 2016) at Pinecrest Manor.    

  (1942-2016) Gordon A. Hansen, 73 of Norfolk, VA and formerly of Emporium and St Marys, passed away Friday (March 25, 2016) at Riverside Hospice Center, Newport News, VA, following several battles with cancer.    

  (1950-2016) Diane M. Ayers, 65, a lifelong resident of Austin, passed away surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday (April 26, 2016) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

  (1929-2016) Agnes L. Nolder, 86, of North Street, Roulette, passed away Monday (April 18, 2016) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.  

  (1931-2016) Ronald Paul Vail, 84, of Columbia, SC, died peacefully at home, Thursday (April 21, 2016).  

  (1948-2016) Esther E. Rockwell, 68, of 73 Glassworks Road, Sergeant, died Wednesday morning (April 20, 2016) at her home.  

  (1958-2016) Alfred R. “Bob” Lapsley III, 57, of Driftwood, died (April 22, 2016) at UPMC McKeesport.    

  (1960-2016) Nels P. Nelson Sr., 55, of 7884 Mason Hill Rd., Driftwood, died Sunday evening (April 3, 2016) at his residence.   

  (1971-2016) Tammy L. Munsell, 44, of 3959 Rich Valley Rd.,  died at her residence  Saturday morning (March 26, 2016).    

  (1930-2016) Audrey A. Hickoff, age 85, of Main Street, Brockway, peacefully departed Saturday (March 19, 2016).  

  (1955-2016) Jackie Louise Bailey, 60, of Emporium, died Wednesday (March 23, 2016) in Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh.  

    (1930-2016) Carolyn M. May, 86, of 324 W. 4th St.,  died Saturday evening (March 12, 2016) at Penn Highlands Elk in St. Marys.  

  (1942-2016) Kenneth V. Main, 73, of Parklane Drive, Port Allegany, passed away Sunday (March 6, 2016) in Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.  

  (1950-2016) Richard Lininger, 65, passed away Tuesday (March 8, 2016) at Forum Home, Peoria, Arizona.  

  (1947-2016) Elaine K. Deaton, 68, of Van Wert, Ohio, passed away Wednesday (Jan. 27, 2016) at the VanCrest Health Care Center in Van Wert.  

  (1925-2016) J. Robert Peltz, 90, died Saturday (Feb. 20, 2016) at home in Florida.  

Vivian Smith (1924-2016) Vivian L. Smith, 91, passed away peacefully at her home in Hockessin, Del., on Wednesday (March 2, 2016) surrounded by her loved ones.  

    I hate to do two articles on small, non-game mammals in a row, so I won’t; this week’s topic is the Wiley porcupine.  They are a game species as well as a small mammal. Specifically, they are a game rodent, the third largest rodent on earth. Although beavers aren’t proud of it, they […]

  (1928-2016) Grace A. Scott, 87, of 418 E. Allegany Ave., died Friday evening (Feb. 26, 2016) at her residence, following a brief illness.    

  (1923-2016) Harriet Ramarge, 93, of 819 Murray Mt. Road, died Saturday night (Feb. 27, 2016) at Guy and Mary Felt Manor.   

(1962-2016) Tracy Lynn Wolfe, 53, of Main Street, Duke Center, passed away Friday (Feb. 19, 2016) at the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, following a lengthy illness.

  (1932-2016) Sylvia A. Furman, 83, formerly of Ulysses and Ellisburg, died Sunday (Feb. 21, 2016) in Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport.  

  (1989-2016) Christopher R. Kontz, 26, of East Ransom Street, Port Allegany, passed away Thursday (Feb. 18, 2016) from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.  

  (1950-2016) Jerry Lee Crumrine, 65, of Austin, died Monday (Feb. 15, 2016) in Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre.  

  (1936-2016) Bernard G. “Barney” Hornung, 79, of 363 Howard Circle, died Wednesday evening (Feb. 17, 2016) at Guy and Mary Felt Manor.  

  (1965-2016) Robert W. Akins, 50, of 123 S. Broad St., died Tuesday evening (Feb. 9, 2016) at his residence.    

  (1930-2016) Betty J. Dahlin, 86, of Emporium, and a resident of Pinecrest Manor in St. Marys for the past two years, died on Saturday (Feb. 13, 2016) at Penn Highlands Elk surrounded by her loving family.      

  (1927-2016) Cecilia M. Malizia, 88, of 65 E. 2nd St., died Sunday morning (Feb. 7, 2016) at her residence.  

  (1934-2016) Shirley B. Blackburn, 81, of 25 Blackburn Rd., died Saturday morning (Feb. 6, 2016) at her residence.  

  (1943-2016) Robert “Bob” Zahoransky, 72, of Sinnemahoning, died Sunday (Jan. 31, 2016) while visiting in Indiana.   

  (1919-2016) Peter F. Grovanz Jr., 96, of 3764 Rich Valley Rd., died Tuesday morning (Feb. 2, 2016) at Penn Highlands-DuBois.  

  (1929-2016) William “Bill” J. Straessley, age 86, of Girard, passed away Sunday (Jan. 31, 2016) at his residence.  

  (1954-2016) Kevin Lawrence Carlson died (Jan. 22, 2016) in St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK.  

  (1953-2016) Tina A. Wood, 62, of 36 Lincoln Dr., Lewis Run, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 26, 2016) at The Pavilion at BRMC, after a courageous battle with cancer.    

  (1920-2016) John H. Lyon, of Fort Wayne, IN, died Saturday (Jan. 16, 2016).  

  (1925-2016) George E. Dixon, 90, of 283 Tannery Heights, died Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 13, 2016) at his residence.  

  (1948-2016) Shirley L. Scott, 67, of Austin, died Sunday (Jan. 10, 2016) at her daughter’s home in Delran, N. J.

  Joseph Yore, 81, of Palmdale, California, and former resident of “Little Italy” on East 2nd St. in Emporium, passed away on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 26, 2015) at his home in Palmdale.  

  (1927-2016) John A. “JR” Ramsey, 88, of Guy and Mary Felt Manor, died Saturday night (Jan. 9, 2016) at the Manor.  

  (1932-2015) On (Dec. 24, 2015), Marilyn Miller Flegal began her celebration of Christmas in the arms of Jesus.  She died at home surrounded by her family.  

  (1933-2015) Dolores A. Bodnar, 82, of Elk Haven, St. Marys, formerly of 475 Old Portage Rd.,  died Monday morning (Dec. 28, 2015) at Elk Haven Nursing Home, St. Marys.    

  (1949-2015) Terry A. Bresslin, 66, of 55 Turner Street, Austin, formerly of Emporium, died Monday night (Dec. 21, 2015) at UPMC-Hamot Medical Center, Erie.  

  (1927-2015) Anna C. Smith Black, 88, of Guy and Mary Felt Manor,  formerly of 1090 Old West Creek Rd., Thursday (Dec. 31, 2015) at the Manor.  

  (1939-2015) Marion A. Hallowell, 76, of 2015 Old West Creek Road, died Sunday morning (Dec. 27, 2015) at Penn Highlands Elk, St. Marys, following a lengthy illness.  

  (1923-2015) Jean L. McWilliams, 92, formerly of Plank Road Hollow, died Tuesday (Dec. 8, 2015) in Mountain Laurel Nursing Home, Clearfield.

  (1968-2015) Duane E. Morton, 47, of 24 E. 4th St., died Monday night (Dec. 7, 2015) at his residence.

  (1930-2015) Richard Hayes Sanderson, Franklin, NC (formerly of Emporium and North Stratford, NH) passed away at home on (Dec. 10, 2015).

  (1954-2015) Sharon A. “Sherry” Uber, 61, of 306 Spring St., died Thursday evening (Nov. 12, 2015) at UPMC-Hamot Medical Center, Erie.  

  (1948-2015) Ronald John Schloder, 67, formerly of St. Marys, died Friday (Oct. 23, 2015) at the VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh after several weeks in the ICU.  

  (1934-2015) Jacqueline E. “Jackie” Rusnak, age 81, of West Fifth Street and Arcadia, Florida died Wednesday (Nov. 4, 2015) in Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Port Charlotte, Florida.    

  (1942-2015) Janet M. Fileger Schager, 72, of Warren, died Wednesday afternoon (Oct. 7, 2015) at Warren General Hospital after a brief illness.  She was born Dec. 19, 1942, in Girard, the daughter of Leon Ray and Daisy Bailey Fileger.      

  Mary Louise Blumle, 89, of East Third Street, died Friday (Oct. 9, 2015) in Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport.      

  Sally (Andrews) Segee, formerly of Emporium, passed away in Springfield, Michigan at the Evergreen Manor Nursing Home on Wednesday (Sept. 16, 2015).    

  Darla Lynn (Kerr) Andrews, formerly of Emporium, and the daughter of Harry and Margaret (Clinton) Andrews, passed away Friday (Sept. 11, 2015) at home with her loving family around her.  

  Edward J. Green, 75, of Turtle Creek, died (Sept. 28, 2015). Ed served in the US Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and retired as a machinist from Fulmer Company.